Dr Alice Boyes Are You An Introvert or Are You a Highly Sensitive Person? Number #48 on Amazon.com’s list of bestselling books at the moment is a book called “Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking I agree with Dr Elaine Aron that the book is more about HSPs – the highly sensitive person – than it is about introverts. That said, I loved some of the descriptions of the Highly Sensitive Person in Quiet. What is an Highly Sensitive Person? Like most lists of diagnostic criteria, you may be a Highly Sensitive Person if you have SOME of these characteristics.
You don’t necessarily have to have all of them and probably won’t. - You prefer one on one interactions rather than groups. - You need a lot of downtime away from people. - You have difficulty filtering some types of incoming stimulation. You might have difficulty filtering social stimuli e.g., the TV news, news about people who have cancer who you don’t know very well, other people’s moods. - You like to research things thoroughly. - You take your mistakes seriously and feel things deeply.
New Tab. The Neuroscience of Social Anxiety | Sam Snyder. In my next post, I will describe some treatments for social anxiety. First, let’s examine the neuroscience of social anxiety or social phobia. This post includes some results of brain imaging studies that describe features of the brain in socially anxious patients. A functional magnetic resonance imaging investigation of uncertainty in adolescents with anxiety disorders. (Link) A functional MRI study of amygdala responses to angry schematic faces in social anxiety disorder.
A PET provocation study of generalized social phobia. A PET study of tiagabine treatment implicates ventral medial prefrontal cortex in generalized social anxiety disorder. Aberrant amygdala-frontal cortex connectivity during perception of fearful faces and at rest in generalized social anxiety disorder. Aberrant reward center response to partner reputation during a social exchange game in generalized social phobia. Amygdala and hippocampus fail to habituate to faces in individuals with an inhibited temperament.
Mental Health Information. Mental Health Information For information about the work of the Institute of Psychiatry please visit Making a Difference or Institute of Psychiatry News Others sources of information include: Mental Health Care - a dedicated website for friends, family and carers of people experiencing psychosis (please note, existing grants to support the website have ended and the website will no longer be regularly updated as of 1st May 2013) Podcasts featuring IoP public lectures and events Maudsley publications mainly aimed at mental health professionals research papers published in scientific and medical journals Recommended sources of information outside the IoP: The Royal College of Psychiatrists, the professional and educational body for psychiatrists in the United Kingdom, has produced a series of readable, user friendly and accurage information leaflets about mental health problems.
Getting help in a crisis. Lüscher-Color-Diagnostik. ColorTouch. The 25 Best Color Apps for the iPhone. Color Expert($9.99) lets you extract colors from images in your iPhone and match them to specific Pantone shades or HTML, RGB, CMYK, HSB and hex values. Cliqcliq Colors ($2.99) offers most of the functionality of Color Expert, sans Pantone libraries, for a considerably lower price. Palettes Lite (FREE) or Palettes Pro ($9.99) let you sample colors from the world, then whip them into color palettes that you can sort, save, share or export in HTML, RGB, CMYK, HSB and hex values among others. Lite allows you to save up to 3 palettes with 5 colors per palette, while Palette offers 25 colors per palette and an unlimited number of combos. myPantone ($9.99) gives you portable access to a variety of Pantone color libraries, although user comments suggest you better lug your physical color decks in for a press check.
A good complement app is myPantone X-ref ($1.99), which shows you the closest match of a shade from one Pantone library to another. For housepainters, decorators and color-customizers. London Art Therapy Centre Contact | Find Us - London Art Therapy Centre. Art Therapy | Therapy Courses. Colleges and universities providing qualifying training for Art Therapy. Please contact the relevant establishment for course information Download our Art Therapy information pack which includes this list of qualifying training courses (pdf) >> Belfast Dr Caryl SibbettProgramme Leader, MSc Art Psychotherapy Shimna HouseKnockbracken Healthcare ParkSaintfield RoadBelfast, BT8 8BH Tel.: +44 (0)28 9056 5768 Email: MScArtTherapy@belfasttrust.hscni.net and Charlene Lam charlene.lam@belfasttrust.hscni.net Websites: www.uel.ac.uk/hss/programmes/postgraduate/index.htmwww.belfasttrust.hscni.net/index.html Cheshire University of Chester Programme leader: Susan Young MA Art TherapyFaculty of Health and Social CareCastle Drive,Chester CH1 1SL Tel: 01244 512 267 Email: susan.young@chester.ac.ukWebsite: www.chester.ac.uk Derby University of Derby Nicholas D.
