Published: December 31, 2009 in the NYT by Abby Ellin
The power of positive thinking is under assault, with a number of writers and researchers questioning the notion that looking on the bright side makes much of a difference.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/31/fashion/31positive.html
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An interesting article in today’s Economist about women’s management styles. This is of particular interest to me as I am now in a leadership position of a professional nonprofit working with both men and women and also with people who identify as transgender, 3rd gender or in-between.
http://www.economist.com/businessfinance/displaystory.cfm?story_id=15172746
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Published in today’s NYT is a review of a book that presents a new scientific view of loss and grief that challenges conventional wisdom. It rings true to me.
By ABIGAIL ZUGER, M.D.
The findings of George A. Bonanno, a clinical psychologist who interviewed hundreds of grieving people, were different from those of Freud and Elisabeth Kübler-Ross.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/29/health/29book.html
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Brain scans, blood tests may help predict condition
Two new studies seem to provide more evidence that post-traumatic stress disorder is a chemical change in the brain caused by trauma — and that it might be possible to diagnose, treat and predict which troops are most susceptible to it using brain scans or blood tests.
See the rest of this Dec 27 article from the Navy Times http://www.navytimes.com/news/2009/12/army_ptsd_122709w/
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Christine Padesky’s model of developing resilience (PMR- Personal Model of Resilience) in psychotherapy is quite consistent with how I practice. Dr. Padesky described her model at the Evolution of Psychotherapy Conference and Laura Johnson wrote about it in her blog:
“Padesky defines resilience as the dual roles of persistence and acceptance or how “people persist in the face of obstacles and, when necessary, accept circumstances that cannot be changed.” Padesky described Nancy Davis’ research on resilience, which includes six areas of competence:
Read the article at http://positivepsychologynews.com/news/laura-lc-johnson/200912256779
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Released: 12/22/2009 12:35 PM EST
Source: American Psychological Association (APA)
Q. How exactly does psychotherapy help people?
A. Patients often come to psychotherapy with explanations for their difficulties that leave them feeling that the distress will continue indefinitely. Every treatment provides an explanation for the distress that is adaptive — that is, the patient understands that he or she can do something to improve his or her situation. This leads the patient into healthy actions in that the psychotherapy improves some aspect of their lives, whether it is thinking more positive thoughts, creating better relationships, more appropriately expressing emotions, or enacting other positive changes. The critical aspect is not which treatment a person receives but rather that the patient believes this particular treatment is effective and works collaboratively with the therapist.
To continue reading http://www.newswise.com/articles/how-psychotherapy-works
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I just received an email from colleague Dr. Sam Winter . He writes (and I tend to agree):
Please spare ten minutes to watch — it is really the most eloquent and moving manifesto for the gender identity variant I have ever heard.
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Psychologists have many ways to get inside our heads: they can give us questionnaires, track our eyes, time how long we take to respond to cues and measure the blood flow to our brains. But how close can these methods get to the texture of our inner lives?
By JASCHA HOFFMAN from the NYT published dec 22,2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/22/health/22prof.html
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By Lisa Johnson Mandell
Oh no he didn’t! Oh yes she did– and it worked! You wouldn’t think professional gender bias in this century would be much of an issue, but according to an extremely successful female blogger/copywriter who goes by the name of James Chartrand, taking on a male pen name meant the difference between applying for welfare and buying a house.
Continue reading http://jobs.aol.com/articles/2009/12/16/whats-in-a-name-big-profits-apparently/?ncid=AOLCOMMjobsDYNLprim0001
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from the website Feministing.com:
When you have 20 minutes free check out this new video from the Gender Identity Project, “Transgender Basics.” It’s Trans 101 in video form, an excellent resource to have and something I know I’ll be using a lot. I never agree with everything in a Trans 101 curriculum – the ways we teach this information are constantly growing and evolving as we try to find the best and most inclusive ways to explain trans and gender non-conforming theory and experience. But I’m impressed by this straightforward, comprehensible, and compassionate video.
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