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Are you a true hypocrite?
Are you someone who claims to care about the environment, yet also sometimes drinks cocktails through a plastic straw? Are you someone...
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LONELINESS AT THE WORKPLACE
As the workplace continues to be reformed by technology, flexible work hours and the option of working from home, loneliness in the...
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The Emotion of Protests
The people of Hong Kong have taken to the roads to express their disagreement with the proposed extradition bill. People protest to...
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Emotions: Avoid or Embrace?
Many clients come into therapy because they find their emotions overwhelming. In particular, anxiety, anger, and pain can be hard to...
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Phantom Pain: When it Hurts in a Limb that is Gone
We may often feel pain around our bodies that triggered by various types of stimulation, such as heat, cold, pressure, skin damage,...
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Emotions are Physical
When clients are driven to therapy by unwanted, overwhelming, negative emotions, I frequently ask clients how these emotions feel in...
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The Benefits of Social Anxiety
Many clients come to me reporting that they have social anxiety as expressed in an excessive worry about being negatively evaluated by...
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Can you…
What question do psychologists get asked the most? ‘What do you do?’ – ‘I’m a psychologist.’ – ‘Oh wow! So can you read my mind?’ Every....
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WHAT’S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN PSYCHOLOGISTS AND PSYCHIATRISTS?
Outside of the mental health world, psychologists and psychiatrists may be seen as the same thing – professionals to reach out to when we...
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How to Ease those Christmas Blues…
Christmas is a time for family gatherings, pine trees with shiny decorations, tasty food, and the joys of giving. Why then can this...
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Animal-Assisted Interventions: The Power of the Human-Animal Bond
The power of the human-animal bond in improving mental health and well-being is becoming increasingly recognized. This bond is traced...
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Couple Therapy – A Last Resort?
Couple therapy shouldn’t be a last resort but a chance to change negatives into positives, says psychologist Esslin Terrighena. If you...
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E-Therapy: A New Generation of Counselling
Buy colorful paper, write a few lines, slide it into an envelope, carefully check recipient address, post envelope in mailbox, and wait a...
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The Modern Man – a Soppy Bundle of Emotions
It’s ok to cry, and not to cry, says psychologist Esslin Terrighena. We are increasingly nudging men to show more emotion, to talk about...
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Is Bonus Season Killing You?
Bonus time really cranks up the competition between high-flying male counterparts, but who gets left behind in this pissing contest?...
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TAKING THINGS TO ANOTHER REALM
Too many of my male friends, meditation sounds like airy-fairy alternative nonsense. Thus, they are either completely absorbed in it,...
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Understanding Anxiety
Educated in England (B.Sc. (Hons) Psychology) and Hong Kong (Ph.D. Affective Neuropsychology), Dr. Terrighena employs an integrative...
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5 Reasons you should be a Mindful Leader
Mindfulness can make you a stronger, more emotionally intelligent leader. Here’s how ‘People think they have to go off and meditate for...
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Why we Love big Breasts
When it comes to breasts are you the guy who fancies a voluptuous, curvy rack, or are you more than satisfied with a handful? Your answer...
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Make Love not Money
Our pursuit of money just might be making us addicts to the rush. The successful man in Asia is always busy making more money to maintain...
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