Faculty of Education, Health and Science, Britannia Mill, Mackworth Road,Derby DE22 3BL Tel: 01332 594058Fax:01332 597763Email: n.stein@derby.ac.uk Website: www.derby.ac.uk Hertfordshire University of Hertfordshire London South Wales. Young Creative Council. MA in Art Psychotherapy. You can apply directly to Goldsmiths via the website by clicking the ‘apply now’ button on the main programme page. Before submitting your application you’ll need to have: Details of your education history, including the dates of all exams/assessments.The email address details of your referee who we can request a reference from, or alternatively an electronic copy of your academic reference.A personal statement.
This can either be uploaded as a Word Document or PDF, or completed online.If available, an electronic copy of your educational transcript (this is particularly important if you have studied outside of the UK, but isn’t mandatory).A portfolio of art work showing evidence of a longstanding commitment to your own art practice.Experience of work in health, social services or education (equivalent to at least 1,500 hours)Experience of personal therapy (ideally) When to apply We accept applications from October for students wanting to start the following September. Selection process. What is reflective practice? — Brightside. Reflective practice is a way of studying your own experiences to improve the way you work.
It is very useful for health professionals who want to carry on learning throughout their lives. The act of reflection is a great way to increase confidence and become a more proactive and qualified professional. Engaging in reflective practice should help to improve the quality of care you give and close the gap between theory and practice. The following examples of reflective practice will give you some idea of the various methods you can choose from. Gibbs' reflective cycle Gibb's reflective cycle is a process involving six steps: Description - What happened? It is a 'cycle' because the action you take in the final stage will feed back into the first stage, beginning the process again. Johns' model for structured reflection This is a series of questions to help you think through what has happened. This can be used as a guide for analysing a critical incident or for general reflection on experiences.
Biography. We write before knowing what to say and how to say it, and in order to find out, if possible. Jean-Francois Lyotard 1992 Expressive and explorative writing has the power to show its writer what they feel, think, know, understand, remember, observe, intuit, desire, believe. Since Gillie first began to discover this all her research and practice has been based around writing: Reflective Writing for Personal DevelopmentReflective Practice Writing for Professional DevelopmentTherapeutic WritingWriting for Publication Dr Gillie Bolton began seriously researching about writing after a medical professor colleague thought it was her students' relationship with her, not the writing which made a difference to them.
A determination to prove him wrong led to careful detailed observation and research. The Writer's Key: Introducing Creative Solutions to Life, published early 2014 (Jessica Kingsley), is a complete inspirational guide to writing for self-reflection and personal development. The Centre for Excellence in Media Practice | People > Jenny Moon. Moon, J and England, P (1994) The development of a highly structured workshop in health promotion, J.Inst Health Education 32, 2 p41. Moon, J (1994) A survey of postgraduate courses in health education / promotion: a report on their current state, Health Education Journal 53. 100 - 106. Moon, J (1994) A Simple Guide to Stress at Work. 23 page booklet published by Health Promotion Wales, Cardiff Moon, J (1995) The description of levels in higher education: a discussion paper to support development of level descriptors for higher education in Wales.
Cardiff, Wales Access Unit (unpublished) Moon, J (1995) Quality assurance in a Welsh credit framework and case studies in quality assurance for credit, Cardiff, Wales Access Unit, Cardiff *Moon, J (1995) A Handbook on the Development of Foundation Courses in Health Promotion. Moon, J (1995) Credit in higher education: the implications for staff development. Moon, J (1995) The Description of levels in higher education. Colour Therapy the Colour Information Resource. NB Research – Dr Nina Burrowes » 10 lessons learned as a researcher. This is the first in a series of lessons (10 and counting) I have learned since working as a professional research consultant. I see myself as a work in progress, so I imagine that the lessons will keep on coming, but in the meantime here’s lesson number one. Be a craftsman – not a technician. Research is full of method and techniques.
When you are training you are taught how to produce a questionnaire, design an experiment, write an interview schedule etc. It’s important to know how to use the tools of your trade – however, there is so much more to being a researcher than just knowing how to write a good questionnaire. The journey to becoming a craftsman is a long one – you can’t cut corners – but an experienced craftsman’s approach to their work is completely different to someone who has just been instructed on the correct use of their tools. How do you become a craftsman? To me, a craftsman is their tools, themselves, and their body of work. The craftsman’s tools. The craftsman’s work. How to Write an Exciting Interview. Interviewer: “Where did you grow up?” Famous person: “Florida.”
