Hypnosis

regulates your thoughts and behavioral processes. This method is critical to psychology because they are used for the treatment for behavioral and mental disorders. While there are other forms of treating depression such as counseling, group therapy, and hypnosis, these could take years to successfully treat depression. In addition, these treatments are often times not covered by the patients’ health insurances; hence very few can afford these treatments. This makes antidepressants an effective…

PTSD-GHOST FROM THE PAST In 2015, people of Nepal had to go through two destructive earthquakes. Many people died, and many lost their houses. I survived, but a close friend of mine lost his life. I could feel the pain that his family was going through. It affected his mother the most. After those earthquakes, many aftershocks were shaking the surface of Nepal. I could see his mother shouting his son 's name and asking people for help. The death of her son made her mentally ill. Each of the…

“What are the core assumptions and key features of the biological and psychoanalytic perspectives in psychology? In what ways are they similar and how do they differ?” Two major areas within psychology include the biological and psychoanalytical perspectives. The biological perspective assumes that all our behaviours must have a basis in our physiology and treats humans as any other organism (Glassman & Hadad, 2009). The biological perspective’s main aims are to discover the psychological basis…

As a result of substantial research into complex human memory mechanisms; particularly within the last thirty years, the phenomenon of directed forgetting has been widely applied to both counselling professions; for suppression of previously traumatic events and also in general everyday use; as the ability to forget previous, unrequired information. Directed forgetting can be defined as an overall reduction in long-term memory, resulting from human demand to forget previously presented…

Brave New World by Aldous Huxley has completely changed the perception of identity and free will regarding operant conditioning and hypnotherapy. In psychology, these are two vital concepts of psychological conditioning, and they are also two vital concepts of conditioning in Brave New World. There are some very surface-level representations of these theories in the book. For example, the use of tape recorders to enforce key values of the World State in children's brains, or electrocuting…

“The Storm” is a story written by Kate Chopin. It is a sequel to “At the Cadian Ball.” In At the Cadian Ball,” characters Alcee, Calixta, Bobinot, and Clarisse are introduced. Alcee falls for Calixta, but cannot be with her because she is lower-class and he is upper-class. During this time period, it was almost forbidden for someone to marry out of their class. Clarisse saw that Alcee liked Calixta, so she proposed to him and they marry. Shortly after, Calixta marries Bobinot, who is of her…

Psychologists have created different theories to explain and determine what it means to have a healthy personality. Sigmund Freud was one of them. It was Freud’s belief that personality characteristics should be fully developed by early childhood. His theories contained the idea that unconscious conflicts and motivations in childhood are the basis for personality and that if a child’s needs are not met; it will result in difficulties in adulthood. Freud created this theory, now referred to as…

The Magic Daughter, written by Jane Phillips, intimately portrays her life events of horrific experiences and living in fear of her psychological illness. Jane Phillips focuses on the hardships, stigma, triggers, and coping techniques for someone who is diagnosed with Multiple Personality Disorder. Her story began as a suicidal note, but soon became a source in identifying and accepting her psychological disorder. The Magic Daughter, brings traumatic events to subconscious awareness. Jane…

Cognitive and behavioral intervention strategies are used collectively by cognitive behavior therapist to address clients’ presenting needs. Collaborating, formulation, Socratic dialogue and homework are key factors that effectively influence the delivery of cognitive behavior therapy model. After the initial assessment is completed, clinicians select appropriate intervention strategies to identify how thoughts, emotions, and behaviors of the client are consistent. These intervention…

The creation of a baby is God’s miracle to all of us. We hear from a mother’s point of view of what goes on with her body and see pictures of the baby through ultrasounds, but have you ever learned in detail what goes on? Like when does the baby’s nose form or the eyes? Conception to death is full of mysteries for all of us to figure out on our own. The understanding of human development is crucial growing up. Human development is “defined as the process of enlarging people’s freedoms…