The following questions are related to ‘CBT’ at Ask the Psychologist: Online Clinical Psychologist.
This list is sorted chronologically, from newest back to earliest.
Q: I am 30 years old and I need your opinion. I have been facing the following conditions continuously for the last two years. Fatigue or loss of energy almost every day Body feels heavy / muscle tension / cramps Increased need for sleep / excessive sleep Feel emptiness / loneliness / unhappiness Inability to [...]
Q: Throughout my childhood I was home-schooled by an oppressive and domineering mother whom I bitterly resented, and I came to associate those feelings of resentment with my education. As a teenager, I dropped out of high school. I now need to study in order to get my GED (General Educational Development tests), but whenever [...]
Q: I have read Dr George Simon’s description of psychological manipulation techniques. (Editor’s note: see Dr Simon’s series on Manipulation Tactics and Impression Management and Tools of Personal Empowerment: How Not to Be Manipulated. Also see Psychopathy 101.) I believe that I match a lot of those. I can also say that I exhibit characteristics [...]
Q: What’s the difference between an upsetting event that makes someone angry versus one that makes them sad? A: I hope that this feels like an answer when I say that several schools of thought within psychology are based on the idea that differences in reactions come from differences within individuals. In other words, an [...]
