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When common Psychological therapies failed
Dave (name changed) told his psychologist that he often wakes up feeling anxious without knowing why and he would often panic for no reason. He went to see a number psychologists, counselors and psychiatrists but his situation did not change much.
Panic disorder, bipolar depression, as recently dramatized in popular Hollywood movie A Star is Born, personality disorders are often difficult to achieve remission despite psychotherapy and pharmacological drug therapy.
Although CBT is often used for major depressive disorder, there are studies that found that CBT was ineffective when treating severely depressed patients (Driessen & Hollon, 2010). Other research (Johnsen and Friborg (2015) found CBT to get less effective over time. This is because CBT focuses on patient’s cognition or thinking. However, we are more than just thinking beings. We have emotions and deep psychological needs and many unmet childhood needs. In such cases, schema therapy is able to help those suffering from these difficult psychological disorders connect with these experiences.
Schema Therapy offers new hope
Schema therapy (ST), also known as third wave CBT, was devised as the treatment for more pervasive, enduring psychological disorders, such as major depression and Borderline Personality Disorder, in which other psychotherapy methods such traditional CBT was less successful. Dr. Jeffrey Young, the founder of ST who also founded the International Society for Schema Therapy believed that to successfully treat these and most psychological disorders successfully and in a more lasting fashion, the therapist needs to help the patient uncover and change their deep subconscious programs – called schema that have locked us in repetitive negative and self-sabotaging patterns of behavior.
Training in Schema Therapy is Effective in successful treatment outcome
In schema therapy, the patient works with a therapist to uncover and understand their schemas or early maladaptive schemas. Schemas are unhelpful patterns that many of us develop when our emotional needs are not met when we were children. The effectiveness of schema therapy is reported by numerous research such as the one by Hashemi and Darvishzadeh (2016). The researchers concluded that schema therapy training is effective in reducing the symptoms of depression, promoting mental health, and preventing mental injuries. Schema therapy’s effectiveness can be attributed to specific elements such as the therapist’s bonding with the patient through re-parenting and schema change. The therapy tracks back into the history and past traumatic childhood experiences of the patients and identifies how their current negative emotions and behaviors are affected by those past experiences. These has not be done in other counselling, psychological, and psychiatric therapies which often focus only on the current situations of the patients. In doing, Schema Therapy is able to reformat our past negative experiences which all of us have despite the best effort and intention of our parents. Only then can we break free of our patterns of negative behaviors which other forms of psychological and psychiatric therapies had not been able to help patients do.
Finally, Dave was recommended by one of his friends to visit psychologists at the International Psychology Centre (www.Psychology.com.my) who were trained in Schema Therapy. On the first session itself, his therapist identified a childhood memory where he woke one day and found his dad had gone away. Although now he knows his dad was away on a business trip but at that time no one had explained that sufficiently to him and he felt scared and abandoned. This was how he developed his abandonment schema. The psychologist hypnotized Dave back to that memory and appeared with young Dave to give him the assurance he needed at that time that his dad will be back and be with him whilst he missed his dad. Dave’s traumatic memory was reformatted. His abandonment schema was transformed to a healthy schema. Now Dave is able to sleep well, feels confident with himself and is able to feel happy which he has not been able to do for a very long time.
Psychologists at the International Psychology Centre (www.Psychology.com.my) are trained in Schema Therapy which have helped hundreds of patients suffering chronic psychological disorders that other therapies have failed to treat.
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Symptoms of Technology Addiction
Posted by: International Psychology Centre on: March 22, 2021
“It’s no longer just a game.”
How do you tell if you are addicted to technology? Or if you have children or teenagers who cannot seem to get their hands of their gadget?
Below are a few signs that you might be suffering from technology addiction:
- Avoidance of Work
- Boredom with Routine Tasks
- Backache
- Dry Eyes and other Vision Problems
- Feelings of Euphoria when using the Computer
- Headaches
- Insomnia
- Inability to Prioritize or Keep Schedules
- Isolation/ Neglecting friends and family
- Loneliness
- Neck Pain
- No Sense of Time
- Procrastination
This behavior has to be taken into consideration as children’s social and developmental lives might be affected.
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Sources of Parent-Child Conflicts
Posted by: International Psychology Centre on: March 22, 2021
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Do you find it difficult trying to make a deal with your children?
Are you tired of feeling as though your children never agree with any request you make?
Does it feel like your child is constantly arguing and negotiating every request or rule that you suggest?
Conflict between parents and children is part of a family life. However, conflicts may go on for a long time and get worse over time, resulting in stress and negative relationships. There are a few common sources of parent-child conflicts.
- As much as parents try to be attentive and sensitive to their children, they cannot be there all the time. There will be occasions when parents are preoccupied with professional responsibilities, and unintentionally miss the verbal as well as non-verbal cues of their children. This, as a result, is what brings about the inevitable conflicts between parents and children.
- Setting limits that are not aligned with the children’s primary emotional state can cause a disconnection between both parties. For instance, curfew is a classic topic for parents and children to argue about.
- When a parent loses control of his or her emotions towards their children, this will cause an intense emotional distress especially when parents engage in screaming, name-calling or threatening behaviors. These types of distressing conflicts typically occur when the parents have unresolved issues from their own backgrounds.
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Signs of Sexually Incompatible Couples
Posted by: International Psychology Centre on: March 22, 2021
Sexual incompatibility ranges from minor to major annoyance for couples in a relationship. If there are problems that are ignored by the couple, problems will grow in significance and lead to the increase in anger and resentment for both individuals.
Some of the signs can be either one of the individual finds:
1) Sex is not important, silly
2) Feel awkward with the sex scenes in television or pictures
3) Partner’s preferences are distasteful to you
4) You do not tell what are some of the things that your partner did turns you off
5) You find yourself thinking about sexual moments with other people
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Incompatible Sexual Desires between Couples
Posted by: International Psychology Centre on: March 22, 2021
As we know, most relationships need effort and commitment in order to have what it takes to go the distance as the time passes. In fact, one simple fact that causes many relationships not to last is because of “you are not sexually compatible”.
During the start of new relationship, couples are often taking things easily when both person are crazily in love. Unfortunately, it does not take long for reality to take place after the honeymoon period. Thus, if you are not sexually compatible, the relationship will be affected later if the issue is not addressed in the beginning.
Thus, it is very important that both partners to be honest with each other, especially in the early relationship and talks about how much one prioritise sex ideally, and how frequently they would prefer to have it.
In addition, when sexual incompatible takes place, couple should take actions to talk about it and find solutions instead of just let things slide off.Edit this entry.
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Sex Therapy For Erectile Dysfunction And Women Low Sexual Desire & Libido.
Posted by: International Psychology Centre on: March 22, 2021
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Posted by: International Psychology Centre on: March 22,2021
From The Brink Of Divorce To Happy Marriage
Joanna (name changed) is a thin, reasonably attractive 41-year-old female who was brought to International Psychology Centre by her group of close friends, stating that she was facing marital issues, household violence, as well as being generally unhappy.
Joanna was introduced to her husband shortly after she moved to KL, and they were married after a brief but intense courtship of 3 months. This intensity waned almost immediately after the marriage ceremony, and they settled into a routine marked neither by contentment nor by obvious problems. Interactions were minimal and there was seldom conflict. Over the years they have three children aged 11, 8 and 6.
As years passed, Joanna’s husband, who is now a project manager for a multinational manufacturing company, spends a lot of time travelling. When he is home, he is no longer willing to listen to Joanna. However, the problem is not as apparent then, since Joanna tries to rationalize by saying that her husband is merely stressed out, and she should give him the space he needs. However, the condition of their marriage deteriorates when her husband starts getting abusive in his speech and even actions where he would slam the door and come out with a list of things she should be doing. More recently, Joanna had experienced the episodes of anxiety and depression more consistently when her husband was around. Coupled with the responsibilities to manage the household and take care of her three children, Joanna was emotionally, intellectually, and physically drained to the point where she could do little more than meet her own basic needs.
Seeing her struggles, Joanna’s friends decided to help her out. They heard of Relate, The Centre for Couple Therapy, International Psychology Centre. In addition to individual psychotherapy, there are also couple and sex therapy, as well as family therapy. Over the course of a few weeks, Joanna came in for more sessions where she was taught how to communicate more effectively with her husband. For example, instead of avoiding her husband, Joanna was taught to mirror and empathize with her husband. She was also taught to address her negative emotions through Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Emotion-Focused Therapy. During these sessions, Joanna was coached to better identify and flexibly manage her emotions. She also learnt how to attend to her children’s needs more effectively and facilitate them to cope in difficult situations. Joanna’s husband was invited to join her for Couple Therapy as well whereby the psychologist and couple therapist was able to help them to better understand and talk to each other.
Biochemical laboratory tests, such as the Neurotransmitter test was also recommended to investigate any biochemical cause of Joanna’s constant mood of anxiety and depression. It is evident that a lack of serotonin, which is one of the brain neurotransmitter or brain chemical, was one of the causal factors for depression. Based on these results, a programme of psycho-nutritional supplements can then be recommended along with psychotherapy sessions that will help Joanna boost her neurotransmitter without any side effect and improve her relationship with her husband.
In a matter of weeks, Joanna had made considerable gains in these important areas: First, Joanna and her husband were able to communicate more effectively with one another. Second, Joanna and her husband were able to better support each other emotionally. Most importantly, both of them are now able to live life vitally and adaptively, and enjoy better relationships with themselves and the people around them.
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Online Couple
Posted by: International Psychology Centre on: March 22, 2021
Historically, men have been more likely to cheat, but cyber chat may be changing that, research suggests.
The typical affair used to start in the office and move to a seedy motel room, but the vast reach of the Internet has brought infidelity into many couples’ homes over the past decade.
The growth in steamy chat room conversations and cyber chat also has triggered a rethinking of the meaning of infidelity. If there is no physical contact or actual sex, is it still an affair?
Several studies suggest that even when there is no in-person contact, online affairs can be just as devastating as the real-world variety, triggering feelings of insecurity, anger and jealousy. Women usually feel more threatened by the emotional betrayal of a partner’s online affair, while men are more concerned about physical encounters.
Sara and husband Adna (not real name), who used the names “Sweetie” and “Prince of Joy” in an online chatroom, spent hours telling each other about their marriage troubles. The truth emerged when the two turned up for a date. Now the pair, are divorcing after accusing each other of being unfaithful.
“I was suddenly in love. It was amazing. We seemed to be stuck in the same kind of miserable marriage. How right that turned out to be,” Sara, said.
Adna, said: “I still find it hard to believe that Sweetie, who wrote such wonderful things, is actually the same woman I married and who has not said a nice word to me for years”.
People now spend as much time online as they do watching TV — about 13 hours a week. While TV viewing has remained fairly constant, time spent surfing the Web has increased more than 120 percent over the last five years. With the burgeoning use of the Internet, many practitioners are seeing more couples because of online affairs and are addressing new issues in therapy, psychologists say.
While most relationships are hampered by such workday realities as household chores and paying the bills, online relationships exist in an electronic nether world where strangers can construct their own identities.
According to Young, people with low self-esteem, a distorted body image, an untreated sexual dysfunction or a prior sexual addiction are more at risk to develop addictions to cybersex or online pornography.
Therapy can be more complicated if the cheating partner doesn’t believe his or her online activities qualify as an affair, The excuses are, ‘I didn’t have sex with this person. I didn’t go out and see anybody or catch any diseases,’” But the other partner often feels such an emotional betrayal that they are going through the same feelings as if their partner was having a real affair.
Online affairs can contribute to divorce and child custody fights as the involved partner becomes more enmeshed in the online relationship. A studies of Internet affairs and documented many negative effects from online romances, including less interest in sex in the committed relationship and neglect of work and time with children.
As costs for Internet access have dropped, online affairs are also very affordable. They can be easy to conceal, as long as the cheating partner deletes the Web browser history and any incriminating e-mails. It’s really difficult to track what your partner is doing. There aren’t receipts for hotels or dinners or excursions.With the faceless nature of the Internet, anonymity also is easy to come by. People often feel more comfortable revealing intimate details of their lives to relative strangers because the relationship exists only in cyberspace. Things happen so quickly online. Some people really begin to think the other person is in love with them. They develop this intimacy and fantasy relationship. The cool thing about fantasy relationships is they don’t require any work.
Therapy is similar for online or traditional affairs, with couples working on issues of trust, betrayal and forgiveness. We encourage couples to use the Internet to strengthen their relationships by enjoying pornography sites together or visiting websites for ideas about romantic dates or new sexual skills.
After an Internet affair, couples often need to move the home computer to a public space, such as the living room, and install tracking or blocking software. But to build lasting trust, couples must dig deeper in therapy. In terms of treatment, the first step is about the individual taking responsibility for the online affair. But the couple also needs to examine what was happening in their marriage that led to one of them cheating online.
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Couple And Social Networking
Posted by: International Psychology Centre on: March 22, 2021
We all know Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr and Vine are way more fun when you can post photos and videos of that special someone you enjoying spending time with. However, social media can be dangerous to any relationship if used incorrectly! Be sure to avoid making mistakes that can throw your relationship into risky waters.
Facebook, Twitter, even LinkedIn- they are all about connecting with people, right? How can that be a problem? When connecting becomes hooking up and you (and/or they) are married. There are a few aspects of these sites which make them mine fields for marriages.
1. Part of the difficulty of these sites is most people view them as “innocent.” They minimize what they are doing on them; “I only tweet him a little” or “It’s harmless flirtation.” Even more outrageous, “It’s not like I’m cheating or having an affair.”
Unfortunately, these not-so-innocent connections often are affairs; if not sexual, then emotional.
You see, one definition of an affair is going outside the relationship to get something you should be getting inside it. This can be affirmation, love, sex, emotional connection, someone to be with, attention, or a whole host of things. People seek these things through seemingly innocent social media connections, and often get sucked into something they didn’t mean to do.
2. Social media sites make it easy to connect, but for a couple of reasons it also makes it easy to cheat. Yes, cheating existed before them, but they make it easier these days.
People online have the ability to be invisible or anonymous. Even Plato understood the dangers of this; in his story about the Ring of Gyges he postulated humans are only good as long as they think they would be caught. If they think they can be invisible and have no repercussions to what they do, they will do what they want.
In other words, it is tempting to push the envelope further online than in person or with your spouse listening. Online gives you the feeling you won’t be caught.
Instant communication takes time out of the equation. Have you ever been out of sorts with your spouse? (If you say no, you are lying.) Before the web and especially social media sites it would have taken time to connect with someone and get serious. Now you can shoot someone an email/tweet/text to complain about your spouse, and they can “support” you, and you can start comparing how much of a “jerk” your spouse is in relation to this other person. There is no stop-gap to slow you down between emotion and response. You need a thought out response.
In addition, the instant connection makes it easier to go to someone else rather than fix things with your spouse. It makes it easier to say, “My partner isn’t going to make it better, I’ll just go talk to _____.” It creates a void where repairing the relationship should be.
Also, social media sites make it simple to find old flames. Face it, if they were a flame, then there will be chemistry there, no matter how good your marriage is now. It becomes a temptation. On the flip side, some people have reported being stalked by old flames and how creepy that is.
For all these reasons, these sites make it easy to cheat.
The mis-attributed innocence and opportunity for cheating created by social media sites make them aminefield for those who are married. That is why it is important to safeguard your relationship.
Your courageous work is to create safeguards to your relationship before participating in any of these sites. Don’t say or do anything you think in anyway your partner would be hurt by or disapprove of. You need to be clear about why you are online (to yourself and others.) You may want to keep open communication about whom you have friended or whom you talk with and what you talk about. This may mean letting your partner read your messages and answering some tough questions.
Ask yourself some questions, and be really stupidly honest with your answers.
- Would my partner be happy if I was talking on the phone with this other person as much as I tweet them?
- Would my spouse be happy if I was meeting them for lunch/dinner as often as I send or read emails to/from them?
- Would my loved one say what I’m doing is really innocent or not hurtful?
- What would happen if my partner read the texts/tweets/emails we are exchanging?
- Am I seeking something from this other person that I could be getting from my partner?
- Is my relationship in trouble? (If it is, stay away from social media sites.)
Lastly, if you are truthful with yourself and recognize you are online to find someone else, then turn back to your relationship and see if you can make it work. Earn your way out, don’t cheat your way out.
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Reigniting The Spark
Posted by: International Psychology Centre on: March 22,2021
Do you feel a lack of excitement in your relationship? Perhaps a certain feeling of passion or excitement that was once there no longer exists, is much less frequent than it was or far less intense? Maybe you used to prioritize your relationship much higher, but it feels like a chore now and that passion and excitement has been replaced by indifference.
Frequency of sex for married couples varies by age: Couples 18 to 29 are friskiest, reporting sex 109 times a year, while couples in their 60s do it 32 times yearly. That’s not to suggest that couples should try to keep up sexually everyday; if both partners are happy with a low- or no-sex relationship, there’s no reason to dust off the fuzzy handcuffs.
But when one or both partners are dissatisfied with their sex lives, it plays an enormously negative role in a marriage, and is a top reason couples get divorced.
So how do you fire up a sex life that has lost its spark?
“Intimacy” includes physical closeness and to many this quickly gets translated to meaning a sexual relationship. Of course married love includes sex, as it should, but long married couples will often relate that the sexual part of their relationship is only one of many ways they are intimate with each other.
