A new narrative about “beautiful people”: A Psychologist receives unexpected mental health benefits from the gym
I am writing this in January of 2023 and this is the time of year that everyone makes a commitment to go to the gym. Countless health journalists write about the benefits of exercise as they document their battles with sweat and music.
Continue readingLion’s Mane – The Fungus That Alters the Brain
by Joanna Maja Niemczycka, MP, FMP Psychedelic mushrooms are making a comeback, we’re seeing more mushroom varieties in grocery stores, young people are returning to forge mushrooms in the forests, and mushroom superfoods are exploding. We can surely agree that mushrooms are having a moment. Today we will focus on one of the fungi in […]
Continue readingLucid Dreaming
It is said that we spend about a third of our lives sleeping. Though we are well aware of the importance of a good night’s sleep, in today’s day and age it is easy to think that it is time wasted. You have so much to attend to in your waking hours that it can be daunting to think about the recommended eight hours a night you’ll spend on dreams you may not even want to have. However, as it turns out there is indeed a way to choose the contents of your dreams: Lucid dreaming.
Continue readingHarnessing our emotional horses
by Claudia Cararra, Ph.D. Emotions guide our choices, shape our preferences, help us to keep away from danger and motivate us toward rewards. In fact, in every emotion is implicit a response (the word emotion derives from latin moveo = to move) that – based on our previous experiences with the given situation – prompts […]
Continue readingThe benefits of single-tasking
by Inga Tomasdottir When was the last time you paid full attention to what you were doing? In the hustle and bustle of today’s society it can be difficult to pay full attention to one thing at a time. There are countless stimuli competing for our attention; emails, phone calls, notifications on smartphones… the list […]
Continue readingBig Business, Big Pharma, Big Mental Health? The proliferation of Multitherapist Muticlient Web-based Platforms
Part II. In this installment, I will review the costs of BetterHelp and some of the other legal/ethical issues that they are currently facing.
Continue readingBig Business, Big Pharma, Big Mental Health? The proliferation of Multitherapist Multiclient Web-based Platforms
Part I. This blog is a two-part series where I walk the reader through the process of signing up for and receiving services through the mental health platform, BetterHelp.com. I will give you some background about why I did this, as well elaborate about some of the pros and cons that I noticed during my experience. Other legal and ethical issues will be explored in Part II.
Continue readingIntensive Short Team Dynamic Psychotherapy Digging deep, fast By Tina Bjarnskov Cand. Psyk. Aut. ISTDP is short for Intensive Short Term Dynamic Psychotherapy. Like all psychodynamic approaches it emphasizes unconscious psychological processes (for example, feelings and fears of which we’re not fully aware) and contends that childhood experiences are crucial in shaping adult personality and […]
Continue readingA couple of words about narcissism
by Veronika Leonova, MA Narcissism, narcissist, – we hear these terms everywhere, and amount of posts about narcissism on different social media platforms is constantly growing. In these posts narcissists are usually described as manipulative, cold and abusive, and the focus is placed on how to identify and avoid them or if that mission has […]
Continue readingSummer Reading Anyone?
Intern Christine Serritslev explores the mental health benefits of reading. Imagine this: It’s raining, and you can hear the wind howling outside. You’re snuggled up in your favorite comfy chair wrapped in a blanket with a freshly brewed cup of tea at your side, ready to turn the first page of the newest crime book, […]
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