What is Positive Psychology? The psychologists, Martin Seligman and Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, are credited as the creators of the positive psychology movement. They defined positive perspective psychology as the scientific study of positive human functioning and flourishing on multiple levels, which can include biological processes, cognitive processes, relationships, and connections to one’s cultural identity, to …
Imposter Syndrome is a psychological term, first created by Pauline Rose Clance and Suzanne Imes in 1978, which describes a collection of feelings experienced by individuals who frequently doubt their credibility and competence within work or academic settings. Imposter Syndrome is quite common but not often addressed as it relates to …
Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD) has several possible causes and frequently coexists with other diagnoses. Anxiety is created by the perceptions of past, present, and possible future events. Anxiety can certainly result from parenting stress, work stress, financial stress, tension with a coworker or supervisor, and conflicts within significant relationships. Anxiety is …
Impulsivity is a common symptom of ADHD. For many people with ADHD, impulsivity can be a major challenge that impacts every aspect of their life. In this blog post, we will discuss the impact of impulsivity over a lifetime. We will look at the challenges of impulsivity in ADHD …
As an adult with ADHD, you may feel “out-of-place” in social situations, due to a tendency to interrupt others or to lose track during conversations. You also may have great difficulty processing and remembering information necessary for completing daily tasks or interacting with friends and colleagues. You often behave inappropriately, due …
Therapeutic change requires the client’s motivation and perseverance, but it can be the path to a new narrative and to more satisfying work and personal relationships. Negative thoughts and emotions have historically been construed as parts of our personality to avoid, deny, hide, or escape. However, thoughts which create disturbing emotions, such …
Anger is a powerful emotion. It can help us stand up for ourselves and fight back against people who have hurt us. But it can also cause problems in our relationships, at work, and even with ourselves. If you find yourself getting angry too often or too easily, there are …
Your possible self is the future-oriented or hypothetical image of what you hope to become or what you fear becoming. Your possible self is an inner cognitive and emotional guiding force which acts as a protective factor in well-being while faced with adverse life circumstances. If you cope with symptoms …
Forgiveness has been defined as a conscious, deliberate decision to release feelings of resentment, anger, and shame which have resulted from experiences with a specific person, a group of people, or even one’s own self. Forgiveness does not mean forgetting about these painful experiences. Rather, forgiveness creates a sense of acceptance, compassion, …
We have all experienced the stress response, sometimes it can be a good motivating force, such as an impending deadline helps to ensure that an employee completes their task on time. When it comes to unmanaged stress, it is often a tolling force which can manifest as physical and emotional symptoms. …