Other forms of intimacy are emotional, intellectual, heart- to- heart conversations, working together at common goals, and spiritual intimacy. True marital intimacy usually involves being honest with your spouse and allowing yourself to be vulnerable. Because you know your spouse well and trust him/her not to hurt you, you are willing to give yourself completely and risk the unknown.
In emotional intimacy a couple shares their joys, fears, frustrations, sorrows and, yes, anger with each other. This doesn’t mean that spouses yell and scream at each other- or, worse, hit each other- but it does mean that hard feelings can be shared, too. The challenge is to find ways to do this respectfully. It can be scary at times to let down one’s emotional guard, but when trust is developed over time, it feels safe. Emotional intimacy is one of the strongest bonders in a marriage. It is violated when a spouse shares intimate thoughts and feelings with a friend, co- worker, or on- line. This can feel like betrayal even though it doesn’t involve sexual infidelity.
Intellectual intimacy comes when spouses share a vibrant life of the mind with each other. It may be discussing a book, movie, or play, dissecting all the nuances of the plot and symbolism. It might be the high of attending a concert together that stirred your souls. It might be knowing that you share similar opinions on social, political, or religious issues. It’s not a matter of equivalent education, but rather equivalent thirst for knowledge that feeds your common spirit.
Heart- to- heart conversations might be the way that you develop emotional or intellectual intimacy, but sometimes the conversations might not be about anything that momentous. It might just be sharing the stuff of everyday life. What concerns are you carrying about your child? Is there a decision to make about a job or a move? Is there a joke that you know your spouse will understand even though it’s not laugh out loud funny?
Sometimes deep intimacy can come without words. It may be a knowing glance as you drive along the highway, and you appreciate the view together, or a long consoling hug when a tragedy strikes your family. It can also be the feeling of satisfaction when doing yard work, household repairs, or working on a social cause together.
Spiritual intimacy should not be dismissed as too esoteric or something just for “holy people.” Prayer is a personal encounter with God. Letting your spouse peek into a sliver of that relationship by saying heartfelt prayers of petition or thanks together is the beginning of becoming soul- mates. See, Who Me, Pray?…With Her for ideas.
And of course, there is sexual intimacy. This physical intimacy is so special and profound because it lays bare our bodies in their beauty and imperfection for the pleasure of our spouse. Such a private moment. Such a momentous act of total self-giving and trust that we don’t share with anyone else. It celebrates our joy and stirs us out of apathy. The possibility of new life being born from this loving act is a miracle almost beyond comprehension.
Being human, we are not perfect. At times we’ll fall short of the ideal of never hurting our spouse. There may be times when trust between spouses is broken. At times like this a couple must reach deeply into their reserve of love, change what needs to be changed, and ask forgiveness. That too, is an intimate act.
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How Much Do You Know About ADHD?
Posted by: International Psychology Centre on: March 22,2021
It’s time for some ADHD Awareness📢‼️ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder) is a medical condition affecting all ages whereby differences in brain development and activity lead to attention deficits, thus affecting learning, self-control, social interactions and personal development in patients and is characterized by common symptoms such as hyperactivity, impulsivity, acting without thinking, poor organization skills (e.g. being unable to tell time) etc. Hence, it’s important not to overlook such symptoms and proceed to obtain a diagnosis from professional mental healthcare service providers if similar symptoms are detected‼️
Tips For Managing ADHD
Posted by: International Psychology Centre on: March 22,2021
Recently, non-drug ADHD treatments have been on demand. Since 2019, some were approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA); including a small brain-stimulation device known as the Cranial Electronic Stimulation (CES) system (www.NutriMed@Club).
The CES is designated for helping children and adults by delivering safe, low stimulation as they sleep or rest. It has provided empirical support for significant improvement in behaviour similar to drugs/pharmaceutical intervention.
In addition, the sleep bank (www.NutriMed@Club) can help those with difficulties getting to sleep to improve the quality and quantity of sleep to support the required focus and attention.
Scalar device, a patented evidence-based device also available at NutriMed@Club is another non-drug option in a growing field of energy medicine. Though refinement of the technology is undergoing, the future is looking brighter for ADHD individuals. It is hoped that academic achievement, behaviours at home & school and social skills will be improved vastly with these new technologies.
In addition to ADHD nutritional and behavioural therapy (https://www.counseling.com.my/children-add-treatment-and…), parental assistance plays a huge role in facilitating their children’s journey with ADHD.
Here are some tips for parents or perhaps yourself! (if you have ADHD).
– Create a routine, from waking up to bedtime. And stick to it!
– Minimize distractions. Switch off the TV, limit noises, and ensure a clean workspace when your child is doing homework. Some children with ADHD learn well in certain environments (e.g. background music). Observe your child and see what works best.
– When talking with your child, be clear and specific. Let your child know you are listening by repeating what you heard them say.
– Make small, realistic goals and praise or other rewards to promote your child’s positive behaviours.
– Create positive opportunities. Discovering and encouraging what your child does well – whether it’s school, sports, art, or play promotes positive experiences.
– Maintain a healthy lifestyle with nutritious food.
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ADHD Treatment
Posted by: International Psychology Centre on: March 22,2021
Have you or your child been diagnosed with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) It is identified by behaviours such as hyperactivity, impulsivity, and difficulties in focusing, among other symptoms. You may be filled with many concerns and questions, so it could help to consult a professional therapist to examine you/your child’s treatment options.
There are many to choose from, but in most cases, ADHD is best treated with a combination of treatments, whereby behavioural and nutritional or pharmacological medicinal therapy are usually packaged together.
Behaviour therapy aims to promote positive behaviours and reduce unwanted/problematic behaviours, often involving parent training and/or child-therapist sessions (https://www.counseling.com.my/children-add-treatment-and-assessment). Parents can learn skills to improve managing their child’s behaviour while strengthening their relationship with them through support and structure.
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ADHD May Be The Cause For Your Sleep, Relationship, Work And Other Daily Problems!
Posted by: International Psychology Centre on: March 22,2021
Having ADHD can impacts daily life in many ways, It can cause:
- Sleep problems: Increasing snoring, sleep apnea, and restless legs syndrome (an urge to move your legs when you’re at rest), disrupting circadian rhythm.
- Relationship problems: With symptoms such as forgetfulness or lack of focus, if not treated, your mind can wander off when communicating with your partner or families, ultimately causing conflicts, even when they are aware of your symptoms.
- Employment difficulties: Similarly, with lack of focus, it is harder to finish tasks, stick with deadlines and basically live up to your employer’s expectations, so there may be struggle to keep a job
- Compulsive eating: ADHD often lowers your level of dopamine(hormone inducing pleasure), So eating food is a way to temporarily raise your dopamine levels and feel good and lead to food addictionn
- Impulsive spending: In the same way, Buying things could also give you a brief boost in those “feel-good” hormones which can lead to shopping addiction.
A better option would be treating your add with psychotherapy and ADD natural nutritional medicine.
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Retrenchment Counselling
Posted by: International Psychology Centre on: March 22,2021
Why is retrenchment counselling critical during the Covid-19 recovery?
As the country progressed through the recovery movement control order, businesses slowly reopened to make up for the losses from the past few months. For some companies, retrenchment is the only way for them to temporarily sustain until the economy starts to move in a positive direction. Retrenchment is an emotionally and cognitively taxing for all members in the organization. Losing or retaining a job would be devastating in different ways. Those who were retrenched may lose their stable income, their sense of self and sense of belonging, after being part of the organization for a few years of their lives. For those who remained or the managers who had to perform their responsibility in delivering the news may suffer from guilt which might spiral down to depression or other serious mental health issues if not addressed as soon as possible.
It is important for the employees to not only understand the situation that led to retrenchment, but to be treated respectfully and compensated fairly as accordance to the company’s abilities. One of the ways is by inviting a team of counsellors or psychologists to their facility on the briefing day to provide support for the employees. Retrenchment counselling can be made readily available for those who need immediate support from the team by walking in for a session.
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New Hope For Children & Adults With Autistic Spectrum Disorders: Reattach Therapy
Posted by: International Psychology Centre on: March 22,2021
Autism is a disorder of neural development, characterized by impaired social development, communication, emotion regulation and by restricted, repetitive behaviors. A study by the Ministry of Health on children between the ages 18 to 26 months showed a rate of 1.6 in 1000 children, or approximately 1 in 625 and it is rising (MOH, 2014).
Early signs of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) would usually start around two to six years of age. Common prevalent symptoms are; not being scared of danger, either being too sensitive or not sensitive at all to pain, avoiding eye contact, has difficulty expressing what they want or need, unusual fears, have an overall difficulty in interacting with others, repeated body movement, such as hand flapping or rocking, unusual responses to people or attachments to objects and resistance to changes in routines. They possibly will experience sensitivities in the five senses of sight, hearing, touch, taste and smell.
So, is there a cure to Autism? A frequently cited 2008 review of research studies found that from 3 to 25 percent of people eventually reversed their autistic symptoms. In addition, two extensive U.S. studies have found 4 to 13 percent of children lose their ASD symptoms, but that is debatable as it doesn’t always mean a full “recovery” from developmental problems.
Intervention for autistic children comes in a variety of methods, notably behavioral, developmental and nutritional intervention. These interventions typically address specific areas of autism. For example: behavioral interventions focus on teaching children new behaviors and skills using specialized and structured techniques while developmental intervention focuses on relationship development of the child and the people around them, primarily social and communication skills.
In conjunction with various intervention to rehabilitate patients with ASD, Dr. Paula Weerkamp-Bartholomeus developed and pioneered “ReAttach Therapy”. A new therapeutic intervention based on Bowlby’s attachment theory, ReAttach Therapy can be of great importance for people with ASD. This is concluded from the continuous practical research by Dr. Paula into the advantages that can be reached for people with Asperger’s syndrome, Pervasive Developmental Disorder-Not Otherwise Specified (PDD-NOS), autism spectrum disorder, or with a mental disability and autism, using the ReAttach therapy.
Dr. Paula Bartholomeus is the developer of the Viki’s View intervention (2010). From advancing insights, she developed the ReAttach method in November 2012. A noteworthy aspect of ReAttach is the fact that positive changes are made in several developmental areas of this pervasive developmental disorder at the same time. It has garnered positive measurable changes of patients on the Autism Treatment Evaluation Checklist (ATEC) that is notably recognized by the Autism Research Institute. The results of children with severe communicational problems, who have for instance lost their ability to speak and have not spoken for years, are overwhelming. Three children with comparable developmental problems have regained their ability to speak. On top of that, they have made comparable progression in the areas of play, social functioning and behavior.
What makes Dr. Paula’s Reattach therapy effective is its method of intervention that requires proximity, distance, touch, voice and emotional expression. Additionally, it is also easy to be taught among newly trained professionals. This in turn allow practitioners to practice effectively without needing to attend months if not years of intensive training.
For more information, please visit http://www.psychology.com.my
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How Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) Improve The Sleep Quality Of Your Employees.
Posted by: International Psychology Centre on: March 22,2021
Do you hardly get any sleep no matter how tired you are?
Do you wake up in the middle of the night and lie awake for hours, keep rolling in your bed, anxiously waiting for time to pass?
It is very common we have trouble sleeping at one time or another. Usually it’s due to stress, travel, illness, sadness, or other temporary interruptions to your normal routine. But if sleep problems occur regularly, you may be suffering from Insomnia. Lack of sleep takes a toll on your energy, mood, and ability to function during the day. But you don’t have to resign yourself to sleepless nights. Addressing the underlying causes and making changes to your lifestyle, daily habits, and sleep environment can help to overcome sleep disorder and enjoy good night’s sleep again.
One of the problems could be that when a person works at night, the light exposure suppresses melatonin which is normally secreted at night. People who work night shifts or rotating shifts also often don’t sleep enough, and long-term sleep deprivation is known to be bad for health. Shift work also disrupts the body’s circadian rhythms and causes them to become out of sync with the external environment and/or behavioral cycles.
Through the Employee Assistance Programme, seeing a psychologist can help your employees address sleep problems. Psychologists can help people change their behaviors and manage the thoughts, feelings and emotions that can interfere with a healthy night’s sleep. Our licensed and experienced psychologists have the professional training and skills to treat individuals suffering from depression and anxiety, which have been linked to sleep problems like insomnia.
In working with a psychologist in your company, you can expect to talk about – overall physical and emotional health, and health beliefs and behaviors. A psychologist will help your employee identify any underlying stressors and behaviors that may be interfering with your employees’ sleep.
A psychologist may ask your employees to keep a sleep diary with information about their routines and behaviors. This can help the psychologist identify patterns of behavior that might be interfering with sleep. For instance, if they have a habit of exercising at night or watching television in bed, the psychologist can help them take a look at how their routines impair sleep, and help them find alternatives. The psychologist may also teach them several resilience and relaxation techniques to help you learn to quiet their mind and unwind before bed.
For the most part, sleeping involves a routine, so it makes sense that there are things you can do in your daily and nightly routines to improve your sleep quality. Along with consulting our psychologists, you might want to incorporate some of the following tips.
1. Make Adjustments to Maximize Sleep
- Wake up and go to bed at the same time every day, even on weekends.
- Limit your intake of alcohol, caffeine, and tobacco products during the day, especially in the hours before sleep.
- Finish eating 2 to 3 hours before bedtime, avoiding big meals.
- Exercise regularly. Finish your exercise a few hours before bedtime.
- Eliminate napping or limit the duration to 20 to 30 minutes.
- Avoid fatty and spicy foods at the evening meal. They can cause heartburn which can keep you awake or wake you up too soon.
2. Create the Best Possible Sleep Environment
- Remove electronics like computers and televisions from your room.
- Keep the room cool, comfortable, quiet, and dark.
- Use a comfortable mattress and pillows.
- Use the bed only for sleep and intimacy.
3. Prepare for Sleep
- Establish a relaxing bedtime routine: take a bath, read a book, listen to relaxing music before bed or try having a cup of Chamomile tea.
- Simple breathing exercises can help. Breathe, using your abdomen not your chest, through your nose for three seconds, then breathe out for three seconds. Practice this for about five to ten minutes in the later evening.
- Don’t watch the clock – it can cause anxiety about sleep.
- Get out of bed if you can’t fall asleep within 15 to 20 minutes. Only spend time in bed when you are actually sleeping.
- Clear your mind – if you experience worries that are hard to shut off, spend some time earlier in the evening writing in a journal.
- Try using a progressive relaxation CD that is specifically used for helping people fall asleep. CDs are available through our Employee Assistance Program (EAP). Our EAP counselor can help you determine the best CD for your situation.
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What do you know about Self-Harm?
Posted by: International Psychology Centre on: March 22,2021
Self-Harm – What is it?
Self-harm is an action that an individual do to hurt oneself as a way of dealing with overwhelming feelings, painful memories, stress or very difficult experiences and situations. It is another action that people turn to when they feel that they do not have any other options.
Different people has different reasons to self-harm, such as ways to:
• express something that is hard to put into words
• turn invisible thoughts or feelings into something visible
• change emotional pain into physical pain
• reduce overwhelming emotional feelings or thoughts
• have a sense of being in control
• escape traumatic memories
• have something in life that they can rely on
• punish yourself for your feelings and experiences
• stop feeling numb, disconnected or dissociated
• create a reason to physically care for themselves
• express suicidal feelings and thoughts without taking their own life
Who can you speak to?
There are many people that you can talk to about what you are experiencing, it is very important to tell someone that you feel comfortable with, such as family, friends, school counselors, or even social workers as they will be there to support you.
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Get it up Man !
Posted by: International Psychology Centre on: March 22,2021
Sex is such a diverse thing, there’s no right way to have it and no one way of doing it. But it can play a big role underlying a relationship problem. Many men experience erectile dysfunction from time to time, this isn’t necessarily a cause for concern but if it keeps happening, it would be a sign of health issues: psychological or physical or both.
Erectile Dysfunction is the inability to get and keep an erection firm enough to have sexual intercourse. It’s also referred to as impotence.
Having erection trouble occasionally is common. But if Erectile Dysfunction is regular, it can cause stress, affect self-confidence and contribute to relationship problems. Problems getting or keeping an erection can also be a sign of an underlying health condition that needs to be addressed.
If you’re concerned about erectile dysfunction, don’t feel embarrassing to talk with your doctor and psychologist. Treating an underlying condition is important to reverse erectile dysfunction. It may involve nutritional medicine, sex and couple therapy.
What cause Erectile Dysfunction?
Erectile Dysfunction (ED) can be psychophysical event, which means it can be caused psychologically and physically.
Psychological problems – If you experience an erection problem in front of your partner, you may have performance anxiety and concern that it’ll happen again. This can lead to further anxiety and cause problems to erections. Or if your partner becomes critical and frustrated, it will be another stress to get your erection again.
Changes in libido – Sex hormone eg: Testosterone, DHEA and Progesterone, and neurotransmitters (brain chemicals): dopamine (which helps you experience pleasure) and PEA plays a critical role in libido. Deficiencies in these hormones and neurotransmitters may be associated with your ED. But low Testosterone is not the only reason of ED, it can be caused by chronic conditions such as high blood pressure, oxidation of cholesterol leading to hardening of the arteries, which in turn leads to low Testosterone.
