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Published on Friday, 03 July 2009 19:00 | 
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Most of us meet with Failure in the course of our lives – along with its best friends Guilt, Despair and Shame.
Bruce Grierson reports on a new theory rapidly gaining ground which argues that adversity, setbacks and even trauma may actually be necessary for people to be happy, successful and fulfilled.
Published on Friday, 19 June 2009 19:00 | |
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Have our digital-age minds reached maximum information processing capacity? Scientific research suggests that relentless mental multi-tasking and information overload are affecting our ability to feel compassion, empathy and altruism. John Naish investigates.
Published on Friday, 15 May 2009 19:00 | |
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We can all get stuck in
schemas - commonly known as life traps.
Invariably cemented in childhood, schemas are negative beliefs about the self that lead to self-defeating life patterns in adulthood. Hannah Borno looks at how it's possible to move on from our schemas and create new lives.
Published on Friday, 17 April 2009 18:00 | |
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Is the stress-fuelled modern work ethic of striving and
competing threatening to wreck our children’s lives? Tom Hodgkinson of The
Idler reckons that we are too much in our children’s faces and welcomes us to
the school of inactive parenting.
Published on Friday, 13 March 2009 18:00 | |
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Julie Burchill argues that volunteering is a more effective cure for depression than therapy
Published on Friday, 13 February 2009 19:00 | |
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It’s time, argues Peter Marshall, that therapists shifted
their focus from the individual to the global, and addressed human suffering
and social injustice in the wider world
Published on Friday, 30 January 2009 19:00 | |
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Psychologist Bruce Wampold created shockwaves when his research revealed that the success of therapeutic techniques was less than 1%.
What mattered was whether or not the client trusted the therapist. Oliver Burkeman explores the implications of this for self-help systems that insist they can change your life.