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Counselling psychology
Counseling outcome – Understand the complex process
Counseling outcome depends on many factors. it can be grouped into four
- Event or situation- Why client seeking for help (different needs)
- Clients variable (different background)
- Therapist variable (different approaches)
- Counseling outcome variable (different goals)
Understand how complex process it is…
Solution focused brief therapy in a nutshell
Causes of problems may be extremely complex, their solutions do not necessarily need to be”.
–Steve de Shazer
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Develop effective study habits
Knowing how to study is essential for acquiring knowledge which is useful throughout our life. These steps may helps you to study, retain and recall when its needed. Identify your gaps and try to enhance your learning experience. Be a life long learner.
#Studyhabit #Studyskills
Care giving – The inevitable part of life
Providing care for someone with physical, mental illness or with special needs is inevitable part for anyone at least some point of our lifetime. Learn and enhance skills and competence to performing the care giving role to avoid burden or burnout.
#caregiving #psychology #mentalhealth #counseling #therapy #drkumarpsychologist
Does self esteem matter?…
A quick review about self-esteem
People with high or low self-esteem deal with negative life events differently. Your core believe about yourself will reflects in your life experience. Low self-esteem associated with many psychological problems you should be aware of it.
Some research on self-esteem
On average, self-esteem is relatively high in childhood,drops during adolescence (particularly for girls), rises gradually throughout adulthood, and then declines sharply in old age. Ref
The importance of boosting self-esteem is normally associated with the trials and tribulations of adolescence. But new research shows that it’s even more important for older adults to maintain and improve upon those confidence levels as they enter their twilight years. “Improving self-esteem provides real health benefits in seniors,” says the lead author. “The ultimate solution may be to prevent self esteem from declining.” Ref
People with low self-esteem are more likely stay in unhappy relationships, suggests new research. Sufferers of low self-esteem tend not to voice relationship complaints with their partner because they fear rejection. Ref
Self-esteem is an important construct that is related to academic achievement, social functioning and psychopathology in children and adolescents. Therefore, it is not surprising that many interventions have tried to change levels of self-esteem in this population. Ref
#selfesteem #mentalhealth #counseling #therapy #drkumarpsychologist
Mental health issues- choose your specialist wisely
Still there is dilemma which specialist should I meet, due to lack of awareness about mental health related problems among people. I hope this infographic will help to decide among different specialist such as psychologist or psychiatrist or co therapy. This grouping based on the root cause 1. may be biological which requires medication 2. the root cause may be life event or faulty learning etc which require counseling and psychotherapy. Highlighting the major focus rather than minimizing the importance of one over another. Mental illness are the result of a complex interplay between biological and environmental factors, hence combination of medication and counseling would be effective for many mental illness. Do not underestimate or overestimate the importance of one therapy over another.
Side effects of psychiatric drugs – You should Aware
While most drugs improving mental health conditions, side effects are often ignored.
Aware! Don’t just be a victim… make informed choice…
It is essential to continue to assess side effects present and modify treatment to minimize their negative impact, and to re-evaluate the necessity of any adjunctive therapies used for the therapy.
Consult your doctor if you have any problems with your medicine or if you are worried that it might be doing more harm than good. Your doctor may be able to adjust the dose or change your prescription to a different one that may work better for you.
Lets explore some studies on this issue….
Approaching psychiatric medications as drugs which produce immediate and delayed psychoactive effects, and which induce tolerance and dependence, fundamentally differs from the conventional understanding that suggests these drugs exert specific actions on (presumed) underlying disease processes. According to the conventional view, the drugs’ psychoactive properties are merely incidental “side-effects.” Despite six decades of intensive research in neuropharmacology, however, there is a lack of evidence that psychiatric drugs have a disease-specific action independent of their demonstrable psychoactive effects. These facts suggest that a radical change of thinking may be necessary about the nature, possibilities, and limitations of psychiatric drug treatment. Ref
Thoughts of suicide, sexual difficulties and emotional numbness as a result of anti-depressants may be more widespread than previously thought, a researcher has found. In a survey of 1,829 people who had been prescribed anti-depressants, the researchers found large numbers of people — over half in some cases — reporting on psychological problems due to their medication, which has led to growing concerns about the scale of the problem of over-prescription of these drugs. Ref
Psychotropic medications overprescribed to children, study suggests
A new study from the Journal of Marital & Family Therapy warns of the dramatic rise in the use of psychotropic medications for children. One in every fifty Americans is now considered permanently disabled by mental illness, and up to eight million children take one or more psychotropic drugs.
According to the authors the mental health field is currently designed to treat adults with psychotropic medications, but they are often misused in the case of children and adolescents, “This presents an ethical challenge to marriage and family therapists, who should be very cautious about these medications as an option for children. The long-term research on their safety for children is uncertain.”
“If the psychiatric community has been misled by pharmaceutical companies in thinking that these drugs are safe for their children, the parents of these children have been in turn deluded into putting their children in harm’s way.” Ref
Psychiatrist may not be accurately informing patients of the potential likelihood of such side effects, and that lack of adequate preparation may result in patients prematurely discontinuing their medication.
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Substance abuse – Aware of its effect
Let’s create awareness among young people and children!
Help them to take right decision.
Psychology of Improving Your Career Prospects
Educational qualification alone not enough for succeed in work life. Present world is highly competitive and demanding. Understand the requirement from the work force other than just getting degree from educational institutions. Many studies has shown that soft skills are more important for success than the hard or technical skills. Develop your soft skills. learn more about it.
Soft skills are a combination of people skills, social skills, communication skills, character or personality traits, attitudes, career attributes, social intelligence and emotional intelligence quotients, among others, that enable people to navigate their environment, work well with others, perform well, and achieve their goals with complementing hard skills. The Collins English Dictionary defines the term “soft skills” as “desirable qualities for certain forms of employment that do not depend on acquired knowledge: they include common sense, the ability to deal with people, and a positive flexible attitude.” (Ref)
