An epidemic of Burnout recognized by the World Health Organization

The following post was inspired by this article: https://edition.cnn.com/2019/05/27/health/who-burnout-disease-trnd/index.html Archaeologists have found evidence of farming that dates as far back as 9500 BCE. Since that time, humans have been toiling and to ensure that they could feed themselves and care for their families. The Industrial Revolution saw a shift whereby workers largely moved from agriculture […]

Mindfulness in Frederiksberg

Mindfulness and mindfulness meditation are concepts that have been well integrated into our modern day psychology vocabulary. Blame the Buddhists or blame Marsha Lenihan, but mindfulness is here to stay at it seems to be a modern-day cure all– an elixer for all of your emotional woes. In my experience however, some of the people […]

On the perils of rumination

Since ancient Greece have humans valued our ability to manipulate concepts in our mind. Numerous courses exist these days that teach people how to think logically and ethically. However, thinking is not always a helpful endeavor. Sometimes it can even lead to pain and suffering. Excessive thinking about a worrisome topic can create anger and […]

To assimilate or not to assimilate– a psychologist’s thoughts about acculturation

Donald Winnicott Donald Winnicott stipulated the presence of a ‘true self’. Our true selves are, according to Winnicott, the most spontaneous and authentic parts of who we are. His idea was not a new one, and it even dates back to the Danish philosopher, Kierkegaard who referenced ‘the self which truly is’. If there is […]

Meanderings about telepsychology– Two things I have learned

I started doing telepsychology several years ago, before most people were using teleconferencing or other forms of online psychotherapy. I am a devout technophile and admittedly like to incorporate technology into my life in whatever ways I can. I have also had the opportunity to conduct some research online that examined virtual reality therapy and […]

Psychological scientists could be their own worst enemies

Stanley Milgram’s famous obedience study has been recently found to have had serious flaws Some political pundits have noted that we now live in a ‘post fact’ society where the brash assertions of politicians are given the same weight as scientifically backed facts. Kellyanne Conway, advisor to US president Donald Trump famously referred to the […]

Post- Postmodernism and Psychology

I teach two college classes every semester. My students are typically bright, curious, and motivated. In a weekly assignment associated with the course materials, I have them provide an analysis and critique of the assigned readings. They are brilliant at this. They seem to be well trained, by their home universities, in the criticism and […]

Review of the book ‘And Baby Makes Three’

I wrote a post several months ago about the Danish baby boom of the 2010s. Click here if you have missed it. I have a number of 30-somethings who are having babies. They tend to be educated and aware, and relatively high achievers. Adding a baby to a marriage changes it significantly. A great deal of […]

Divorce and breakups