Assessment & Treatment for ED
Laboratory tests – Male hormone test can be conducted to check the level of Testosterone and other hormone as well. Neurotransmitters test can be conducted to test Dopamine and PEA level. Oxidised LDL test can be conducted to check whether your cholesterol are hardening and blocking your arteries blood supply to your penis (www.MalaysiaLaboratory.com). Nutritional therapy to supplement deficient hormones and neurotransmitters and reverse cholesterol hardening and oxidation can be taken up.
Couple Psychotherapy – ED is not easily to talk about, but not talking about it can bring a serious damage to relationship. Couple and sex therapy can be considered to open the line of communication to talk about ED and sexual problems to resolve them.
Seeking treatment from psychologists, sex and couple therapists for ED can improve a man’s sex life by restoring back his libido and interest in sex, leading to a satisfying and intimate relationship.
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Anxiety Disorder
Posted by: International Psychology Centre on: March 22,2021
What is Anxiety Disorder ?
Anxiety is a common emotion we have everyday. It is natural body response to stress. This feeling is helping us to be more alert and prepare for action but when feelings of nervousness and worry become excessive, letting you feel difficult to control until overwhelmed, or even interfere with daily life, you may be experiencing an anxiety disorder.
Features of Anxiety Disorder
The core features of Anxiety are excessive worry and fears, apprehensive about the outcome. It might come with physical symptoms such as trembling, heart racing, hot/cold sweat, dizziness and indigestion. It can be worse until you cannot go on with your daily routine.
Medication for Anxiety Disorder
Drugs for Anxiety Disorder are working on GABA, which is inhibitory neurotransmitter to help calming down the activity in the brain. Lack of GABA would lead to get anxious easily, unable to relax. The common drugs for Anxiety Disorder are benzodiazepines. It helps anxiety by binding on GABA receptors to reduce abnormal electrical activity in the brain. Benzodiazepines are very effective to relieve Anxiety quickly but in long term you will build tolerance and dependent on Benzodiazepines, eventually you will need more dosage or change drugs to feel the same effect. And if you stop taking them you need to deal with very unpleasant side effects.
Treatment for Anxiety Disorder
Biochemical laboratory tests – Neurotransmitter test is the best to investigate biochemical cause for Anxiety Disorder. It is evident that a lack of GABA, which is one of the brain neurotransmitter or brain chemical, was one of the causal factors for Anxiety. Neurotransmitter test not only just addressing the biological sign of your brain, it provides clues how to improve the biochemical with psychonutrition.
Psycho Nutritional Supplement – Psycho Nutritional Supplement can boost up the deficient neurotransmitter or bring down the exceed neurotransmitter, which leading to improve the mood without any side effect and dependency. In case of low GABA, giving GABA and L-Theanine is good enough to support GABA.
Psychotherapy – Emotion Focused Therapy (EFT) is used to acknowledge the worry thinking in the mind, it is helpful to process the fear. Studied has proven EFT treatment able to relieve the intensity of Anxiety.
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Depression
Posted by: International Psychology Centre on: March 22,2021
Ruby is a 32 years old female who has diagnosed Depression 5 years ago. She has been using anti depression psychotropic drugs since then but she increasingly found this medicine doesn’t work well for her anymore. In addition, she feels apathy, diminished interest to everything and gain weight. Over a few weeks later, she starts to feel that her life is totally worthless to the extent that she even wants to end her life to get rid of her suffering.
Depression
Many people often link Depression to sadness or down swings in mood. But these are normal reactions to life’s struggles, setbacks, and disappointments. Many people use the word “depression” to explain these kinds of feelings, but some people experience these feelings daily or nearly daily for no apparent reason, making it difficult to carry on with normal, everyday functioning.
Depression is a condition in which a person feels discouraged, sad, hopeless, unmotivated, or disinterested in life in general. When such feelings last for more than two weeks and when the feelings interfere with daily activities such as taking care of family, spending time with friends, or going to work or school, it’s likely a clinical depression.
Features of Depression
The core features of Depression are more than just sadness, and it varies from person to person. But if your symptoms occur frequently (three or more times a week, at least in two settings ie home and work), making you difficult to carry on your daily routine, you may suffer from Depression:
• Pessimism – see the future is hopeless and will only get worse
• Loss of pleasure – can’t get any pleasure from things used to enjoy
• Punishment feelings – feel being punished
• Suicide thoughts – would kill themselves if had the chance
• Agitation – restless ie: have to keep doing something
• Lost interest – hard to get interested in everything
• Worthlessness – feel utterly worthless
Antidepressants
The common drugs for depression is selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs), their mechanism is to block the reuptake of serotonin (a neurotransmitter that related to happiness) so that it leaves more serotonin to function for your brain. But this blocking is artificial and SSRI doesn’t help to produce more Serotonin, it will not help if you don’t have enough serotonin at the beginning; you will need higher and higher dosages and eventually it will stop working altogether. In addition, you would feel the side effect as well like nausea, headache, insomnia, diarrhea and decreased sexual desire. Once you decided to stop using antidepressants you need to deal with withdrawal symptoms such as anxiety, mood swings and tremor.
Treatment for depression
Biochemical laboratory tests
Neurotransmitters test is the best way to investigate biochemical cause for depression. It is evident that a lack of serotonin, GABA and Noradrenalin which are some of the brain neurotransmitters or brain chemicals, are some of the causal factors for depression. Neurotransmitters test not only just inform the biological health status of your brain, it provides clues on how to improve the biochemical status of your brain with psychonutrition supplements.
PsychoNutritional Therapy
PsychoNutritional Therapy uses Psycho Nutritional Supplements which can boost up the deficient neurotransmitters or bring down the excessive neurotransmitters, which cause improvement in your mood without any side effects and addictive effects. In case of low Serotonin, giving 5 HTP and L-Tryptophan with other co factors such as Pyroxidal 5 phosphate are excellent to reverse low Serotonin level and complement well with Psychotherapy to treat depression effectively.
Psychotherapy
Psychotherapy such as Emotion Focused Therapy (EFT) is used to identify the negative patterns in thinking and process unhealthy emotions to become healthy or adaptive emotions. Studies has shown EFT treatment able to reverse depression effectively.
Ruby had her neurotransmitters test which identified her deficiency for Serotonin, GABA and Noradrenalin for which she had psychonutritional therapy to complement 12 sessions of EFT psychotherapy. At the end of these therapies she was able to give up her psychotropic antidepressant medicine without any more withdrawal effects and was able to enjoy her relationship and work again.
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Overcoming Insomnia & Sleeping Difficulties
Posted by: International Psychology Centre on: March 22,2021
Do you struggle to get to sleep no matter how tired you are?
Or do you wake up in the middle of the night and lie awake for hours, anxiously watching the clock?
If you do, you may suffer from Insomnia.
Insomnia is a very common sleep disorder that can make you hard to fall asleep, hard to stay asleep, or cause you to wake up too early and not be able to get back to sleep. As a result, you may get too little sleep and feel tired when you wake up. Insomnia can take a serious toll on your mental and physical health, leading to memory problems, high blood pressure, weight gain, and impacting your immune system. Insomnia can also pressure you into relying on sleeping pills, sleep aids, or alcohol to help you sleep—which in the long-run only makes your sleep problems worse.
The causes of Insomnia include:
• Excessive worry over a stressful life event (health issues, relationship difficulties, job difficulties)
• Too much caffeine, alcohol, or nicotine
• Keeping an irregular sleep schedule (going to bed or waking up much later or earlier on some days than others)
• Stress too much about not being able to fall asleep
• Jet lag
Insomnia can also occur as a result of certain medical conditions, including:
• Mental health problems (depression, anxiety, post-traumatic stress disorder)
• Medical conditions that cause pain (arthritis, vertebral stenosis)
• Neurotransmitters and hormonal imbalances (low GABA, melatonin and serotonin; excessive stress hormones: cortisol and adrenalin)
• Other sleep disorders (sleep apnea, restless leg syndrome, periodic limb movements)
Don’t resign yourself to sleepless nights. You can seek help from a psychologist trained also in nutritional medicine to help your sleep difficulties. Addressing the underlying causes eg doing a neurotransmitters and hormone tests (see http://www.MalaysiaLaboratory.com) which will inform on necesssary natural nutritional medicine needs (see http://www.WellLab.net) and making changes to your thinking, emotional patterns, lifestyle, daily habits, and sleep environment through psychotherapy and counseling with a professional psychologist can help to overcome sleep disorders and you will be able to enjoy a good night’s sleep again.
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Are You Struggling to Sleep ?
Posted by: International Psychology Centre on: March 22,2021
Do you hardly get any sleep no matter how tired you are?
Do you wake up in the middle of the night and lie awake for hours, keep rolling in your bed, anxiously waiting for time to pass?
It is very common we have trouble sleeping at one time or another. Usually it’s due to stress, travel, illness, sadness, or other temporary interruptions to your normal routine. But if sleep problems occur regularly, you may be suffering from Insomnia.
Lack of sleep takes a toll on your energy, mood, and ability to function during the day. But you don’t have to resign yourself to sleepless nights. Addressing the underlying causes and making changes to your lifestyle, daily habits, and sleep environment can help to overcome sleep disorder and enjoy good night’s sleep again.
Venue : International Psychology Centre
11-1 Wisma Laxton, Jalan Desa,Taman Desa, 58100 Kuala Lumpur.
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女生在爱情中应表现主动吗？
Posted by: International Psychology Centre on: March 22,2021
你看见一个可爱的男生跟他的朋友在另外一个餐桌上。这时候你对他有好感但却让自己陷入了两难：你要冒着被标签为“荡妇”的风险去跟他打招呼？还是试着跟他有眼神接触希望他能接受到讯息然后来跟你打声招呼，但你也要冒着他没有意识到你的讯息，对你没有兴趣，永远失去他的风险。
女生应该主动去接近男生吗？还是应该腼腆地传送女性讯息给男生，让男生去靠近她们？
这取决于你要什什么。你要与一个男生有忠诚长远的亲密关系，还是你只是纯粹与他要有性的关系而已？
男生喜欢那一个呢？
大部分男生会觉得主动接近他们的女生有一种难以置信的性感。他们喜欢充满自信、知道自己要什么和能表达自己的需求的女生。所以当你遇到你喜欢的男生，请毫不犹豫地去接近他，否则他将不会主动去接近你。
如果他没有采取任何行动，你也没有任何损失因为这个男生终究对你没有兴趣。他不要与你有一个你应得的对等关系。反而他当你是一个性对象。你可以继续对他玩女性游戏，当他有可能注意到你的时候传送讯息给他让他接近你。你可以展现你的乳沟，甩头发，抓住他的眼神，带有媚惑的笑容给他。但最终你得到的是一个把你当作性对象，而不是对你的个人特质有兴趣的男生。这只会为你未来的关系酝酿很大的麻烦，你最后只会落得用眼泪收场。因为当他满足了他的性需求后，他将会抛弃你追求下一个性对象。
所以你是没有什么好失去的。往你喜欢的男生的方向走去，如果他是你应得的男生他将会积极地回应你，这将会是一个美好关系的开始；如果他不是你应得的人，那么你已经把他筛选掉了，你大可继续往下一个可爱的男生前进，祝你好运！
Does Your Child have Language Delay?
Posted by: International Psychology Centre on: March 22,2021
Being expressive can be very touching, most of us use verbal communication to express our feelings, thought to others. Language development can start from early childhood, even starting from the first year.
It is important for you to be concerned about the language development of your children. Knowing what’s “normal” and what’s not in language development can help you figure out if your child is right on schedule. Here’s some developmental norms may provide clues:
Before 12 months
Toddlers within one year old babbles rhythmically, copy some of the sounds and gestures of caregiver make; they play with making different sounds – for example, ‘aaieee’, ‘booo’, ‘ahh’ at varying pitches and volumes.
From 1 to 2 years
Children at this age begin to imitate and approximate sounds and words modeled by family members, and typically say two words sentences spontaneously. Most toddlers are saying about 20 words by 18 months and 50 or more words by the time they turn 2. By age 2, kids are starting to combine nouns and verbs simple sentences, such as “baby crying” or “Daddy smile”.
From 3 to 4 years
Kids at this age can make sentences length four to five words, they have about 1000 words vocabulary. They can tell what they did on that day, they know last name, name of street, even recall several nursery rhymes.
From 4 to 5 years
They have 1500 words vocabulary, they ask many question like “why” and “who”. As they grow their vocabularies are gaining, they are beginning to master basic sentences structure. They also can identify colors, shapes, and comprehend descriptive concepts (big versus little, for example).
Each child’s language development grows with different pace. At the age of two, about one in five children shows signs of having a language delay. Some of these children will catch up as they get older and some do not.
Your child might have language delay if you see some of the following signs in your children:
By 3 years old:
- Seldom have eye contact
- Not trying to communicate with you, particularly when they need help
- Unable to say about 50 different words
- has difficulty understanding simple verbal requests
Between 3 to 5 years old:
- Does not understand prepositions or action words
- Does not use at least 200 words
- Does not ask for things by name
Language delay involves impaired comprehension or use of a spoken, written, or other symbol systems. The disorder may involve: the form of language (phonology, morphology, and syntax), the content of language (semantics) or the function of language in communication (pragmatics). There can be a number of causes of language disorder. The most consistently reported risk factors include a family history of speech and language delay, male sex, premature birth, and low birth weight. It most often co-occur with Autism Spectrum Disorder which is linked with heavy metal toxicity, leaky gut or gut dysbiosis and a signature of genetic mutations.
Assessment
A psychologist will be able to conduct the psychological test such as Phonological Test, Dyslexia Test, Pragmatic Language Test and Cognitive or IQ test to diagnose the specific language and other disorder.
Psychologists also trained in PsychoNutritional medicine and therapy such as Dr. Edward Chan, the principal consultant child psychologist at ChildPsych, Centre for Child Psychology of the International Psychology Centre who was accredited by the Amen clinics led by the world renowned psychiatrist Dr. Daniel Amen, can also conduct mental health lab tests including heavy metal toxicity hair analysis, leaky gut urine test, gut dysbiosis stool test and saliva gene tests after the confirmed language disorder diagnoses.
Intervention
Please seek evaluation if you suspect your child has language delay. According to the American Speech Language Hearing Association (ASHA), 200 studies have found that 70 percent preschool children show improvement after treatment. The treatment include:
- Individual speech therapy: A psychologist trained in speech therapy such as those at the Child Psychology Centre at the International Psychology Centre will interact with a child by playing and talking, using pictures, books, objects, or ongoing events to stimulate language development. This can help the child to build his vocabulary and improve his grammar.
- Psychotherapy: If your child has emotional difficulties as a result of language issues, you might want to consider psychotherapy.
- PsychoNutritional Therapy: If your child has heavy metal toxicity, leaky gut or gut dysbiosis their language delay symptoms will drastically improve once these causes have been treated especially if they get treated before the age of 7 according McCandless, psychiatrist and author of Children with starving Brains; a medical treatment guide to Autistic Spectrum Disorder.
Parents are an extremely important part of their child’s therapy program. There are ways you can help your child’s oral language skills at home:
- Communicate with your child as much as you can: During infancy, sing and play lots of music. Spend a lot of time to communicate with your child, talk about what you see when you’re driving in the car or at the supermarket.
- Read to your child. Make reading an interactive experience with discussing the book’s pictures, and let your child make up a new ending or act out the story with puppets. Later, let your child point to recognizable pictures and try to name them. Then move on to nursery rhymes, which have rhythmic appeal.
- Ensure that you do not have heavy metals toxicity before you conceive by doing a heavy metal toxicity hair test because toxic heavy metal can be passed directly to your fetus.
Whatever your child’s age, recognizing and treating problems early on is the best approach to help with speech and language delays. With proper therapy and time, your child will likely be better able to communicate with you and the rest of the world.
This article is contributed by Psychologists and PsychoNutritional Therapists at ChildPsych, Centre for Child Psychology of the International Psychology Centre.
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International Certification Course – Child Psychotherapy
Posted by: International Psychology Centre on: March 22,2021
Greetings from the International Psychology Centre!
Psychotherapy refers to a variety of techniques and methods used to help children and adolescents who are experiencing difficulties with their emotions or behavior. Although there are different types of psychotherapy, each relies on communications as the basic tool for bringing about change in a person’s feelings and behaviors.
During the class, we will guide you to understand and help those children with Anxiety, Autism, Dyslexia, Depression, Conduct Disorder and so on.
This course is accredited by Malaysian Association of Psychotherapy (MAP).
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International Certification Course – Details:
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International Certification Course: Child Psychological Assessment
Posted by: International Psychology Centre on: March 22,2021
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The course will teach the participants how to understand children’s normal and abnormal emotions, behaviors and thinking.Participants will learn how to help children to develop healthily.
This course is accredited by Malaysian Association of Psychotherapy (MAP).
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Aggressive children in schools, counseling and psychiatrist
Posted by: International Psychology Centre on: March 22, 2021
Tim, a 12-year old boy was referred to the International Psychology Centre (www.Psychology.com.my) for counseling by his counselors and psychologist rather than psychiatrist trained to assess any ADHD/autistic/dyslexic and aggressive symptoms for various behavioral and attitudinal problems in school. Tim was an enigma in a sense. At home, he was extremely well behaved and obedient. He would do as he was told and did not display any form of rebellious or deviant behavior. He was all-round ‘good boy’. However, when he was at school, his behavior took a 180 degree swing and he was the menace of the school. He was always bullying the other children, regardless of whether they were younger or older than him and he was always extremely disruptive in the classroom. He would make rude remarks when the teacher was conducting a lesson or he would disturb some of the other more studious students who were paying attention, all just to disrupt the ongoing class. Finally, when the teacher did not know how else to tackle this problem, she reported his behavior to his parents. This caused his parents a great deal of concern as he was such a good boy at home. So, they decided to bring him in to ChildPsych, the Centre of Excellence for Children and Adolescents Psychology at the International Psychology Centre to receive some form of psychological treatment, possibly in the form of counseling.
