Articles of Interest
October 3
CALABASH.COURSES: Talk to colleagues
Over the past year, we’ve been proud to offer high-quality accredited talks to psychologists in South Africa through our website www.thecalabash.net. It’s been a great experience f Read More
June 17
GOOD EGG- Article in PhysioSA
GOOD EGG!“Despite differing advice around safe levels of egg consumption for people with pre-diabetes and type 2 diabetes, our research indicates people do not need to hold back from eating eggs Read MoreTherapy wars: the revenge of Freud
June 7, 2018 Articles of Interest
Cheap and effective, CBT became the dominant form of therapy, consigning Freud to psychology’s dingy basement. But new studies have cast doubt on its supremacy – and shown dramatic results for psy
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April 13
A SECURE BASE:
The young girl was listless, her body limp, eyes hollow and unseeing. Passive and unresponsive, she looked like she just wasn’t part of the social world. There was no feeling of exploration, joie de Read More
January 31
Why Young People Need Their Aggression
Writing in Psychology Today, Nick Luxmoore argues why young people need their aggression. He argues that whilst there are plenty of young people whose aggression gets them into trouble, there are al Read More
November 10
Shake, Rattle & Roll- Dr George Lindenfield (2017)
I’ve previously discussed the brain’s Neuronal Network of PTSD in my June 2017 blog. The focus of this July blog is to discuss the broad effects of PTSD on the body and particularly on Read More
October 27
Rehabilitation of discourse impairments after acquired brain injury
ABSTRACTLanguage impairments in patients with acquired brain injury can have a negative impact on social life as well as on other cognitive domains. Discourse impairments are among the most commonly Read More
October 27
Effectiveness of Treatment Approaches for Children and Adolescents with Reading Disabilities: A Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials
AbstractChildren and adolescents with reading disabilities experience a significant impairment in the acquisition of reading and spelling skills. Given the emotional and academic consequences for ch Read More
August 21
How to Manage Your Emotion: The life lesson we should have been taught at school:Rob Kendall
We all suffer from emotional overreactions. In the heat of the moment we say something to a person we love without stopping to consider the shockwaves. Or we blast off an email and wonder why we didn� Read More
August 21