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Information Gap Theory
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Feedback Loops
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Trauma Bonding
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Feeling Shame
Feeling shame weighs us down, interfering with healthy endeavors. We can lighten the weight of…
Unprocessed Trauma
Unprocessed trauma stubbornly remains in existence, refusing to heal and significantly interfering with our lives.
Affection Exchange Theory
Affection exchange theory is a framework for understanding how affectionate communication functions in interpersonal relationships.
Negativistic Personality Disorder
Negativistic personality disorder expresses ambivalence toward the self and others in passive aggressive ways.
Affective Realism
We like to think that we see the world as it is. Data, as we…
Enabling Drug Addiction
We can love without being an enabler. We do what we can, compassionately loving the…
Past Trauma Living On In the Present
Traumatic pasts incite strong emotions in the present, spoiling opportunities for recovery. Past trauma remains…
Unconditional Positive Regard
Unconditional positive regard is basic acceptance and support of another person regardless of their behaviors.
Dangerous Emotions
Emotions motivate action. Dangerous emotions commandeer attention, pushing for divisive action. Sometimes negatively impacting our…
Affect Tolerance
Affect tolerance refers to an individual’s ability to effectively manage and cope with their emotions…
Superego
The superego is a Freudian term often used with other parts of the human psyche…
Still Face Experiment
In the 1970’s Edward Tronick conducted research commonly known as the still face experiment. We…
DeTUR Protocol
DeTUR protocol is a treatment method in EMDR specifically designed for treatment of addiction. DeTUR…
Learning by Osmosis
Learning by Osmosis: Enhancing Knowledge through Subconscious Absorption Learning is a lifelong process, and traditional…
Ego Development
Through a mix of biological givens and environmental influences, we develop adaptive and maladaptive patterns…
Negative Affect
We experience feeling affects across a spectrum of positive and negative. Some feeling affects calm…
Availability Bias
Availability bias, a cognitive heuristic, significantly influences decision-making by causing individuals to base judgments on…
Gestalt Prayer
The Gestalt Prayer was written by Fritz Perls, founder of Gestalt Therapy, in the late…
Depressive Realism
Depressive realism theorizes that mild or moderate depression is associated with more realistic views of…
Narrative Identity
We write the story of our life. We write a narrative identity that creates the…
Longitudinal study
Longitudinal studies provide critical insights into various phenomena over time by tracking individuals or groups,…
Reactive Aggression
Reactive aggression is motivated by an outside threat to a persons physical or mental well being….
Eudaimonia
Aristotle’s eudaimonia in contrast to modern pleasure seekers (hedonia) describes happiness as living the good…
Behavior Activation
Behavior activation theory suggests that only through healthy action we heal debilitating emotional states.
Memories and Emotions
Our wellness and relationships are strongly dependent upon the interconnecting roles of memories and emotions.
Biphasic Response
A biphasic response is a two phase reaction to a stimulus. For example, scientists and…