Counselors at the International Psychology Centre (www.psychology.com.my) first conducted the initial assessment session which was conducted over two separate therapy sessions, the parental interview and the child observation session respectively. The purpose of these sessions was to allow the counselors at the International Psychology Centre to successfully gather enough information regarding Tim, in order to be able to make the best possible assessment of the problem that Tim was facing. Thus, based on all the information that was successfully gathered in these two sessions, counselors at the ChildPsych, the Centre of Excellence for Children and Adolescents Psychology at the International Psychology Centre were able to make an assessment of the root cause of the problem that Tim was facing. Based on all the information gathered through these two sessions, it seemed that the root cause of the problem was the fact that Tim did not feel it was safe to express his frustration, dissapointments and anger at home, so he vented it out on his peers and teachers in school , the only place that he felt it was safe to do so. He was afraid that if he were to vent out his emotions at home, his parents would not love him or consider him as their son anymore. Thus, in order to tackle this, the counselors worked on helping Tim rebuild this trust and security in his family, thus allowing him to vent out and express his emotions at home as well in a healthy productive manner. This was achieved through a intensive 12 session therapy program which was also supplemented by a biochemically specific brain nutritional therapy program.
In counseling psychology, as well as other social and behavioral sciences, aggression refers to behavior between members of the same species that is intended to cause humiliation, pain, or harm. Ferguson and Beaver (2009) defined aggressive behavior as “Behavior which is intended to increase the social dominance of the organism relative to the dominance position of other organisms”. Predatory or defensive behavior between members of different species is not normally considered “aggression.” Aggression takes a variety of forms among humans and can be physical, mental, or verbal. Aggression differs from what is commonly called assertiveness, although the terms are often used interchangeably among laypeople, e.g. an aggressive salesperson. There are two broad categories of aggression. These include hostile, affective, or retaliatory aggression and instrumental, predatory, or goal-oriented Both of these can be classified under Relational aggression. Reactive relational aggression (hostile, affective, retaliatory) is used in response to feeling attacked, threatened, or mad. Usually the person who exhibits this type of aggression feels provoked to do so. Instrumental relational aggression (predatory, goal-oriented) is used in order for an individual to get what they want. Empirical research indicates that there is a critical difference between the two, both psychologically and physiologically. There has been some links between those prone to violence and their alcohol use. Those who are prone to violence and use alcohol are more likely to carry out violent acts.
By practicing suggestions mentioned above for a few weeks, Tim was able to make a drastic improvement in his behavior. The frequency and severity of his acting out behaviors in school among his teachers and peers severely decreased and he was able to have a progressively more open relationship with his family.
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Counseling Passive Aggressive and ADHD/Autistic Children
Posted by: International Psychology Centre on: March 22, 2021
Counseling ADHD/autistic children is one of the most popular services at International Psychology Centre. Jim, a nine-year old boy, suspected to be an ADHD/autistic child by psychiatrist was referred to the International Psychology Centre for counseling. Jim was always a quiet boy in his formative years, hardly speaking and he generally avoided social interactions. At family functions, he would always remain quiet and rarely socialized with his family, even those of his similar age group. At home, Jim was the only child and he did not have any brothers and sisters. His parents were always working so he hardly saw them and even when he did, his interactions and communications with them were very brief and formal in a sense. He did not share his problems, his experiences or his hopes, dreams and fears like any other normal child of his age group or any other age group would. He did not feel he could confide in them, it was like as though he could not trust them. So he suppressed his feelings, his fears, his disappointments and he told himself he could deal with it all by himself. Whenever he was upset with them, he would withdraw himself from them and others in general and lock himself up, dwelling in his own thoughts, he would ignore their advice, comments or any sign of attention or affection and shun himself from them almost totally. All of this behavior, caused his mother a great deal of concern, she decided that this could not go on any more and he possibly needed some professional counseling, so she brought him in to ChildPsych, the Centre of Excellence for Children and Adolescent Psychology at the International Psychology Centre.
Child psychologists at the International Psychology Centre first conducted the initial assessment session in which they had two separate sessions, the parental interview session and the child observation session respectively. These sessions were aimed at gathering as much information in order to be able to make the best possible assessment of Jim’s problem. Thus, based on all the information gathered, child psychologists at the International Psychology Centre (ww.psychology.com.my) were able to make a sound diagnosis of the root of the problem that Jim was facing. Based on the information gathered in the initial assessment, our child counselors found Jim not to be autistic and not ADHD. It seemed that the root cause Jim’s problem was his inability to successfully express his thoughts and emotions to others around him, particularly his parents. He was always inwardly expressing his anger, frustrations and fears which in turn, caused these negative feelings to cause him even more unnecessary stress which in turn would have had a negative effect on his school work, family life and social life. So, child psychologists at ChildPsych, the Centre of Excellence for Children and Adolescents Psychology at the International Psychology Centre formulated a psychological behavioral therapy intervention program to specifically address these needs that Jim had. The main aim of the therapy program was to teach Jim ways for him to be able to successfully and constructively verbalize his anger in a positive fashion. He would practice this in the sessions with the child psychologists. His treatment program was also supplemented with comprehensive psychonutritional program which was aimed at being a catalyst to his behavioral and psychological change.
Passive–aggressive behavior, a personality trait, is passive, sometimes obstructionist resistance to following through with expectations in interpersonal or occupational situations. It is a personality trait marked by a pervasive pattern of negative attitudes and passive, usually disavowed, resistance in interpersonal or occupational situations. It can manifest itself as learned helplessness, procrastination, stubbornness, resentment, sullenness, or deliberate/repeated failure to accomplish requested tasks for which one is (often explicitly) responsible. Passive-aggressive behavior may present itself in many shapes and forms. Some of the common symptoms of passive-aggressive behavior include ambiguity or speaking cryptically as a means of creating a feeling of insecurity in others or of disguising one’s own insecurities, intentional inefficiency, examples of this include chronically being late and forgetting things, another way to exert control or to punish and convenient forgetfulness which is often used to win any argument with denial. Some common causes of this passive-aggressive behavior may stem from specific childhood stimulus , such as alcohol or drug addicted parents, in an environment where it was not safe to express frustrations or anger. Families in which the honest expression of feelings is forbidden tend to teach children to repress and deny their feelings and to use other channels to express their frustration. Children who sugarcoat their hostility may fail to ever grow beyond such behavior. Never developing better coping strategies or skills for self-expression, they can become adults who, beneath a seductive veneer, harbor vindictive intent.
By practicing sugggestions mentioned above for a few weeks, Jim was able to make a tremendous improvement in his behavior. He was now able to slowly but surely find and practice alternative methods of expressing the frustrations and anger that he felt through more positive methods such as being more assertive in her communication.
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Counselling children with divorce-related Oppositional Defiant Disorder
Posted by: International Psychology Centre on: March 22, 2021
Sean, a seven-year-old boy who was referred by a psychiatrist whose parents have been divorced since he was a very young boy came in for counselling at the International Psychology Centre (www.psychology.com.my). Over the years, Sean became increasingly angry and rebellious with his mother after the departure of his father from the family. He began to display various forms of rebellious and defiant behaviour. He regularly lost his temper with not only his mother, but also with other people, he refused to listen to his mother, and provoked his sisters. He also became much more defiant and narcissistic and demanded that his mother buy him new toys several times weekly. All this display of rebellious and defiant behaviour worried his mother a great deal and she felt that he might be in need of some form of counselling or therapy. So, she brought him in to ChildPsych®, The Centre of Excellence for Child and Adolescents Psychology at the International Psychological Centre® in Kuala Lumpur to get psychotherapy and counselling.
Counselors at International Psychology Centre® (www.psychology.com.my) suggested that Sean’s display of angry and rebellious behavior could be his own unique way of expressing his anger and frustration over the divorce of his parents. The divorce has clearly had an adverse effect on Sean and he has chosen to express the negative emotions built up through displays of angry and rebellious behavior. Therefore, counselors at ChildPsych, The Centre of Excellence for Children and Adolescents Psychology at the International Psychology Centre worked with Sean to confront and tackle these issues head on. Counselors at the International Psychology Centre helped Sean work through his issues by assisting him in identifying the root cause of his frustration and anger. They found that the underlying cause of his anger and frustration was his frustration over feeling like he was ignored by his parents. So, in order to help him overcome these feelings of being ignored by his mother and father alike, child psychologists at the International Psychology Centre (www.psychology.com.my) worked with Sean . After 6 sessions of Emotional Centred processing therapy, he was able to process these difficult feelings . Through a number of emotional expressive therapy including journalling and drawing out his feelings.
Oppositional defiant disorder (ODD) is a diagnosis described by the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) as an ongoing pattern of disobedient, hostile and defiant behavior toward authority figures which goes beyond the bounds of normal childhood behaviour. There are many cause of oppositional defiant disorder. Symptoms of oppositional defiant disorder include actively defying or refusing to comply with adults’ requests or rules, angry and resentful of others, argues with adults, blames others for own mistakes, has few or no friends or has lost friends. Children with oppositional defiant disorder tend to experience social and educational problems. If left untreated, about 52% of children with ODD will continue to meet the DSM-IV criteria up to three years later and about half of those 52% will progress into conduct disorder. Common features of Oppositional Defiant Disorder include excessive, often persistent anger, frequent temper tantrums or angry outbursts, and disregard for authority.
By practicing suggestions mentioned above for a few weeks, Sean was able to make some progress in his behavior. The frequency and severity of his angry and rebellious behaviors decreased and he was able to channel his frustrations and anxiety in a more positive fashion.
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Counseling children with divorce-related AD/HD and antisocial behavior
Posted by: International Psychology Centre on: March 22, 2021
Jonathan, a 13-year-old boy who came for counseling at the International Psychology Centre (www.psychology.com.my) whose parents have been divorced since he was very young. His mother has remarried and now has two children with her new step husband. Jonathan did not take all of this very well. He felt that his mother had abandoned him by remarrying and having other children and all of this frustrated him a great deal. So, he began to vent his frustrations through various examples of antisocial behavior such as stealing a neighbor’s credit card, displaying various forms of aggressive behaviors in school and also among peers of his own age group. All of these antisocial behaviors began to cause his mother a great deal of concern. She felt that he might be in need of some form of therapy, so she brought him in for counseling to the ChildPsych, The Centre of Excellence for Child and Adolescents Psychology at the International Psychological Centre, which offers a wide variety of counseling services.
Child psychologists at International Psychology Centre (www.psychology.com.my) suggested that Jonathan’s antisocial behaviour was partly due to his frustration over feeling like he was abandoned by his dear mother and also this ultimately means that he felt abandoned by those around him. He was in a constant state of anxiety that he was not loved and was being ignored by his mother so he acted out to gain more attention. Therefore, psychologists at ChildPsych, The Centre of Excellence for Children and Adolescents Psychology at the International Psychology Centre worked with Ben to confront these issues head on. They conducted therapy on Jonathan to reassure him that his mother and those around do indeed love him very much. Another goal of the therapy and counseling conducted on Jonathan was to help him increase his self-esteem as it was definitely bruised since his parents got divorced. They conducted different forms of therapy and also counseling on Jonathan in order for them to be able to successfully achieve the goals stated above. The therapists at the International Psychology Centre also conducted therapy with Jonathan and his mother to help communicate more effectively and increase and the quality and quality of the relationship between Jonathan and his mother.
Anti-social behaviour is classified as behaviour that lacks consideration for others and that may cause damage to society, whether intentionally or through negligence. There are two types of antisocial behavior, life-course-persistent antisocial behavior, where a child’s neuropsychological problems interact cumulatively with their criminogenic environments across development, culminating in a pathological personality, and adolescence-limited antisocial behavior, whereby a contemporary maturity gap encourages teens to mimic antiso¬cial behavior in ways that are normative and adjustive. Symptoms of antisocial behaviour include repeated lying, cheating, and stealing. Antisocial behaviors also include drug and alcohol abuse and high-risk activities involving self and others. Antisocial children can be accurately identified as early as three or four years old. Antisocial children and youth are at serious risk for a number of negative outcomes such as school dropout, vocational maladjustment and drug and alcohol abuse. If an antisocial behavior pattern is not altered by age eight, it can become chronic.
By practicing suggestions mentioned above for a few weeks, Jonathan was able to make some progress in his behaviour. The frequency and severity of his antisocial behaviours decreased and he was able to channel his frustrations and anxiety in a more fashion.
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Counseling Children with Separation Anxiety and School Refusal
Posted by: International Psychology Centre on: March 22, 2021
Diana an 8 years old girl was brought to counseling due to her difficulty in attending school. Since she began her Standard 2 few months ago, her problems had significantly worsened. She constantly begged to stay home from school, had tantrums that caused delay in dressing and often result in her missing the bus. After arriving at school, Diana often complained of stomachaches, headaches and sore throat to her teacher and asked to visit the school nurse. This was because the school nurse would usually call her mother, Jess to picks her up. Jess typically picked her up early twice a week in the school. When Diana got home she spent the rest of the afternoon watching television and playing with her toys. If Jess was unable to pick her up early, Diana would called her mother’s cell phone from time to time throughout the afternoon to reassure herself that nothing bad had happened to her mother. Diana’s teacher had been expressed concern about her missing too many class times, and this resulted in incomplete homework and difficulties in learning. Jess was very worried about Diana being too sticky to her and this created many issues. Therefore, Jess brought Diana to International Psychology Centre (www.psychology.com.my) to seek help from the professional psychologists for counseling.
Going to school is usually an exciting and pleasant event for young children. However, for some it can cause intense fear or panic. Parents should be concerned if their children regularly complained about feeling sick or often required to stay home from school with minor physical complains. School refusal and anxiety were commonly found in children that dealing with the new challenges of going to primary or secondary school.
Also, it can be often begun following a period at home in which the child had become closer to the parents, such as holiday break, long vacation or a brief illness. Apart from that, it also may follow by stressful events, such as a change in schools, move to a new neighborhood or the death of a pet or relative. These children may suffer from a paralyzing fear of leaving their comfort zone and the safety of their parents and home. Children with separation anxiety and school refusal may displayed clinging behaviors to parents, excessive worry and fear about parents or about harm to themselves, shadow the parents around the house, and even have sever tantrums when forced to go to school. The child’s fear and refusal to go to school was usually very difficult for parents to cope with. However, these fears and behaviors can be treated successfully with professional help.
The potential long-term effects such as anxiety and panic disorder as an adult are serious for a child who showed persistent separation anxiety and does not received any professional assistance. The child may also developed serious educational and social problems if their fears and anxiety kept them away from school and friends for an extended period. Therefore, the child psychologists in EdPsych™, Centre for Educational Psychology, Centre of Excellence for Educational Achievement in the International Psychology Centre (www.psychology.com.my) suggested that Diana to go through the therapy intervention program to help her recognize her negative affect and fear rather than escaped them. For example, Diana was encouraged to do some deep breathing or progressive muscle relaxation activities to calm her down. Also, gradual reintroduction and exposure to school can help her to ease the anxiety and worry to school, and separation anxiety. After few therapy sessions, there were obvious improvements found in Diana. She was more capable in handling her anxiety to school. Additionally, she did not complained having physical symptoms and more able to learn healthily in school.
Counseling children with school anxiety
Posted by: International Psychology Centre on: March 22, 2021
Anne, 10 years old girl was brought to counseling because of her anxiety about school which began when she was 9. At that time, her family moved to another city and she had to change schools. Previously, Anne had been in a small, friendly private school, and she had been only taught by female teachers. After Anne moved to a public school, with a class of 40 kids and two thirds of them were boys, and she was taught by a male teacher who was very strict towards all the students. By then, Anne started to complain of headaches and stomachaches. At first, Anne’s parents believed her problem was physical and took her to the physician doctor for assessments, but nothing wrong was indicated. Things got serious when Anne’s father Josh realized that Anne getting very violent one night before school; when Josh and his wife Hannah insisted Anne to go to school the next day though Anne complained she was having stomachaches. Anne would grit her teeth, screaming, and stay anger. Josh and Hannah were very worried and they came to EdPsychTM, Centre for Educational Psychology, Centre of Excellence for Educational Achievement in International Psychology Centre to look for help. The psychologists suspected that Anne’s anxiety to the school was contributed by a few causes.
Why your children have anxiety to go to school?
High anxiety in the school may cause children to fear to go to school. It’s probably impossible to say that there isn’t anyone who does not think back on their school days without recalling times of anxiety. However, we might not be aware we went through the stages of high anxiety because our peers were going through the same thing. In some cases, children may feel very anxious about school or what is going on in their lives that they developed a fear of school. Furthermore, in some cases children would refuse to attend the school just to avoid the fear. Extra help from psychologists were needed if this happened.
