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When we hear the word therapy, what do we tend to picture? The initial image is probably what is portrayed in movies, TV shows, or even newspaper comics. A long couch with a client laying down staring at the ceiling. A seemingly half-interested or judgy bald therapist with a small notepad – why are male…
1st, Let’s Define Empathy There is not one officially agreed upon definition of empathy in the world of psychology, but a commonly accepted conceptualization of empathy is that it is the understanding and feeling of someone else’s feelings (Scott et al., 2022). It is not just understanding that a person is feeling a certain way…
The experience of being human comes with it a daily balancing act of external forces that are often out of our control (e.g. bad drivers on the highway, politics, family emergencies) and the internal forces at work in our minds (e.g. feelings, reactions, thoughts, choices). Sometimes we are consciously unaware of these interactions between the…
The Face of Mental Illness is Not Evil
