Conceptions of self

Asylums are supposed to stabilize the insane, but what if they did the exact opposite? In the book, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest not only is the sanity of the patients questioned but the staff’s too. The methods of the institution are questionable ethically and morally. Giving the patients unknown pills and taking away their masculinity is very dubious. The ways of the institute is soon questioned because of the arrival of Randle McMurphy. Due to the control, different perspectives, and…

Since I started studying business management, I have read many self-improvement books related to business management and corporate world. Unfortunately, a considerable amount of them was not appealing to me due to either the authors’ style of covering topics or unsuccessful choices of the topics. On the other hand, They Don’t Teach Corporate in College by Alexandra Levit was truly a game changer for me. Years of Levit’s experience in the corporate world and her writing talent combined together…

When I got married and moved to the United States in 2001, I knew zero English. Despite knowing very little English, I got a bilingual teaching assistant job in Idaho Falls, Idaho. This experience allowed me to become familiar with teaching in this country and to improve my English. My second experience was in Anchorage, Alaska, where I taught with a temporary 1-year certificate. During this time, I had to pass a required test to get certified. After failing this test five times, I felt…

effectiveness of a community-based diabetes self-management program on health status such as hemoglobin A1C, weight, depression, fatigue, self-related health, frequency of hyperglycemia and hypoglycemia symptoms; self-management behaviors; and self-efficacy. The study revealed that there was statistically significant improvement in depression, symptoms of hypoglycemia, communication with physicians, healthy eating, patient activation, reading food levels, and self-efficacy. However, there was no…

expresses and shows could benefit from Carl Rogers’ theories of client-centered therapy. However, Sanyal (2011), discussed that “ in a complex world of conflicts and confusion, the self-system of the individual’s is highly injured showing marks of anxiety, regarding felt sense of insufficiency and inadequacy. To portray the self in its expected version, we all are trying to hide such feelings behind the external glamour of our life-styles” (p. 49). With client-centered therapy, the client…

belong is the most crucial and longest stage of our development of personality. Finally once we feel our acceptance, we are able to share our self worth, through our abilities to help others in achieving these stages. It is within these three major stages that you will find nine minor stages, once completed, these stages allow us the ability to find self…

Motivational Interviewing (MI) is a multiphase modality based upon facilitating and engaging intrinsic motivation with the client in order to elicit behavioral changes. Furthermore, building on a patient empowerment perspective by supporting autonomy and self-efficacy. This client-centered counseling approach, which Hanson and Gutheil (2004) refer to as” “phase one in which motivation for change is built, and phase two in which commitment to change is strengthened” (p.1), is based on this…

Self-Esteem and Self-Perceptions Self-esteem is a hot topic in psychology and has generated lots of research. It is considered a strong predictor of well-being and quality of life. High self-esteem is often advised because studies comply many positive qualities as a result of having high self-esteem. While low self-esteem is rather closely related to mental illness. The physical self is a crucial element in the development of self-esteem. A culture that places value on certain physical features…

Self-Harm Awareness Around 46% of teens said they self-harmed more than once last year (Study 1). Self-harm is the act of purposely hurting the surface of your own body (Self 1). Self-harm might sound outrageous, but it is not a mental illness. Instead, it is a symptom of other mental illnesses, including: depression, eating disorder, bipolar disorder, or anxiety (National 2). These mental illnesses also come along with other symptoms similar to self-harm like mood swings, guilt or hopelessness…

life. Thus, the desire to discover purpose and achieve fulfilment in life, resultant of the distress of eventual death, compels individuals to find meaning through the enhancement of genuine affiliations with others and the surroundings and achieve self-actualisation through spiritual enlightenment. This trepidation of imminent death, resonates powerfully within the Selected Poetry of Emily Dickinson, and Brené Browne’s speech on…