Mental health articles
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January, 2016
academic difficulties for students
Subject though it is to numerous other infl uences, academic performance is at once a consistent outcome, sensitive indicator, and solid predictor of emotional well-being at all stages of development. Hence, the eff ective college mental health practitioner conceives the task of promoting students’ academic performance as just one aspect of enriching their educational and […]
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multicultural counseling in schools torrent
multicultural counseling in schools torrent Clinicians fall into diff erent camps regarding the importance they place on cultural issues. Some, who tend to minimize cultural issues, have what we would call beta bias (Berg-Cross, 2003). Th is is the tendency to see the universal commonalities among cultures—for example, how all cultures value family. Th ese […]
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mindfulness for dummies definition
mindfulness for dummies definition Mindfulness is the practice of simply paying attention with an open and nonjudgmental attitude. It involves attending to each moment in a very real and immediate fashion—directing attention to only one thing in the moment. Th ose who promote mindfulness consider the process of concentrating on experience, rather than interpreting experience, […]
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authentic happiness
Authentic Happiness Many also consider Martin Seligman’s (2002) concept of authentic happiness to be a stress preventative. Seligman identifi es a set of six personal values that are associated with authentic happiness: wisdom and knowledge, courage, love and humanity, justice, temperance, and spirituality and transcendence. He also asserts that happiness is cultivated by focusing on […]
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psychological hardiness and stress
psychological hardiness and stress Perhaps the most essential prevention is developing a sense of psychological hardiness, a concept promoted by Salvadore Maddi and Suzanne Kobasa (Maddi, 1999; Maddi & Kobasa, 1984). Hardiness is characterized by a sense of challenge, control, and commitment. Challenge refers to perceiving stressful situations and problems as opportunities for problem solving, […]
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Stress Management in Groups
Stress Management in Groups Th ere is obvious value to doing stress management in group settings. Since students can learn progressive muscular relaxation training as readily in a group of 10 as in an individual session, the investment in staff time is signifi – cantly reduced. Moreover, the opportunity for students to helpfully share the […]
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humor stress management techniques
humor stress management techniques Don’t laugh—or, rather, do laugh! Cynical readers might snicker at the notion of humor as a signifi cant approach to stress management, but I encourage them to have a good laugh instead, which is better for stress than a snicker. According to a growing body of research, humor results in a […]
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