A strengths-based approach to leadership is more effective than the traditional method of focussing on performance weaknesses. To help organisations grow and thrive we need to tap into people’s strengths.
Living with obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD)
Obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) is a serious but treatable mental disorder that affects more than half a million Australians.
What is traumatic brain injury?
Traumatic brain injuries (TBI) are common injuries resulting from a blow to the head that often lead to long lasting physical, emotional and behavioral effects.
Early intervention crucial for autism
Identifying children with autism early - before age two - is possible and greatly improves their opportunities for development.
What is anti-social behaviour?
Governments, police and the wider society often struggle to understand, control and prevent anti-social behaviour. Psychology has some of the answers.
Managing unconscious bias
Unconscious bias can negatively affect our workplace interactions and judgments, resulting in an unfair or imbalanced work environment.
Coping with the emotional challenges of diabetes
Psychological support can help people with diabetes overcome the fears and challenges often associated with this chronic health condition.
What does ‘belief’ in climate change really mean
Where one stands on “climate change” has been such a vexed and often confusing issue, at dinner parties, over coffee, with the taxi driver, and in terms of media reporting of where the Australian public is at.
Psychological tips for resisting the Internet’s grip
“22 of the Cutest Baby Animals,” the headline said. “You won’t believe number 11!” Despite an impending deadline – not to mention my skepticism (how cute could they possibly be?) – I clicked on the story. I’m only human, after all. Yet this failure in self-regulation cost me at least half an hour of good…
Assessment
Psychologists use a range of ‘assessment’ strategies and tools, including interviews, questionnaires and various tests to better understand what is happening for a client; for example, to diagnose a mental health problem or learning difficulty.
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- Negative words impact children’s negative opinions of others, study findsCNN Health
- I’ve made my child afraid of the dark. How do I fix it?ABC Everyday
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- Four reasons you’re tired of Zoom calls — and what to do about itWashington Post
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