Social stressors can be one of the factors in causing school anxiety. Many children experienced some level of stress or anxiety in social situations they encountered in school. While some of these issues provided important opportunities for growth, they must be handled with care to prevent the school anxiety become worst. A good experience with a caring teacher can cause a lasting impression on a child’s life, and so can a bad experience. Most teachers do their best in providing positive educational experience to the students, but not every student was suited for certain teaching styles and classroom types than others. Therefore, if there was a mismatch between students and teachers, children can form lasting negative feelings about school or their own abilities.
How to help them?
The educational psychologists in International Psychology Centre suggested a child therapy counseling program with Anne for six sessions. Through counseling, Anne learned to talk about how she felt in the new school and deal with her new friends. Also, the child psychologists taught her how to plan to cope with her anxiety if tense situation occurs in the school. Rather than being helplessness and anxious, Anne learned how to take action by solving the problem. The psychologists and parents tried to work with Anne on the problem and this help her to understand that she was not alone in this. After the counseling therapy program, Anne was coping well and attended school regularly. Furthermore, she was more able to socialize well with her friends and had great fun at school.
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Counseling children with school refusal
Posted by: International Psychology Centre on: March 22, 2021
Ben, a 7 years old boy was referred for counseling by his school teacher and he was in Standard 1. At the first few weeks of school he refused to go to school. He refused to wake up in the morning and put on his school uniform. In addition, he would cry and showed tantrum if his parents Henry and Michelle forced him to get ready to school. Eventually, Ben would still go but he became very quiet and not socially engaging with other students in the class. After few weeks, Ben started to complain he was having stomachaches and headaches on the night before school. Moreover, he had feared panic attacks when traveling to school. Henry and Michelle were very worried for Ben and decided to bring him to EdPsychTM, Centre for Educational Psychology, Centre of Excellence for Educational Achievement in International Psychology Centre to seek counseling.
School phobia or school refusal is a complex and extreme form of anxiety about going to school. It can be due to many causes and can include related anxiety disorders such as agoraphobia and selective mutism. Symptoms of school refusal included nausea, stomachaches, fatigue, shaking, a racing heart and frequent trips to the toilet. Young children up to age 7 or 8 with school refusal usually experienced separation anxiety and cannot easily consider being parted from their parents. Older children with 8 years old plus are more likely to face social phobia where they are anxious about their performance in school. For instance, having to read aloud or answer question in class. Children with anxieties about going to school may suffer a panic attack if they are being forced. This would make them have fear of having another panic attack and parents often have no idea how to deal with these worries.
Psychologists in International Psychology Centre suggested that Ben’s school anxiety behaviors were partly due to he going to start schooling in primary school. He was not able to adapt to the new environment and he did not get to make new friends in school due to his quiet personality. Therefore, educational psychologists and family therapists conducted family therapy to work together with Henry and Michelle to help Ben confront his school anxiety. During the therapy sessions, Henry and Michelle learnt that they had to explain to Ben that his fears to go to school were brought on by thoughts that were not accurate. He was reacting to normal things in an extreme ways. At the same time, the parents should reassure Ben that he would be fine once he had got over the part he was afraid of, which was going to a new school. EdPsychTM psychologists also suggested that Henry and Michelle should always encouraged Ben to find things he can enjoy in the school day and when he was able to go to school independently, his parents should tell Ben that they were proud of him being so brave.
By practicing these suggestions for few weeks, Ben was more comfortable to go to school without showing any physical symptoms. Ben was able to go to school independently, became less anxious and was looking forward to go to school to learn.
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“How to Salvage Your Marriage after an Affair?” – Counselling Couple with Affair.
Posted by: International Psychology Centre on: March 22, 2021
Jennifer came to seek counselling from the marriage therapist at Relate™ Centre for marital therapy of the International Psychology Centre (www.Psychology.com.my) due to her marriage break down issue. Her husband was having an affair with another woman. She felt betrayed and could not move on because there were frustration, anger and feeling of hurt. One of the main problems they were having was communication issue. They always got into arguments when both of them had different point of views. Eventually, she and her husband decided to consult a couple therapist to find a way to salvage their relationship.
Affairs can be exhilarating, exciting, passionate and romantic. They can also be damaging, destructive, painful, time-wasting and humiliating. In fact, people often did not think of the consequences before they move the first step. They enjoy the spark that have at the first sight and then get into trouble when more companionship is demanded. Most of the time affair hurts all the parties that involved including the child.
Affairs are symptoms of relationship problem rather than the cause of the problem
When your spouse seeking an affair, this could indicate the underline symptoms of underdeveloped relationship and there are some unmet needs. Therefore, he or she is seeking someone outside to meet the needs that are not fulfilled. This could be seen in a positive way that the person having the affair wants to take this opportunity to develop and improve the relationship between his/her spouse. Do appreciate the third party in giving you a hint to acknowledge the underdeveloped parts and the unmet needs between you and your partner.
Tips to salvage your marriage
- There is always an unmet need behind a criticism. It is better to transform a criticism into a positive request, for example, instead of saying: “Why don’t you come home early?” you shall frame it into a request: “I need you to come home early please.”
- Understand that every human is unique. People are often attracted by another person who has different personality from them. Therefore there are always chances to learn from each other and grow together in a relationship.
- You may want to stretch yourself to meet your partner needs and vice versa. However, never pressure them to become the person that you want them to be.
- Forgive the third party that entered your marriage, because he/she is part of the victim as well. Do thank him/her for giving the opportunity to acknowledge the underline symptoms in your marriage that you may want to work on and develop a stronger relationship.
Be positive and open minded all the time. At the end of the day, even if both of you end up in a different path, you may still move on your life to meet a more suitable person to be your partner. It could be a tough time to recover but it is possible to make things better. Please consult a professional psychologist and marital/couple therapist.
At IPC, thousand of couples had their relationship improved and grew closer together with the help of professional psychologist and marital therapist as a result of affairs.
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Psychonutritional therapy and counseling on autistic and aggressive children
Posted by: International Psychology Centre on: March 22, 2021
Nigel is a 10 years old boy, and he got angry very easily. Nigel’s mother Susan complained that he always walked around the house pretending to fight with his friends at school. When Nigel was irritated, he threw things and attempted to hurt anyone around, screamed often using swear words. Moreover, Nigel was easily agitated, frustrated and always woke up in the middle of the night. Susan tried to ask him what made him angry but Nigel would normally kept quiet. Susan was very worried about his son and decided to bring him to International Psychology Centre (IPC) for psychonutritional assessment. Our psychologists and psychonutritional therapists suspected that Nigel’s behaviors were part of the autistic spectrum profile and malabsorption of vital nutrients. Hence, they conducted Stool Testing on Nigel to identify the specific nutrients lacking.
The gastrointestinal tract eliminated undigested food toxins that were excreted via the bile into the intestinal tract and provided a niche for the proliferation of friendly microorganisms. The impairment of the gut wall or leaky gut syndrome can result from a number of suspected causes. Common causes included gut dysbiosis or chronic maldigestion that can led to symptoms such as attention difficulties, hyperactivity, and aggressive behaviors, learning difficulties, poor concentration, anxiety, depression, sleep disturbances and behaviors that are part of the autistic spectrum profile. These symptoms might due to food allergens influencing the bowel surfaces, bacterial overgrowth or imbalances, or over-subscription of antibiotics. In addition, signs and symptoms of systemic inflammation may originated from dysfunction within the gastrointestinal tract.
For Nigel’s case, the results of his stool testing showed that he had poor digestion and malabsorption of vital nutrients. His aggressive and autistic like behaviors were contributed by inadequacies in mineral, vitamin, carbohydrate, fats and amino acid status. Our nutritional psychologists tailored nutritional therapy to Nigel to address his nutrients deficiencies. The psychonutritional supplements enabled Nigel to boost his brain health and overcome his poor digestion and malabsorption of nutrients. There was noticeable improvement on Nigel’s behaviors after 2 months of psychonutritional therapy. His sleep problem was resolved, he was able to stay calm and sat still, and was more capable in dealing with frustration and irritation.
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Counseling ADHD & Aggressive Children Through Vitamin Supplementation
Posted by: International Psychology Centre on: March 22, 2021
Calvin is a 8 years old boy who often showed restlessness, irritability, impulsivity and a proneness to violence. His parents had been complaining about Calvin’s naughty behavior at home. He was very easily irritated and agitated when playing with his younger sister, Joey. He always bullied and kicked her while playing at home. In addition, he threw and destroyed his sister’s toys and always created arguments with her. Calvin’s parents were very concerned about his behavior and brought him to EdPsychTM, Centre for Educational Psychology, Centre of Excellence for Educational Achievement in International Psychology Centre (IPC) for psychoeducational assessments. The psychologists suspected that his aggressive behaviors were contributed by nutritional deficiencies. Therefore, they conducted a number of psychonutritional tests including the Kryptopyrrole Test using Calvin’s urine to find out the lack of specific nutrients on him.
Deficiencies of vitamins are known to be associated with irritability. These include niacin, pantothenic acid, thiamine, vitamin B6 and vitamin C. Research showed that adverse behavioral changes precede specific clinical findings in a number of vitamin deficiencies. It is not known that how frequently aggressive behaviors are a sign of marginal vitamin deficit. Kryptopyrrole Test is able to measure the levels of kryptopyrrole. Elevated levels of kryptopyrrole produced symptoms such as irritability, anger episodes, easily frustrated and inability to deal with stress. In addition, kryptopyrrole elevation can also be associated with poor tolerance of physical stress. Research showed people who having unhealthy diets were found to have biochemical evidence of marginal thiamine deficiency. These individuals tend to behave more impulsively, highly irritable, aggressive and highly sensitive to criticism.
Results of kryptopyrrole test showed that Calvin had deficiencies of several vitamins including vitamin B6, zinc and thiamine. Our nutritional therapists tailored psychonutritional therapy to Calvin to address his nutrition deficiencies. The psychonutritional supplementation can help to overcome his aggression concurrent with laboratory evidence of vitamins deficiencies. After 2 months of consuming the nutritional medication, Calvin showed obvious improvement in his behaviors. He was more serene when communicating with his sister. In addition, he was able to control his temper and emotional outburst when facing irritated situation. Calvin was able to control his irritation and impulsiveness more effectively. His parents were happy that the results of the psychonutritional therapy do not have any side effects on Calvin, and was able to solve his aggression problem at the same time.
Counseling children with ADHD and aggression on food allergies and intolerances
Posted by: International Psychology Centre on: March 22, 2021
Leanne is a 9 years old girl that studied in primary school. Her school teachers had been complaining about her ADHD and aggressive behaviors in school, such as biting, beating her friends, kicking and vandalizing objects in school. Furthermore, her parents complained that she could not settle down to get to sleep and other times she would wake up in the middle of the night in the worst mood for no obvious reason. Leanne could not be calmed down as well. She would literally scream until she felt comfortable. Leanne’s parents were very concerned about her issues and decided to bring her to International Psychology Centre (IPC) for some tests. The psychologists suspected that her ADHD and aggressive behaviors were caused by food allergies or intolerances. Therefore, they conducted Food Allergen Cellular Test for delayed food allergies or intolerances (F.A.C Test) on Leanne.
Food intolerances, usually involved common foods, were often difficult to detect and can be important factors in both acute and chronic ill health. Such food intolerances were often the result of a disturbance in the delicate balance of the gut environment due to chronic stress and poor diet or lifestyle. Therefore, food intolerances can lead to a wide variety of symptoms. The FACTest can identify the causes of these symptoms that have been both difficult and unreliable.
For food allergy, the reaction to a food can happen within minutes. Conversely, food intolerance generally produces very slow responses to food. The symptoms of food intolerance may appear several hours after eating or any point up to 48 hours after consumption. Hence, for many people especially children, it is hard for them to identify a moment when the illness start. The symptoms may begin with mild problems that most of us take for granted, such as headaches, or excessive tiredness or frequent bouts of indigestion. For children, food intolerances can lead them to experience anxiety, depression, seizures, excessive talking, and aggressive behavior, hyperactive, inability to concentrate, fatigue and irritability.
For Leanne’s case, results of her F.A.C Test showed that she had food intolerances towards gluten, sugar, artificial color and sweeteners. These foods caused her to experience anxiety, hyperactive and inability to concentrate. This explained her naughty action in school and unusual sleep pattern. Our nutritional therapists tailored nutritional therapy and counseling to Leanne to address the identified food intolerances and to boost health, improve her immune system and lessen the allergy responses. In addition, the nutritional therapists suggested Leanne to avoid consuming those identified allergic food. After 3 months, there were noticeable improvements found in Leanne’s behaviors. She was more calm and serene, behaving well and able to control her aggression and behaviors in school. Furthermore, she can sleep soundly throughout the night without waking up and thus her sleep problem resolved.
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Reactive Aggressive Children
Posted by: International Psychology Centre on: March 22, 2021
How do you identify Reactive Aggressive Children?
Reactive aggression has its theoretical roots in the frustration-aggression model, which states that reactive aggression is an angry, defensive response to threat, frustration or provocation. Reactive aggression involves angry outbursts and results from provocation. Reactive aggressive children are often defensive and hot tempered. They interpret others’ uncertain frustration as resentment more readily than proactive- only or proactive-reactive children. Furthermore, they also encounter more problem- solving deficits in difficult social situations. Reactive aggressive children reacted with aggression when face with ambiguous provocations and tended to interpret peers behavior as hostile when it was not. They usually have distorted thinking that can lead to reactive aggression, including filtering, overgeneralization, mind reading, personalization, control fallacies, blaming and heaven’s reward fallacy.
Why are they behaving aggressively?
John was an 8 years old boy that always been complained by parents and teachers to be very naughty and aggressive. He always angry towards his friends and bully them if he did not get what he wanted in school. In addition, he was angry and easily frustrated if his parents or siblings went against his wills. John’s mother described him as very ‘hot-tempered’. Reactive aggressive child like John behaved more impulsively towards aggression. Psychologists in International Psychology Centre (IPC) suspect nutritional and biochemical contributions to John’s aggressive behaviors. The following tests were prescribed for John to measure the nutritional and biochemical imbalances.
How can we help them?
There are different tests available in International Psychology Centre (IPC) for individuals in order to measure and identify one’s nutritional and biochemical imbalance. At the Optimum Well-Being Laboratories, we offer laboratory tests such as hair mineral test for measuring heavy metal toxicity, neurotransmitter test to measure the neurotransmitter imbalances, kryptopyrroles test to measure pyridoxal-5-phosphate, zinc, B6 deficiency and arachidonic acid. In addition, we offer hormone test to detect hormonal deficiency in the body, blood test for testing food allergies and food intolerances, and stool test for measuring gut dysbiosis. Other than that, Psycho Nutritional Therapy are available at IPC by team of professional nutritional therapists and psychologist to treat learning, emotional and health problems contributed by biochemical factors identified through the laboratories tests. The nutritional therapist will tailor the nutritional medicines based on client’s specific needs after the clinical assessment and testing conducted in order for the client to recover from their particular conditions.
For John case, IPC did program of nutritional therapy for John. Our psychologists suspected that he had food allergies, food intolerances, and neurotransmitter imbalances through the hormonal tests and neurotransmitter tests. Hence, our nutritional therapists tailored nutritional therapy to John to address the identified nutritional deficiencies. After 2 months, there were obvious improvements and resolutions found in John’s behaviors. He was able to focus and stay a lot calmer in school and his aggression problems were resolved.
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Proactive Aggressive Children
Posted by: International Psychology Centre on: March 22, 2021
Aggressive children can be a nuisance for parents and other children. They manifest great aggressive characteristics. Aggression and bullying are problematic behaviours in childhood. They cause direct suffering and can have serious long-term effects. The children often annoy other, such as involves him/herself in fighting, arguments and starting fights. Aggressive children worry their parents and teachers. They usually terrify, intimidate and hurt other children and disrupt lessons in school. They may be verbally and argumentative aggressive. Aggressive children may also encounter difficulty in controlling their temper and are easily sadden and annoyed by others. Therefore, they are commonly disobedient and may appear angry and resentful.
Children who are more offensive, instrumental, cold-tempered and predatory are proactive aggressive children. Proactive aggressive children are more goal-oriented. It requires neither annoyance nor anger. In addition, proactive aggression can be oriented towards the ownership of object, for example instrumental. In addition, it can also be leaning towards controlling people such as person oriented or bullying in school. Proactive children are more likely to use aggression as an effective way to attain desired goals more than other children. Children with high levels of proactive aggression are not necessarily responding to the perception of threat, but they are more likely to engage in aggression coldly to obtain rewards or enforce their wills.
Family characteristics play an important role in influencing children behaviours. Children acquire 50% of their mannerisms from their parents. By watching what people are doing, children tend to learn about the way they should behave towards one another, and the way they ought to handle problems. This method of watching, listening and subsequently learning is call observational learning. Psychologists suggested that children learn by observing and imitating what others do. Therefore, the way family communicate to each other is very crucial in affecting children aggressive behaviour. If a parent gives in every time the child throws a temper tantrum, the child will lean that if he wants his own way, he just has to throw a temper outburst to achieve his goals. Most parents are unconsciously fall into the trap of giving in too early when they are frustrated and all stressed out. Consequently the temper tantrum subsides, leaving the child as the winner in this power struggle. Proactive children understand the way to plan and achieve their goals, therefore they will use this method to control people and bullying at school.
