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Posted in Faith, Humanity, Morality, Relationships, Religion on Nov 10th, 2008
Yes, it’s musterbation again! No, no, no, NOT masturbation, but MUSTerbation! I’ve written about MUSTerbation before (though judging from my blog search stats, thousands of people think masturbation is spelt with a ‘must’.)
Quite simply, MUSTerbation is when human beings decide that something has to be done or stopped at all costs. It is [...]
Posted in Psychology, Relationships, Therapy on Oct 6th, 2007
For various personal and professional reasons I have been thinking and reading a lot about anger this month. I have been reminded that anger has many faces, and that it doesn’t always announce its arrival with complete honesty. It knows a trick or two and is a master of disguise.
A lot of people don’t like [...]
Posted in Health, Humanity, Language, Psychology, Relationships, Therapy on Sep 30th, 2007
A friend of mine was attacked last week. She, a 24 year old woman, was standing in the driveway in front of her house in the afternoon chatting to a neighbour. A 55 year old disabled woman from across the square in a middle-class suburb, came towards her shouting abuse, then grabbed hold [...]
Posted in Health, Humanity, Philosophy, Psychology, Relationships, Therapy on Aug 11th, 2007
Are you a seagull?
Albert Ellis, a cognitive therapist, cited by the American Psychological Association in 2003 as the second most influential psychologist in the twentieth century, used to argue that most people had strong tendencies to be like seagulls. As a psychotherapist he was quite unusual in his methods and often did and said [...]
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