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I’ve got a song stuck in my head. A piece of music actually. I don’t know its name, but it’s an ominous, minor-keyed, bass-heavy, slow-groove. Its...
“I can’t cope with the kid. She used to be such a sweet girl, now she doesn’t do a thing I say, in fact she usually...
It’s been 5 years and 45 days since the birth of this blog.  And I skipped a year, and even then, I’m 2 months late, but...
I cheated myself Like I knew I would I told you I was trouble You know that I’m no good.            I’m no Good by Amy...
As we all know, there’s been a lot of talk about artificial intelligence lately. All areas of life will be infected by AI, and psychology is...
A recent one from the Journal of the Bleeding Obvious: Chinese researchers found that restaurant serving staff, who memorise patrons and meals, perform better on a...
And it was hard to explain why it (EMDR) worked (it still is): Somehow, by moving eyes from side-to-side, trauma memories become less distressing allowing for...
A balding, bearded, bespeckled man with a strong Austrian accent pulls a pocket watch out of his vest. “Follow zee vatch vit your eyez. You are...
Part II: The Solution Pirahas laugh about everything. They laugh at their own misfortune: when someone’s hut blows over in a rainstorm, the occupants laugh more...
I wake up to my alarm, 1 hour and 13 minutes before sunrise (according to timeanddate.com). A month ago, the same alarm would wake me, but...
Happiness is like a butterfly: the more you chase it, the more it will elude you; but if you turn your attention to other things, it...
This month, within the space of two days, three clients asked me whether I think they have ADHD. All of these clients had some symptoms that...
Write a blog post in the style of justin hendriks psychology on ai and psychology: “The Intersection of AI and Psychology: Understanding the Impact on Human...
After a prolonged absence, the blog is back! I got busy/lazy at the end of last year. And I took a (much needed) longer-than-usual break this...
See Part I and Part II of this series for a background to this article.   Year 10 Student, Martin* attended treatment for a school refusal...
See Part I of this series here.   Year 10 Student, Martin’s* parents were shocked to discover that their son had missed almost half of his...
Martin’s* parents were called by his Year Ten Coordinator to discuss his ongoing absences from class and his assessment non-admittance. Martin’s parents were shocked to discover...
Pattern: a particular way in which something usually happens or is done Event: a thing that happens or takes place, especially one of importance   Patterns People often see me...