In addition, children learn aggressive behavior by watching the actions of those around them. For instance, some parents use a cane to discipline their children when they misbehave. When the canning continued for several months, the child started to learn that when his parents did not get what they wanted from him, they used physical method to solve the problem. Hence, the child started to hit his friend in school when he did not get the toy he wanted or other children go against his wills. Proactive aggressive children often engage in aggression coldly to obtain rewards. Therefore, they are more likely to control or bully peers and other children in order to achieve their wills.
As mention above, the family relationship conflict may cause negative influences on children behaviour. Children aggressive behaviours that are cause family relationship conflict not only will bring negative effect in the family, but also create nuisance in school. Centre for Family Enrichment and Therapy in International Psychology Centre offers family conflict assessment and therapy. In addition, we offer assessment and emotional therapy and family members’ behaviour. At FamPsych™, family enrichment programmes and therapy are given by professional psychologist to help family become closer and more harmonious, whereby unconstructive patterns of emotion, attitude and behaviour are identified and changed to patterns that are more constructive. Through family psychotherapy, we help parents to identify their negative influences such as physical and emotional problems that affecting the hostile behaviour on children, change and manage them to a more positive way.
James, father of two was concerned about his son, Joshua’s behaviour in school. He brought Joshua to The Centre of Educational Psychology (EdPsych™) of International Psychology Centre (IPC) to get assessment test from psychologists. The teachers in school complained that Joshua was creating a lot of nuisance in school and affecting other children. Joshua likes to show expressive aggression including name-calling, teasing, quarrelling and intimidating his friends in school. Joshua has tendencies to harm and injure another persons’ feelings indirectly. Therefore, James brought him to International Psychology Centre (IPC) for assessments and psychotherapy. After 2 sessions of clinical parental interview with James and his wife, Rachel and children assessment, psychologists diagnosed that Joshua’s aggressive behaviours in school was contributed by James and Rachel’s verbal and physical aggression towards each other. Joshua tended to imitate the aggressive way his parents talked and behaved when solving problems. Therefore, our educational psychologist in IPC conducted 6 sessions of family therapy intervention program to resolve the conflicts constructively. At the end of the treatments, the parents understood and learned how to manage their emotional outburst in a more constructive way. Joshua was more able to control his aggressive behaviours, less impulsive and be able to present appropriate behaviours in school.
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Learning Disabilities (LD)
Posted by: International Psychology Centre on: March 22, 2021
By: SISHALINI @ SHEESHA
Supervised Psychologist
International Psychology Centre
LD?????
National Institutes of Health stated that, Learning Disabilities (LD) is a disorder that affects people’s ability in linking information from different parts of brains. Learning disability is related to polygenetic factors such as temperament, attention predisposition and memory which influence the learning and development of a child with family and environment.
The neurological disorder alters one’s ability in receiving and processing information in the brain. Therefore people with LD might encounter difficulties in receiving meaningful information because they see, hear and understand things differently from others.
ChildPsych™ a division of the International Psychology Centre which has pioneered psychological services in Malaysia, since the mid 90s, consists a team of consultants of educational and child psychologists as well as child, speech and music therapists. They have worked with schools, colleges, universities, non-governmental organizations, private organizations, school counselors, teachers, parents, teenagers and children.
According to ChildPsych™, learning disabilities may manifest differently in individuals. They either show different combinations and degrees of difficulty or have more than one form of learning disability. Children with these traits or condition are usually detected when they are in schools. Although it may begin to occur in very young children, somehow it may not be apparent until the child starts formal education.
This is because the child looks perfectly “normal” but does encounter problems in academic performances. It can also be undetected throughout life if the impairment is extremely subtle. However, a child can encounter disadvantages in the long-term, if remain untreated.
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Sleeping Well in the Golden Years
Posted by: International Psychology Centre on: March 22, 2021
Changes in life are inevitable, they say. The way you eat, the way you dress and even your perspective changes with age. Do you know that age also changes the way you sleep?
If you are already in your golden years, you tend to become sleepier earlier in the evening, wake up earlier in the morning and enjoy less deep sleep. These changes are considered normal. However, if you are experiencing disturbed sleep, waking up tired often and other symptoms of insomnia, you may be having sleeping problems.
For those of you who are experiencing trouble falling asleep or staying asleep, follow these simple tips and a good quality slumber could be yours again.
1. Cultivate good daytime habits – Keep yourself occupied during the day with interesting activities; exercise regularly to release endorphins that will improve your mood and reduce stress; limit the intake of caffeine, alcohol and nicotine. All these will help prepare your body for a good night’s sleep.
2. Maintain a regular bedtime routine – Sleep and wake up at the same time each day even during the weekends; read a light book or magazine; develop some bedtime rituals like taking a bath, listening to music, practicing meditation or breathing exercises. If possible, many experts also suggest that you combine sex and sleep.
3. Make your bedroom sleep-friendly – Ensure that when you are retiring for the night, your bedroom is quiet, dark, well-ventilated and cool (suggested temperature to be around 18 – 22°C). The size of your bed, the mattress, bedding and pillows must be comfortable for you. You can also consider removing the TV and work desk. Your body will come to associate the bedroom with sleep alone, so when you get into bed, your brain and body get a strong signal that it’s time to nod off.
If you are still unable to sleep well after trying out these tips, consider talking to a professional. Your condition may be more serious than you think. Sleeping well in your golden years is detrimental for your physical and emotional well-being. A good night’s sleep is particularly necessary for you because it helps improve concentration and memory formation. Sleep also refreshes the immune system, which in turn helps to prevent diseases.
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Anxiety Management Talk
Posted by: International Psychology Centre on: March 22, 2021
Greetings all!
What is Anxiety?
Anxiety is a general term for several disorders that cause nervousness, fear, apprehension and worrying. It can affect a person’s thought, feelings, behavior, and overall health. Mild anxiety is vague and unsettling, while severe anxiety can be extremely debilitating, having serious impact on daily functioning including work, school, social activities and relationships. People with anxiety can be helped with psychological and psychonutritional treatment. When anxiety isn’t treated, it can get worse, last longer, and prevent you from getting the most out of your life. With treatment, you can recover quickly and prevent it from occurring.
Symptoms of Anxiety
Nervous, unable to relax, dizzy or lightheaded, terrified or afraid, fear of worst happening, feeling of choking, hands trembling, face flushed, hot or cold sweat, fear of losing control, difficulty in breathing, and fear of dying.
Causes of Anxiety
Emotional stress, genetic factors, personality factors, environmental factors, neurotransmitter imbalances, nutritional factors.
Treatment of Anxiety
Anxiety is entirely treatable. Assessment can be conducted first to identify the causes; which include gene test, neurotransmitter test, nutritional test, personality test, stress coping test, and anxiety test. Anxiety can then be treated through cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT), psychotherapy, psychodynamic therapy and psychonutritional therapy. Anxiety can also be helped with patient lifestyles like exercise, healthy nutrition, sufficient sleep and social support.
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Reliable Non Invasive Lab Test to Prevent and Reverse Breast Cancer
Posted by: International Psychology Centre on: March 22, 2021
Breast cancer is a malignant growth or also known as a cancerous growth that begins in the tissues of the breast. Cancer is a disease in which abnormal cells grow in an uncontrolled way. Breast cancer occurs greatly among women, but it can also appear in men. Further on, breast cancer was the commonest overall cancer as well as the commonest cancer in women amongst all races from the age of 20 years in Malaysia for 2007 to 2008. Breast cancer has been diagnosed most common in the Chinese, followed by the Indians and then the Malays. A woman in Malaysia has a 1 in 20 chance of getting breast cancer in her lifetime (National Cancer Society,09). The first noticeable symptom of breast cancer is typically a lump that feels different from rest of the breast tissue. More than 80 percent of the breast cancer cases are discovered when the women feels a lump. By the time a breast lump is noticeable, it has probably already been growing for years.
At the Optimum Well-Being Laboratory, we offer laboratory tests in order to identify early cancer markers before any symptom develop. The benefits on early identification are that the chances to reverse the cancer disease would be higher through nutritional therapy and also through lifestyle changes. Adding on to that, breast cancer risk is increased in women with the longest known exposure to sex hormones, particularly estrogen. Therefore, breast cancer risks is increased in women who have a history of early first menstrual period, late menopause, no pregnancies and to those under birth control pills. Based on the tests conducted by Optimum Well-Laboratory, there are numerous tests which identify the levels of individual’s sex hormones as early cancer markers. The ESTRONEX test where researchers at the Rockfeller University have found that the body metabolizes estrogens into several different forms that can impact cancer development, therefore it is important to screen your body for these indicators (American Cancer Society, Breast Cancer Facts, 2002). Optimum Well-being Laboratory also offers the Medex Test, where we would now be able to pre-screen an individual for breast cancer in a non-invasive and a non painful way. The Medex Test, as shown by researchers has a higher accuracy in identifying markers of breast cancer compared to mammogram and colonoscopy (Dr. E. Zimlichman, Dept. of Medicine B, 09). It also provides us with immediate results which could definitely warn us about any cancer cells going that are going to be developed.
Scientists have identified the number of risk factors that increases a person’s chance on getting this disease. Breast cancer is correlated to those having traits of cancer genes, either passed down from families or mutated. Besides that, a woman who already had breast cancer has a greater chance in developing a new cancer in the other breast. We, the Optimum Well-Being Laboratory has now introduced the Switch Off Gene Expression Program where by we would be able to switch the gene expressions off based on nutritional therapy and lifestyle changes. Scientist has now discovered that genetic mutations do also increase the chance of women in developing the disease. To date, the genes that has been mostly studied includes the BCRA1, BCRA2,p53,AT, the GADD repair group, the RB suppressor gene and the HER-2/neu oncogene which strongly contributes to cancer. Some of these genes directly influences breast cancer risks, whereas others are involved in the general processors of cancer growth and metastasis. In
Optimum Well-Being Laboratory, we also offer Gene Tests which evaluates the possibility of an individual to be in the risk of getting breast cancer by assessing an individual’s comprehensive profile of genetic predisposition. Also, with that, the gene tests also evaluates an individuals identification of variation which influence metabolism in regards to breast cancer. Some of the other risks are the consumption of alcohol which means that the alcohol consumed would increase the estrogen level in the blood. Beside that, the consumption of high fatty food should be controlled because it is known that fat cells play a role in estrogen production. Others that include are cigarette smoking, environmental pollutants and above average body weight which has a direct correlation with the fat consumption in an individual. As women, we should take advanced precaution steps in order to prevent ourselves from developing this disease.
Breast cancer is a risk for all women, but whether or not we develop it comes down to more than just a role of dice. As said we should take preventative measures to decrease our chances for being in the risk angle. Although there is never a guarantee that you can prevent breast cancer, according to many professionals researches making a lifestyle change is effective in lowering your risk. For example, food choices can play a big role in reducing your risk. Always choose to stay on a low fat diet, limit alcohol consumption or avoid it totally. Adding on to that, do make sure that, your weight is always maintained. Apart from that, you should always be aware of your hormonal levels for it plays a big role in an individual’s life. Last but not least always remember to stay vigilant for it may save your life.
This article is a contribution of the Optimum Well-Being Laboratory.
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Depression
Posted by: International Psychology Centre on: March 22, 2021
Are you experiencing the same situation as the picture illustrated?
Feeling sad and empty frequently? Lost interest in things and people?
Stop hidding yourself in your own dark world!
“When you’re depressed, it makes a lot of difference how you stand. The worst thing you can do is straighten up and hold your head high because then you’ll start to feel better. If you’re going to get any joy out of being depressed, you’ve got to stand like this.
-Charlie Brown-“
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How To Build Strong Family Relationship
Posted by: International Psychology Centre on: March 22, 2021
In this world, family is a pillar of strength for everyone. Family is the closest and most trustful person when you face a problem. However, real world does not like a fairy tale. In real world there are real issues. There will be a family crisis or family breakedown.
Therefore, there would not be a long lasting happily ever after if family members do not try hard to work on it.
“Action may not always bring happiness; but there is no happiness without action.-Benjamin Disraeli-“
Want to find out the tips to build a strong family relationship?
Do not hesitate!
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“In family life, love is the oil that eases friction, the cement that binds closer together, and the music that brings harmony.-Eva Burrows-“Edit this entry.
Why Am I Always Angry?
Posted by: International Psychology Centre on: March 22, 2021
And you’re like a 90’s Noah
And they laughed at you as you packed all your things
And they wonder why you’re frustrated
And they wonder why you’re so angry
And is it just me or are you fed up?
— Alanis Morissette, “No Pressure Over Cappuccino”
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Preventing and Reversing Cancer
Posted by: International Psychology Centre on: March 22, 2021
Cancer is the most common disease in this modern world. It is one of the top killers in Malaysia. Research have shown that the cause is primarily linked with early mediation of own biochemistry and nutritional metabolic status which can be detected and reversed. Come join us in our coming talk where participants will learn how to have early detection of all types of pre-cancers biochemical and nutritional mediators and also learn effective nutritional lifestyle management skills to enjoy cancer free life.
Highlights
– The need for early detection of precancerous health mediators
– Knowing the proper way of early detection
– Nutritional approach in preventing and managing cancer
– Psychological approach in preventing and managing cancer
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Why Can’t My Child Pay Attention?
Posted by: International Psychology Centre on: March 22, 2021
It’s normal for children to occasionally forget their homework, daydream during class, act without thinking, or get fidgety at the dinner table. However, inattention, impulsivity, and hyperactivity are also signs of attention deficit disorder (ADD/ADHD). ADD/ADHD can lead to problems at home and school, and affect your child’s ability to learn and get along with others. It’s important for you to be able to spot the signs and symptoms, and get help if you see them in your child.
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Certification in Sandplay Therapy & Symbol Work With Children Adolescents and Adults
Posted by: International Psychology Centre on: March 22, 2021
Do you want to Help children/ adults to deal with emotional problems?
Do you want to offer ways to help children/adult/ teens to resolve family issues, contact and deepen personal resourcefulness and promote emotional resiliency?
A certificate in Sandplay therapy & symbol work with children teens and adults can qualify you to execute the above.
In Sandplay, the adult plays, as does a child, with seriousness.
The playing aspect seems to provide access or an initiatory rite of entry for adults into feeling, affect and the world of childhood.
Lost memories are found again, repressed fantasies are released
and possibilities for reconciliation occur.
– Estelle Weinrib, Images of the Self Sigo Press, USA, 1983
* Leads towards the practitioner membership of Malaysian Psychotherapy Association (MPA) & Australian Counseling Association (ACA)
Music To Mend The Spirit by Yap
Posted by: International Psychology Centre on: March 22, 2021
Someone was shot again last month on Troutman Street, off Wyckoff Avenue in Bushwick, two blocks from where Mayra Sierra lives. Here, not far from where Brooklyn melts into Queens, boarded-up windows line long stretches of silent road. At night, prostitutes prowl the corners, passing dealers with stocks of crack, heroin and cocaine.
Sierra, 16, moved from war-ravaged Colombia five years ago, but does not feel much safer in her foster home here. By day, she has to step past weed-smoking toughs who haunt her building’s stairwell, and by night, she has to get used to the screaming, whose source she has tired of trying to find.
“It’s not a nice neighborhood,” she said. “I go in and out quickly; I don’t hang around.”
But Sierra brightens every Friday afternoon, when she takes the L train to midtown Manhattan for music therapy at the Turtle Bay Music School’s Margules program, named after a founding grant from the Annette Margules Endowment Fund. The weekly four-hour sessions combine music with professional psychotherapy used to reach out to emotionally disturbed adolescents in New York’s foster care system. Every year, Margules takes in about 25 children between the ages of 11 and 18.
“These kids need a group of their peers, but they also really need individual attention,” said Diane Austin, who has headed the Margules program since it was first established at the Turtle Bay School in 1992. “They come from dysfunctional families. … They’re not used to social settings like playing music together or even sitting at the table eating together.”The treatment is diverse; some kids write lyrics, others sing or beat the drums. Every child goes one-on-one with a therapist, followed by a group session. They are bound in a community rooted in song.Music therapy has been a formal professional discipline for 59 years, offering treatment for a variety of psychological and physical problems, from strokes to autism and for people young and old. The Margules program – the only music therapy program in the city aimed at foster kids – has rebuilt shattered lives, restoring its participants’ confidence, in many cases putting them onto steady careers and college degrees.“It’s a very good program,” said Alan Turry, co-director of New York University’s Nordoff-Robbins Center for Music Therapy. “I attended one of their public performances once. I was impressed with their ability to work together and their willingness to share in front of each other. There was a real sense of community. My sense is that often, these kids are so hurt because they’ve gone through so much rejection, they will sabotage any effort when someone tries to help them. The fact that they’re willing to take the risk to share their music publicly is, to me, a sign of their progress.”Austin, Sierra’s therapist, remembers the girl was emotionally withdrawn before beginning her therapy four years ago. The first time she attended Margules, on a reference from her caseworker, she clung to the bottom of the stairs, refusing to go up to the program’s second-floor offices.“Back then, I hated being around people,” she said. “I would get so nervous. Now, I go into a room [full of people], I’ll be fine.” The Margules program has been an anchor in her tumultuous life. Sierra’s mother was deported from the United States to Colombia on drug charges. In 1998, she sent Sierra to New York for better opportunities, promising to follow shortly.At first, Sierra stayed with a family friend, who became a foster mother when it became clear that Sierra’s own mother was never going to join her. When that family friend could no longer afford to take care of her, Sierra flitted from foster home to foster home – four in five years. None has been stabilizing; her second foster mother, she said, was plainly exploitative.“She wouldn’t give us allowance money or clothes, and used to make us do everything for her,” Sierra said. The experience burned into her a cynicism that seems beyond her years. Although she still speaks of her own mother with affection, she is also realistic about her mother’s problems, saying, “My mother, she likes nice things the easy way.”*For illustration purposes onlySierra has not seen her mother in five years. For the past four years, the Margules program has been the closest thing in her life to a real family, if only for its constancy. It is where she wrote songs about the father she never met, and the boyfriend – her first – she now dates. It is where she discovered Harry Potter, and where she learned to be herself in a group.There is a clear bond of affection between Austin and Sierra. In their one- on-one sessions, they talk like girls at a slumber party. Much of the talk is about feelings, mixed with gossip.They talk, and then they play. Austin encourages Sierra to write lyrics reflecting her mood. Turning the lights low, Austin starts to fit the lyrics to music on a piano, sampling chord after chord with Sierra, like a tailor with a fussy client. When the melody is built, the two sing it through. Then she encourages Sierra to sing alone.Over time, Sierra’s lyrics have shifted. Two years ago, she wrote this: “I never had a father/I always wanted one/Someone I can talk to/Someone who wouldn’t run.” Of late, adolescence has been catching up: “I’m just a girl/Who wants to hug you/But I’m scared/I don’t want to be hurt by you.“For Sierra, the achievement has meant more than rebuilding her confidence to a level where she now confidently sings before strangers. She now plans to become a child therapist herself. “I want to work with children with emotional problems,” she said. “Something like what Diane does.”Yap, C. (2003). Music to mend the spirit. Retrieved May 10, 2003 from http://www.therebeccacenter.org/library/musictomend.pdf
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When Words Sing and Music Speaks!
