“Toward Emotional Maturity” is a 10-minute film produced in 1954 for McGraw-Hill as part of its “Psychology for Living Series.” A teenage girl reflects on her emotional growth, remembering when feelings of love, jealousy, fear, and anger took control. The narrator says she learns through experience that no matter how deep an emotion is, you… Read More »
Dr. Harriet Haberman is a licensed clinical social worker who received a Ph.D. from Rutgers University and has been a psychologist in private practice for 25 years. Her book, Emotional Wisdom: A Compassionate Guide to the Messages Hidden in Your Feelings, was published in April 2008. Book Description: “It provides you with the essential skills… Read More »
Would you rather be rich (financially) or healthy and happy? Rev. Dr. Launa Virgo has written a two-part article at Examiner.com, “Does wealth equal happiness? How joy in life affects your health.” In Part One, Virgo shares the results of a Gallup world poll conducted in 140 countries that found “wealth was not a determining… Read More »
A new Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities initiated operations in the state of Georgia on July 1. Previously, mental health was one of 36 agencies within the state’s welfare department competing for attention and funding. Georgia has nearly 100,000 children and adolescents with severe emotional disturbances and the agency created to care for… Read More »
Based in the United Kingdom, the Emotional Health Alliance is a learning network comprised of twenty organizations that works to ensure that today’s emotional challenge does not become tomorrow’s problem. James Park, Chair of the Emotional Health Alliance: “The approaches we offer are designed to help children and young people free themselves from emotional confusion… Read More »
Writing For Emotional Balance: A Guided Journal To Help You Manage Overwhelming Emotions was written by Beth Jacobs and published in 2005. “Beginning with an explanation about the value of keeping a journal, Jacobs then guides readers through various processes to clarify our understanding of the subjective nature of emotions and how they are influenced… Read More »
“Beyond the Shadows of Stigma” is an 8-minute video produced by the Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation (CPR) that highlights the work of participants in a Photovoice course, “Taking off the Blinders: A Project to Combat Stigma and Discrimination.” Photovoice puts cameras in the hands of individuals and asks them to produce statements made up of… Read More »
In her book, Emotional Blackmail: When the People in Your Life Use Fear, Obligation, and Guilt to Manipulate You, Susan Forward writes, “Emotional blackmail is a powerful form of manipulation in which people close to us threaten to punish us for not doing what they want… This book offers a method to break this cycle… Read More »
Barbara Fredrickson, a pioneer in the field of positive emotional psychology, is a Professor of Psychology and principal investigator of the Positive Emotions and Psychophysiology Laboratory (a.k.a. PEP Lab) at the University of North Carolina. In her new book (published in January), Positivity: Groundbreaking Research Reveals How to Embrace the Hidden Strength of Positive Emotions,… Read More »
Barbara Miller Fishman, Ph.D. is an author, psychotherapist, and meditation teacher who has extensive experience working with people on a psychological and spiritual path toward healing and wholeness. After years of working with women as a psychotherapist, she developed the discipline of Mindfulness Psychotherapy, a combination of mindfulness meditation and psychotherapy. Fishman’s book, Emotional Healing through Mindfulness… Read More »