Who needs therapy?

Everyone goes through stressful periods in his or her life. When such periods occur a person may manage on their own or be helped by those close to them.

There are however times when: • you want to speak of things without others knowing, • you want an objective view of your current difficulties, • your difficulties occur on an ongoing or regular basis, • you or those close to you can’t help, or • you are aware that your difficulties require professional help. It is time to consider therapy.

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What is Therapy?

This is not an easy question to answer simply, but here goes…

People hold different ideas about therapy in their minds. Some imagine therapy involves lying on a couch and having a therapist offer the occasional “Hmmmmm…..”. Other people wonder whether therapy is similar to what happens in the movies. There are of course many different ways of practicing psychology and offering therapy. The commonest involves coming to see a therapist and talking about things that are worrying you or discussing how your week has been. This leads to you and the therapist thinking about your reactions to daily events, your interactions with others, your thoughts and feelings about various matters. Depending on what emerges, the therapist may explore other ways of being in the world or challenge some of your reactions or patterns of behaviour.

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Why not LiveTV4Ever.com

Well the useless people at LiveTV4Ever was at it again. After a buffering low quality terrible stream of the Super14 Finals they obviously lost or rather deliberately disconnected, the stream to prevent any paying customer from viewing the final presentations and jubilations.

I have never seen such a useless and amateurish service as that of LiveTV4Ever.com.

DO NOT WAISTE YOUR MONEY - Rather get cable tv and pay the price than to have your sporting pleasure in the hands of a bunch of non-caring school-kids!

Should you subscribe to LiveTV4Ever

Well the answer is in my point of view: NO don't!

I personally can not say they are a total scam. When they have a feed (and the emphasis on on the word when) then, yes it is good quality.

But then why my statement that you should not subscribe. Well it is easy.

Firstly, I subscribed to the 6 months feed and it went smooth. Came end of the month, they just simply subtracted more money, and again, and again. After sending 17 messages they responded but refused any reimbursements and just ignored any alternative requests. No response and just no answers. That is Fraud! Nothing but Fraud.

Secondly, If there is a sporting event, don't count seeing it. Too often the feeds are messed up and in stead of seeing your all important final game, whatever the sport may be, you will be seeing some backyard underrated and totally unrelated sporting event. Imagine tuning in and seeing some fishing event when you were all geared up for a nice fast game of rugby!

Thirdly, feeds just don't display. And that is so true for feeds for important games. Up to now I never had the previlage to view any important final. Having no option, you will have to watch low quality free stream sites with a bunch of over enthusiastic swearing people clogging up the bandwith with rubbish and swearing chats!

But, you may say, they do have a online support system AND support e-mail. Surely that helps. No ways. They ignore it! I have spend hours waiting for so-called support and have send hunderds (litteraly) messages begging for support and some kind of answer. None is forth-comming and none will be forth comming.

So in short, they seem initially to be a nice bunch of people but don't expect service nor delivery for what you paid! So, go and pay and enjoy! That is, if you have money to throw away!

What is Operant Conditioning (Psychology)

"Operant conditioning was pioneered by Skinner. Learning is the result of an association being formed between behaviour and its consequences; the Law of Effect states that behaviour which has a positive consequence will be learned. For example, if lever pressing delivers food to a hungry rat, food is positive reinforcement and lever pressing is likely to be repeated. Behaviour that results in the removal of something aversive, e.g. pressing a lever stops an electrical shock, is negatively reinforced, and so is also likely to be repeated. Behaviour leading to aversive outcome, or the removal of something pleasant, is punishment. Skinner believed punishment to be an unethical and ineffective way of changing behaviour. Behaviour can be shaped, i.e. moved towards the desired outcome, by reinforcing successive approximations of what is required. Skinner sees learning as following processes similar to those in evolution, but over the individual's lifetime, in that learning produces an organism better adapted to the environment.

Studies using a Skinner box have established these principles in animals. They apply equally to humans, and have been used successfully in behaviour modification programmes, e.g. reducing disruptive classroom behaviour, using reinforcers such as praise and plastic tokens, later exchanged for what the individual finds reinforcing.

While effective in changing behaviour, this approach has been criticised for ignoring the role of internal cognitive processes in behaviour change, and for its use of experiments divorced from the natural environment.

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Improve your Body Image Workshops

The body is a map which expresses our feeling states, our thoughts and beliefs. It ultimately links us to our sense of self. It connects us and disconnects us. A disturbed body image carries a history that cuts critically into our sense of being connected to our selves and to others.

This one day (Saturday) workshop aims to explore our personal body image that defends us from connectivity and to loosen the armour through discussion, movement and creative expression.

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Attachment Theory explained in short

Lorenz took a walk with his ducks imprinting the living fear into Bowlby who "attached" himself to a tree whilst Ainsworthy, observing the chaos, classified it as insecure not noting the terrified monkey of Harlow seeking comfort from the surrounding fencing.  
Main & Goldwyn passed by, gave a dismissive look and continued being preoccupied with their discussion of Baumrinds authoritative classifications of parenting styles!

Familiar with these terms and names?  They are essential for both DSE212 and ED209 or other psychology subjects, especially level 2.

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