Posted by: International Psychology Centre on: March 22, 2021
If you think psychotherapy is only for those who has mental problems, you would probably wrong. Music therapy is offering treatment for a variety of psychological and physical problems, from strokes to autism and for people young and old. Music therapy has been a formal professional discipline for 59 years. You will experience the power of music, songs and vocal which is widely used instruments in therapeutic process. With over 20 years of research, vocal therapy opens enormous possibilities for personal change and growth by using a new, voice-based model of psychotherapy where the sounds of the voice are expressed, listened and interpreted in order to access unconscious aspects of the self and retrieve memories, images and feelings from the past. This therapy also works with trauma survivors.
This will provide opportunities for participants to experience the power of music and the voice in In Depth Music Psychotherapy. You will explore the use of breath, tone and music improvisation through exercises and activities and learn some of the ways in which listening and playing music can facilitate the therapeutic process by enabling clients to gain access to their spontaneous and authentic selves. These dissociated aspects of the personality can then be related to and gradually integrated through music and verbal processing, resulting in a more complete, cohesive sense of self and identity.
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Speech Delay is a Terminal Disease and It can be Helped.
Posted by: International Psychology Centre on: March 22, 2021
Keana was a beautiful and charming girl and everything about her was perfect in the eyes of her parents, Oliver and Valerie. When Keana was 2, according to Oliver and Valerie, it was as if she was muted; nothing seemed to come out from her mouth. ‘Probably she’s just a late bloomer’, this was the thought of Oliver and Valerie. At the age of pre-school (2 and a half years old), Keana could only speak up to 4 words and some of these words were prompted. Once again, the same thought had struck Oliver and Valeria that Keana was probably fine, anyhow she was only 2 and a half years old hence it was excusable for her to speak less.
By Keana’s 4th birthday, Oliver and Valerie noticed that her language was odd. Though she seemed to be learning individual words and was using gestures, her language was very tangential. Things just were not making sense and she would jump from one topic to another so quickly no one could really follow her. There were also lots of missing or distorted sounds in her words. Without context, or if Oliver and Valeria were only ‘half-listening’, they did not know what she said.‘Something was not right. This was not normal. Something was wrong with Keana’s speech.’Oliver and Valerie went to their general practitioner to gain advice on such matter. But the doctor assured both of them that everything was fine. She was just-starting-to or just-about-to reach all of her milestones of speech development. Being not convinced, they went for another visit with Keana’s clinical pediatrician to know more about her ‘problem’. The pediatrician hypothesized that Keana was having difficulties with her speech and in order to conduct a speech language evaluation and enhancement program, a licensed psychologist who practices speech therapy would be required. Therefore, Oliver and Valerie were referred to International Psychology Centre by Keana’s pediatrician, who was able to recognize her speech issue.
Oliver and Valerie called up ChildPsychTM, the Child Psychology division of the International Psychology Centre to make an appointment for an initial assessment. To be able to diagnose Keana’s speech issue, The Stanford–Binet Intelligence Scale, Fifth Edition (SB5) had been employed and the test was administered by the panel of psychologists in the International Psychology Centre to observe how Keana solved problems and why she made the errors she did.The assessment had revealed that Keana scored relatively poor in the verbal aspects of SB5 and with that diagnosis, it was then concluded that Keana was suffering from the speech delay, a form of communication disorder being characterized as maladaptive speech development. According to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition (DSM-5), an updated version of classification and diagnostic tool for psychological disorders, this psychological disorder might affect not only the ability to read and write, it would also have negative impact on Keana’s attention, and socialization.
A programme of child psychotherapy which emphasized the speech and language enhancement was recommended for Keana. Speech Therapy was the essence of this programme as it assessed speech, language, cognitive-communication, and oral/feeding/swallowing skills to identify types of communication problems (articulation; fluency; voice; receptive and expressive language disorders, etc) and the best way to treat them.
Dealing with Children with Speech Delay; a Common Child Issue of New Era
Dr. Edward Chan, Principal Consultant Child Psychologist of ChidPsychTM, followed up the session with Speech Therapy therapeutic program. He began the session with a simple ice-breaking session to enable him to build rapport with Keana. After that session, he employed the Language Intervention Activity whereby he would interact with Keana, by playing and talking, using pictures, book or any ongoing events to enable the stimulation of Keana’s language development. During the session, Dr. Edward would also model correct pronunciation and use repetition exercises to build speech and language skills of Keana. In this case, a 1-to-1 speech therapy session would be best to enable a speedy progress of Keana’s speech development.
Most of the children suffering from speech delay lacked of the ability to utilize oral-motor coordination. Seeing this was one of the issues Keana was facing, Dr. Edward employed the model of Oral-motor/feeding and swallowing therapy. He would use a variety of oral exercises including facial massage and various tongue, lip, and jaw exercises to strengthen the muscles of the mouth. He too worked with different food textures and temperatures to increase Keana’s oral awareness during eating and swallowing.
In the following sessions, a specific therapeutic program, Articulation Therapy was used in aiding Keana’s speech development. In this Articulation stage or also known as the sound-production stage, Dr. Edward would model correct sounds and syllables for a child, often during play activities. The level of play was age-appropriate and related to the child’s specific needs and space for growth. He also physically showed Keana how to make certain sounds, such as the “r” sound, and demonstrated how to move the tongue to produce specific sounds. This stage required a several sessions to follow to ensure Keana was able to master the skills for articulating the correct sound of speech.
Being able to produce a correct word pronunciation was not the only main focus of speech therapy. The motivation to articulate a speech was crucial and it was seemed to be low in children with speech delay. They did not find speaking rewarding and there was nothing that motivated them to speak. Hence, seeing this as an issue to be tackled to aid Keana, Dr. Edward used behavioral modification which mainly focused on the use of encouragement as the mean for rewards. Children with the age of Keana were prone to accept encouragement and with that, it could in turn boost their confidence and self-esteem which led to the rise of their speech motivation.
After the therapeutic program, Keana was able to talk like how a 4-year-old would. She did not only speak her only 6-word vocabulary, but rather a complete sentence. She would also ask permission before she went for the loo. The joy and happiness in both Oliver and Valerie were immeasurable the moment they saw Keana being able to speak and socialize with other children without signing or pointing.
“The problem of speech delay is not the pronunciation of words itself, but the motivation to articulate a speech. Once we are able to help children to deal with the lack of speech motivation, they will be able to understand and appreciate the value and importance of speech,” said Dr WengLok Chan, Principal Consultant Child Psychologist of ChildPsych™, Centre for Children and Adolescences Psychology.
This article is contributed by ChildPsych™, Centre for Children and Adolescence Psychology of International Psychology Centre’s team of psychologist and psychonutritional therapists. Contact them at the International Psychology Centre Sdn Bhd, 11-1 Wisma Laxton, Jalan Desa, Taman Desa Kuala Lumpur.
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Psychological Problems Faced by Children…
Posted by: International Psychology Centre on: March 22, 2021
Mental Retardation
Mental retardation is a condition diagnosed before age 18 that includes below-average general intellectual function, and a lack of the skills necessary for daily living
Autism
This disorder makes kids to experience the world differently from the way most other kids do. It’s hard for kids with autism to talk with other people and express themselves using words.
Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder
ADHD is a problem with inattentiveness, over-activity, impulsivity, or a combination.
Asperger Syndrome
Asperger syndrome is often considered a high functioning form of autism. People with this syndrome have difficulty interacting socially, repeat behaviors, and often are clumsy. Motor milestones may be delayed.
Learning Disability
A learning disability, or learning disorder, is not a problem with intelligence. Learning disorders are caused by a difference in the brain that affects how information is received, processed, or communicated. Children and adults with learning disabilities have trouble processing sensory information because they see, hear, and understand things differently.
Seperation Anxiety
Separation anxiety is a developmental stage during which the child experiences anxiety when separated from the primary caregiver.
Specific Phobia
It is an extreme fear of a specific object or situation that is out of proportion to the actual danger or threat. In addition, an individual with a specific phobia is distressed about having the fear, or experiences significant interference in his or her day-to-day life because of the fear.
School PhobiaIt is a complex and extreme form of anxiety about going to school (but not of the school itself as the name suggests), can have many causes (see below) and can include related anxiety disorders such as agoraphobia and selective mutism. Symptoms include stomachaches, nausea, fatigue, shaking, a racing heart and frequent trips to the toilet.
The disorders that are given above are the common problem that are faced by the children in the present time. There are various factors that causes these disorders. It is important for parents and teachers to know the symptoms and signs of these disorders so that they can take early precautions. There are screening, assessments and intervention programs that are conducted in International Psychology Centre.There are also certification courses conducted on:
- Sandplay Therapy
- Child Psychology Certification Course
- Family Therapy
- Clinical Supervision
- Play Therapy
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The Future Leaders…..
A LETTER TO OUR FUTURE LEADERS by : Michelle R Kidwell
Oh precious Leaders of tomorrow
I write these words
Praying for your guidance
Tomorrow may seem far away
And the future sometimes
May seem bleak
But you my children
Are gifts from Heaven
Sent to brighten the way.
I pray that your path be
Lead in ligh
Do not follow the
Darkened way
Satan will try to grab
A hold of you
Tell him
To go away.
I pray for you
Our children
Our future
To have a bright
Future
And that you may lead
The way
With love.
Posted by: International Psychology Centre on: March 22, 2021
How to get treated from sleep disorder
Posted by: International Psychology Centre on: March 22, 2021
Having sleeping problem. Can’t sleep the whole night and it make you feel tired and fatigue next morning.
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Insomnia Psychotherapy
Posted by: International Psychology Centre on: March 22, 2021
Carly had a good career, a good family, and a good home. She was doing well in life. But due to a restructuring at her company, Carly was moved to a different department at her work place. Carly was constantly stressed under her new boss due to unreasonable amount of work and because of this she began to have difficulty sleeping. Carly would constantly go to bed worrying and thinking about her work, she couldn’t catch a night’s worth of sleep. She would just lie in bed the whole night with her laptop on and paperwork piled all around her. Carly was beginning to worry her family. Her husband, Harold, would often try to talk sense into her to get her to rest but she refuses saying she needs to get all of the work done. Harold even tried to get their children to coax their mother to sleep, she complies but wakes up after the children leaves and goes back to work. Harold would get so frustrated with her constant movements and the light being turned on that he would sleep in the guestroom instead, thus causing a strain in their marriage.
What Carly and her family are experiencing is not unusual, many people suffer from insomnia. Insomnia has become an increasingly prevalent disorder in our modern, fast-paced, and stressful world. It is especially frequent with people who are easily stressed and who do not have good coping abilities. Carly felt the weight of her actions toward her family, she realized that her family was getting distant and she decided to seek for professional help. Carly called International Psychology Centre® and made an appointment to have an initial assessment with the team of trained psychologists. The assessment diagnosed Carly with acute insomnia. According to the DSM-V, the Diagnostic and Statistics Manual for Mental Disorders, acute insomnia is a condition lasting from a few days to a few weeks, often associated with life events or a change in sleep schedule. These symptoms may produce significant distress, and interfere with personal, occupational, and social functioning.
A combination of therapeutic techniques and materials were prescribed for Carly. She was prescribed psycho-nutritional supplements such as Tryptophan to increase her melatonin level. Melatonin is the hormone that regulates the sleeping cycle and sleeping pattern in humans and in animals. With that, Carly would be able to have longer hours of good sleep. She was also prescribed Anti Insomnia PsychoAromatherapy, which is a specific blend of essentials oils that are soothing and calming to help a person sleep faster, longer, and better. Social & Emotional Intelligence Therapy was also included and it is an innovative therapeutic framework that takes place through the direct and creative dialogue through various natural direct activities and thereby developed other multiple intelligence including interpersonal intelligence, and intrapersonal intelligence such as stress management, problem solving and reality testing skills. Carly also went through Insomnia Psychotherapy, a psychological and specific form of psychotherapy to explore the many different sub-personalities in a human. This therapy helps the client to embrace and function coherently with the different personalities in them, especially the worrying as well as confident parts of themselves.
After several sessions of individual Insomnia Psychotherapy, a better communication between Carly, Harold (Carly’s husband), Tanya, and Anne (Carly’s two daughters) was established and Carly’s family were happy to be able to talk and communicate with Carly again. Carly was able to talk to her husband about her problems at work, and their relationship was getting better again. Carly feels better now that she has better quality and quantity of sleep.
“Insomnia can be a dangerous problem. Not only does it affect a person’s physical healthy but also affecting a person in every aspect, be it social, emotional, mental, spiritual, and so forth. By finding out what is the cause of insomnia such as a stressor, and subsequently teaching a person to handle the problem effectively and efficiently, insomnia will cease to exist,” says Dr. WengLok Chan, the Principal Consultant Psychologist of PsyCare™, Centre of Excellence for Personal and Corporate Growth at the International Psychology Center® (Psychology.com).
This article is contributed by PsyCare™, Centre of Excellence for Personal and Corporate Growth of International Psychology Centre®’s team of psychologist and psycho-nutritional therapists. Contact them at the International Psychology Center Sdn Bhd, 11-1 Wisma Laxton, Jalan Desa, Taman Desa Kuala Lumpur. Call 03-27277434, e-mail info@psychology.com.my or log on to www.psychology.com.my
Infidelity
Posted by: International Psychology Centre on: March 22, 2021
A terrible thing has happened. You found out your partner cheated on you. What happens now?
For some people, cheating means an automatic break-up. But others may still have feelings for their partner, and depending on the circumstances they may want to try and keep the relationship going. A lot of people who contact us ask: how do I build trust again after my partner cheats?
As hard as this might be to hear, it’s important to remember that there is no way to 100% guarantee that your partner will never cheat again. Your partner has to make the choice not to cheat, and you can’t control other people’s decisions.
However, you can choose whether or not to trust your partner again. Rebuilding trust is possible. It does take a lot of work, and BOTH partners have to be committed to healing the relationship.
Here are some tips to keep in mind:
Communication should be open. Healthy communication is important in any relationship, but especially after trust has been broken. You should be able to talk honestly with your partner, and you should feel that your partner is being open and honest with you. If you have an argument, try to fight fair without bringing up the past.
Be on the same team. Your relationship may not look the same on the “other side,” but it is possible to build something new. You should both be focused on building that new relationship together.
Stay “present-oriented.” One of the most difficult things about rebuilding trust after someone cheats is staying in the present moment and building toward the future, rather than living in or worrying about the past. You have every right to feel hurt, angry, and sad about your partner’s decision to cheat. However, if you can’t eventually let go of those feelings and work toward a more positive, open approach to the relationship, it may be a sign that this relationship is not worth staying in.
Trust yourself. This might be the most important (and hardest) thing to do. You might be questioning your own instincts at this point: “Should I have done something differently?” “Shouldn’t I have seen this coming?” But learning to trust yourself, your own feelings, and that you’ll be okay moving forward is key to having a healthy relationship with anyone. If something doesn’t feel right, rethink about whether or not it’s right for you.
As you are rebuilding your relationship, remember the following:
- Cheating is never an excuse to be abusive toward your partner. There is no excuse for abuse.
- Cheating does not mean your partner has no right to privacy anymore. It’s not healthy to demand that they share their cell phone or social media passwords with you, or constantly check up on them and make them prove that they are telling you the truth. What you share with each other is still a decision for each of you to make. Again, it will be your choice to trust or not trust your partner.
If You’re the One Who Cheated
If you cheated on your partner, and you both have decided to try and make your relationship work again, there are a few things you need to do:
Take responsibility. Own up to your behaviors, and be understanding about how those behaviors have made your partner feel. Be honest with yourself as to why you made the decision to cheat.