Interviewer: “Where did you attend college?” Famous person: “Florida State.” Interviewer: “What was your major?” Famous person: “Soil and water science.” Y-a-w-n. That’s what your reader will do when you write an interview like most run-of-the-mill writers. After all, common sense tells us the interview process should be logical and matter-of-fact. As copywriters, there are two major reasons why we should know how to conduct and write a great interview: An interview with a potential client and/or the creator of a product you’re writing about can unearth great information you can use to make your promotion a winner.
To find out exactly what makes a good interview, I spent an hour with Michael Masterson at his neighborhood cigar bar. To make an interview exciting, you need to do a little risk-taking with each of the four elements that make up a great interview: Get Down ’n’ Dirty With Michael Masterson MM: Next question … MM: No. Online assessment. ‘Life in the Chatter Box’ | Our Project Coordinator Victoria Patton writes: The Hearing the Voice team were very excited to see project director Charles Fernyhough’s article ‘Life in the Chatter Box’ in the New Scientist this week. The article focuses on recent research into inner speech and its role in shaping the distinctive properties of human thought. It also explores the role inner speech plays in decision making, regulating and motivating behaviour, our understanding of our own mental processes, and our awareness of who we are as individuals.
Much of Fernyhough’s thinking about inner speech is influenced by the work of L.S. One of the consequences of Vygotsky’s view is that very young children are really only able to ‘think out loud’ and pre-linguistic infants don’t have any thoughts at all (at least not where ‘thoughts’ are equated with episodes of inner speech). Voice.” Fernyhough’s article ‘Life in the Chatter Box’ is available to New Scientist subscribers in the normal manner. [i] Fernyhough, Charles. The Art of Identity: Memory as the Maker | The Harvard Advocate. In his recently published memoir, Nothing to Be Frightened Of, the novelist Julian Barnes offers a succinct view of memory: Memory is identity. I have believed this since… oh, since I can remember. You are what you have done; what you have done is in your memory; what you remember defines who you are; when you forget your life, you cease to be, even before death.
Memory is identity. The reader nods, in agreement. Barnes boils it down to three words and the equation is enticing in its simplicity. Memory is identity. Barnes’ definition is one of equating, presenting memory and identity as one in the same. Barnes’ memoir is focused on his thanatophobia, an abnormal and excessive fear of death, and so his excerpt is focused on personal identity. In Archive Fever: A Freudian Impression, philosopher Jacques Derrida purports that an archive can only be defined as such if it is exterior to actual memory. Charles Fernyhough: Is memory just a leaky reconstruction? We are in the middle of a debate about the status of neuroscience. Against the deceptive allure of neuroimaging and reported sightings of "brain centres" for everything from sarcasm to religious experience, there are stern reassurances that, if we were ever to work out the scientific basis of consciousness, it would be too complicated for us to understand.
Is neuroscience really changing the way we comprehend ourselves? If tracing behaviour and experience to its neural underpinnings really offers a new understanding of humanity, aren't novelists bound to draw on it in revealing how their characters understand themselves? In one sense, neuro-explanations seem to challenge the mechanisms by which novels work. A 2009 article by Marco Roth in n+1 magazine pointed out that neuroscience in fiction is often connected with atypical and pathological behaviour. Other novelists are pessimistic about brain science's capacity to make a difference. Team-Building Exercises - Team Management Training from MindTools. Planning Activities That Actually Work Learn how to plan effective team-building activities with your people. You've probably been involved in a team-building activity at some point.
Perhaps it was a weekend retreat, or an afternoon at the climbing gym learning to rely on one another, or a day on the golf course getting to know everyone. But, whether or not you and your colleagues enjoyed the experience, what happened when your team members returned to the office? Did they go back to their usual behavior – perhaps arguing over small assignments, or refusing to cooperate with each other? The 'day of fun' may have been a nice break from business, but did your colleagues actually use any of the lessons that they learned once they were back in the workplace?
Too often, managers plan an activity with no real thought or goal in mind. This article shows you what to consider when planning a team event, and we offer a variety of exercises to address different issues that teams commonly face. . Arts Ignition: Memory Palace. Five Ways to Expand Your Empathy - The School of Life. Ashoka - Innovators for the Public. Www.maryflanagan.com/wp-content/uploads/cog-tech-si-g4g-article-1-belman-and-flanagan-designing-games-to-foster-empathy.pdf.