Keep promises. Call when you say you’ll call. Do what you say you’re going to do. Show that you are worthy of trust.
Give your partner space. They will be angry and hurt about what you did, and they have a right to feel and express their feelings. Sometimes it might seem like you’re taking one step forward and two steps back, but you must recognize that this process takes time. Trust cannot be given back overnight. However, like we said above, your partner does not have the right to be abusive toward you, and you still have a right to your own privacy.
Communicate openly. Find out what your partner needs. Really listen to them. Be honest with your partner about what you need. Are you willing and able to meet your partner’s needs, and vice versa? If not, it might be time to reconsider whether staying in the relationship is right for both of you.
Are you dealing with cheating in a relationship and need someone to talk to? Call, text, or chat online with one of our peer advocates today. We can help!
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“What Is The Best Career For Your Personality”
Posted by: International Psychology Centre on: March 22, 2021
Hi Everyone,
The International Psychology Centre provides personality profiling based on your career !
“What is the BEST CAREER for YOUR PERSONALITY”
Personality refers to individual differences in characteristic patterns of thinking, feeling and behaving. Research shows the match between your career and personality plays a major role in your job satisfaction and success. We will help you make that match.
Feel free to join us school leavers, parents, family and friends, please do drop by to gain more information on how to find the suitable career.
Hope to see you there!
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Help Your Child Cope Exam Stress & Anxiety?
Posted by: International Psychology Centre on: March 22, 2021
Drop of school’s performance
Fikri (name changed), a 14-year-old boy, academically was an excellent student with a distinction grade for all his examinations in primary school. From a young age, he was trained to think that exams are supremely important. However, his academic performance has been dropping gradually since he joined the junior high school. He even scored the lowest grade among his classmates in last year final exam.
Symptoms of Exam Stress & Anxiety
When the school counsellor spoke to him in regards to his low grades, he claimed “When the test arrives, my hands start to tremble when I write my name down on the answer sheet. The first two questions will go fine, but when I read the third question everything goes blank and even the easiest question seem to be difficult to understand”. Indeed those symptoms have caused him a lot of pain over a year. No matter how hard he tried to be calm and stable, he just could not overcome his exam anxiety.
At home, Fikri is quiet and did not communicate with his parents. He would not take the initiative to start a conversation and become irritated whenever his mother speaks about his exam performance. Ms Suraya (name changed), Fikri’s mother has also noticed that he is not sleeping well and has been struggling to get out from bed in the morning. Several times, Fikri has informed his parents that he does not want to attend an exam due to excessive fear and anxiety.
Seeking Help
Ms. Suraya is not alone in our society. There are many parents having the same problem as them and finding it hard to understand and manage their child’s anxiety issues faced during exam period. They are also concerned about their child’s development in the future years. Ms. Suraya and Mr. Husni (parents) were very worried about him and decided to seek for professional consultation with EdPsych™, Centre for Educational Psychology of the International Psychology Centre® (www.Psychology.com.my).
Psychological assessment and intervention to identify the Level of Exam Stress & Anxiety
The educational psychologist interviewed them on the child’s background and developmental history. They wanted to know how Fikri was growing up so that they could have a better understanding of his situation. Then, they had another session with Fikri to assess him for his anxiety and stress.
The educational psychologist at International Psychology Centre® used a number of stress and anxiety psychometric test such as the Test Anxiety Questionnaire™ to measure the experiences before and after examination and Beck Anxiety Inventory™ which looked at Fikri’s current anxiety symptoms. After the assessment, the educational psychologist revealed that Fikri had severe stress and anxiety before and during the examination period.
Students are often faced with a series of exams or tests at the end of a term or semester, which are usually scheduled closely together. This can lead to great stress and create anxiety for students. These exams are becoming quite competitive. In such a situation, when exam stress becomes too much, children tend to crumble. There are cases when children have attempted and even succeeded at suicide because their exam related stress went unnoticed.
Remedy for Exam Stress & Anxiety:
Psychoeducational therapies based on the results of Fikri’s psychological assessment were developed to help Fikri to overcome his stress and anxiety before and during the examination period. Furthermore, a team of psychonutritional therapists at the Psychonutritional Divisions at the International Psychology Center work along with the Educational Psychologist to conduct diagnostic laboratory tests to assess the biochemical contribution to his high level of anxiety and stress. Indeed, the result of laboratory report indicated that Fikri had deficient neurotransmitter and low serotonin activity. The Psychonutritional therapy was developed and tailored to Fikri’s lab results and this included boosting up deficient neurotransmitters with natural nutritional supplements such as 5HTP and SAMe to boost up serotonin which is important to help the child to stay calm and relaxed.
Reversal of Exam Stress & Anxiety:
Based on these results, Fikri’s therapy consisted of the psychoeducational programme as well as the psychonutritional therapy based on both the professional psychological and psychonutritional lab test conducted within 6 to 12 sessions of this therapeutic programme has really helped Fikri.
Indeed, Fikri’s mother has been able to notice the difference in Fikri. He is now able to manage and cope with his exam stress and anxiety. Fikri’s self-esteem begins to increase and he had acquired the confidence to do well in his examination without any exam anxiety. His improved self-confidence helped him to make more friends and he is now enjoying school very much. Fikri’s parents felt grateful that they took the fateful step of taking a chance and seeking professional help for their son.
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International Certification Course – Child Psychotherapy
Posted by: International Psychology Centre on: March 22, 2021
Greetings from the International Psychology Centre!
We would like to invite you to join our International Certification Course – Child Psychotherapy by ChildPsych™, Centre for Child Psychology which held at International Psychology Centre®, 11-1 Wisma Laxton , Jln Desa, Tmn Desa, 58100 KL.
Psychotherapy refers to a variety of techniques and methods used to help children and adolescents who are experiencing difficulties with their emotions or behavior. Although there are different types of psychotherapy, each relies on communications as the basic tool for bringing about change in a person’s feelings and behaviors.
During the class, we will guide you to understand and help those children with Anxiety, Autism, Dyslexia, Depression, Conduct Disorder and so on.
This course is accredited by Malaysian Association of Psychotherapy (MAP).
For more information on Malaysian Association of Psychotherapy (MAP), please kindly visit the following link: http://malaysianpsychotherapy.net/
For details, please call 03-27277434 or email to info@psychology.com.my or visit www.psychology.com.my
International Certification Course- Child Psychological Assessment
Posted by: International Psychology Centre on: March 22, 2021
Greetings from the International Psychology Centre!
The course will teach the participants how to understand children’s normal and abnormal emotions, behaviors and thinking.Participants will learn how to help children to develop healthily.
This course is accredited by Malaysian Association of Psychotherapy (MAP).
For more information on Malaysian Association of Psychotherapy (MAP), please kindly visit the following link: http://malaysianpsychotherapy.net/
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International Certification Course – Sandtray Therapy
Posted by: International Psychology Centre on: March 22, 2021
Greetings from International Psychology Centre!
The use of sand and miniatures gives us a symbolic way of expressing our feelings and viewing our lives. Sandplay provides a fun, non-threatening approach to the unconscious, and a safe space in which to explore feelings and life situations that may feel overwhelming.
This expressive therapy provides a platform for healing and growing up for both children and adult. Sandplay heals wounds that have blocked normal development and generates positive activation of the Self.
Come learn new and exciting ways to identify psychological disorders using the principles and techniques of SandTray Therapy.
For more information, please visit http://www.psychology.com.my
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International Certification Course – Adult Psychological Assessment
Posted by: International Psychology Centre on: March 22, 2021
Greetings from International Psychology Center!
Are you interested in working with people? Want to learn ways to help assess and understand the different problems they may be facing?
This certification course by professional psychologists leads towards better understanding of the different psychological problems that are common in people and effective ways to assess them.
Come learn new and exciting ways to identify and manage the psychological disorders common in people, identify and manage different causes of common psychological problems in people and also how to apply latest methods to assess the different psychological problems common in people.
This course is accredited by Malaysian Association of Psychotherapy (MAP).
For more information on Malaysian Association of Psychotherapy (MAP), please kindly visit the following link: http://malaysianpsychotherapy.net/
For details, please call 03-27277434 or email to info@psychology.com.my or visit www.psychology.com.my
International Certification Course: Certificate Course In Emotion Focused Therapy
Posted by: International Psychology Centre on: March 22, 2021
Greetings from the International Psychology Centre!
Emotion Focused Therapy (EFT) is a structured psychotherapy approach to working with individual, couple, family and children. This psychotherapy focuses more on working with and changing a person’s emotions.
This course is accredited by Malaysian Association of Psychotherapy (MAP).
For more information on Malaysian Association of Psychotherapy (MAP), please kindly visit the following link: http://malaysianpsychotherapy.net/
For details, please call 03-27277434 or email to info@psychology.com.my or visit www.psychology.com.my
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Depression Is A Medical Illness, Not A Sign Of Weakness!
Posted by: International Psychology Centre on: March 22, 2021
When you have depression, it’s more than feeling sad. Intense feelings of sadness and other symptoms, like losing interest in things you enjoy, may last for a while. Depression is a medical illness, not a sign of weakness. And it’s treatable.
Are you feeling depressed but haven’t talked to a doctor yet?
Are you currently treating your depression?
The diagnosis of depression often begins with a thorough history and physical exam by a doctor. Because certain viruses, medicines, and illnesses can also cause symptoms of depression, your doctor will want to know when your symptoms started, how long they have lasted, and how severe they are. He or she will ask whether you have had similar symptoms of depression before and about past treatments you may have received.
Your family history of depression and other mental illnesses is very important, as is any history of drug or alcohol use.
If symptoms of depression are negatively affecting your life — such as causing difficulties with relationships or work issues or causing family disputes — and there isn’t a clear solution to these problems, then you should seek help. Talking with a mental health counselor or health care professional can help prevent things from getting worse, especially if these symptoms of depression persist for any length of time.
If you or someone you know is having suicidal thoughts or feelings, you must seek help immediately.
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HOW TO DE-STRESS? THINK POSITIVELY!
Posted by: International Psychology Centre on: March 22, 2021
Coping with stress means coming to grips with the fact that some situations are beyond our control. As well as altering your reactions to stress you must also equip yourself with the following skills for coping with stress.
When faced with a stressful situation, asked yourself “What can I learn from all this?”, through positive thinking, stress level will be reduced, your mind will become clearer, and solutions will be found more readily as a result.
Don’t let stress control you! Take positive action which will reduce your levels of stress.
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Conduct Disorder – Signs, Diagnosis and Treatment
Posted by: International Psychology Centre on: March 22, 2021
Conduct disorder
Conduct disorder is a set of ongoing emotional and behavioral problems that occurs in children and teens. Problems may involve defiant or impulsive behavior, drug use, or criminal activity.
Causes
Conduct disorder has been linked to:
- Child abuse
- Drug or alcohol abuse in the parents
- Family conflicts
- Genetic defects
- Poverty
It is hard to know how common the disorder is. This is because many of the qualities for diagnosis, such as “defiance” and “rule breaking,” are hard to define.For a diagnosis of conduct disorder, the behavior must be much more extreme than is socially acceptable. Conduct disorder is often linked to attention-deficit disorder. Conduct disorder also can be an early sign of depression or bipolar disorder.
Symptoms
Children with conduct disorder tend to be impulsive, hard to control, and not concerned about the feelings of other people.
Symptoms may include:
- Breaking rules without clear reason
- Cruel or aggressive behavior toward people or animals (for example: bullying, fighting, using dangerous weapons, forcing sexual activity, and stealing)
- Not going to school (truancy — beginning before age 13)
- Heavy drinking and/or heavy drug abuse
- Intentionally setting fires
- Lying to get a favor or avoid things they have to do
- Running away
- Vandalizing or destroying property
These children often make no effort to hide their aggressive behaviors. They may have a hard time making real friends.
Exams and Tests
Psychometric tests, for instance The Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children – 4th Edition (WISC-IV) and Personality Assessment Inventory (PAI) can be used to investigate signs and symptoms of conduct disorder. The diagnosis is made when a child or adolescent has a history of conduct disorder behaviors.
A physical examination and biological tests such as hormone and neurotransmitter tests can help rule out medical conditions that are similar to conduct disorder. In rare cases, a brain scan helps rule out other disorders.
Treatment
For treatment to be successful, it must be started early. The child’s family also needs to be involved. Parents can learn techniques to help manage their child’s problem behavior.
In cases of abuse, the child may need to be removed from the family and placed in a less chaotic home. Treatment with nutritional supplements or psychotherapy can be used for depression and attention-deficit disorder.
Many “behavioral modification” schools, “wilderness programs,” and “boot camps” are sold to parents as solutions for conduct disorder. There is no research to support these programs. Research does suggest that treating children at home, along with their families, is more effective.
Outloook (Prognosis)
Children who are diagnosed and treated early usually overcome their behavioral problems. Children who have severe or frequent symptoms and who are not able to complete treatment tend to have the poorest outlook.
Possible Complications
Children with conduct disorder may go on to develop personality disorders as adults, particularly antisocial personality disorder. As their behaviors worsen, these individuals may also develop problems with drug abuse and the law. Depression and bipolar disorder may develop in the teen years and early adulthood. Suicide and violence toward others are also possible complications.
Prevention
The sooner the treatment for conduct disorder is started, the more likely the child will learn adaptive behaviors and avoid potential complications.
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How To Deal With Stress At Workplace?
Posted by: International Psychology Centre on: March 22, 2021
One of the fastest tracks to stress and burnout is to work too hard for too long, ignoring your needs. In order to do your best at work, you need to take care of yourself physically, mentally, and emotionally. Make sure to:
- get enough rest
- eat a healthy, low fat diet—don’t skip meals to make a deadline
- get moderate exercise on most days
- make time for family and friends—don’t neglect your interests
Some conflicts with colleagues can be nipped in the bud by addressing them head-on—in other words, by being more assertive. If someone is doing something that bothers you and affects your ability to do your job, speak up about it. If you don’t feel comfortable talking to the person directly, consider asking your supervisor for support. Assertive communication can help manage stress, boost self-esteem, and earn others’ respect.
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Self -Empowerment
Posted by: International Psychology Centre on: March 22, 2021
To self-empower yourself, and to be transformed into the highest version of your best self, follow these three habits:
1. Build your community
Find people you look up to and enlist them as mentors. A good mentor isn’t someone who tells you what to do, it’s someone who asks you the right questions and nurtures your growth.
2. Live your truth
Learn to distinguish your own voice from the external opinions of others. Tap into your internal guidance system. For you are the only person who truly knows what’s in your heart and how to make that bigger.
3. Accomplish your mission
Identify tangible ways, no matter how small, to be the change you want to see in the world. Make sure you follow through and create impact.
Do you want to learn more on how to achieve these habits?
Give us a call at 03 27277434
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Heart Attack & Sleep
Posted by: International Psychology Centre on: March 22, 2021
Ranjan Das, 42, active fitness freak, CEO and MD of SAP-Indian subcontinent died after a massive cardiac arrest in Mumbai recently.
What really happened?
Lack of sleep. Short sleep duration (<5 or 5-6 hours) increases risk for high BP by 350% to 500% compared to those who slept longer than 6 hours per night.
Individuals who sleep less than 5 hours a night have a 3-fold increased risk of heart attacks.
Barring stress control, Ranjan Das did everything right: eating proper food, exercising, maintaining proper weight, but he missed getting proper and adequate sleep, minimum 7 hours, and that had killed him.
Do not set your alarm clock under 7 hours.
You may want to consider adding the following supplements to your antiaging restorative sleep programme:
melatonin, GABA, ashwagandha, & antiaging sleep diet plan.
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Dear Stress, Let’s Break Up!
Posted by: International Psychology Centre on: March 22, 2021
Stress can affect how you feel, think, behave and how your body works. In fact, common signs of stress include sleeping problems, sweating, loss of appetite and difficulty concentrating.
You may feel anxious, irritable or low in self-esteem, and you may have racing thoughts, worry constantly or go over things in your head. You may notice that you lose your temper more easily, drink more or act unreasonably.
You may also experience headaches, muscle tension or pain, or dizziness.
Stress causes a surge of hormones in your body. These stress hormones are released to enable you to deal with pressures or threats – the so-called “fight or flight” response.
Once the pressure or threat has passed, your stress hormone levels will usually return to normal. However, if you’re constantly under stress, these hormones will remain in your body, leading to the symptoms of stress.
If you’re not sure what’s causing your stress, keep a diary and make a note of stressful episodes for two-to-four weeks. Then review it to spot the triggers.
Things you might want to write down include:
- the date, time and place of a stressful episode
- what you were doing
- who you were with
- how you felt emotionally
- what you were thinking
- what you started doing
- how you felt physically
- a stress rating (0-10 where 10 is the most stressed you could ever feel)
Stress, let’s break up~!
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Stress vs Pressure
Posted by: International Psychology Centre on: March 22, 2021
What is STRESS?
•Stress is a demand made on our physical or mental energy.
•Where this is felt as excessive, it is experienced as stressful
and may lead to stress related problems.
ØStress is your response to an inappropriate level of pressure.
ØIt is a response to pressure, not the pressure itself.
ØStress is not simply too much pressure, but can also refer to too little pressure.
COST OF STRESS
THE ORGANIZATIONAL LEVEL:
Reduced productivity & efficiency, low sickness & staff turnover rates etc.
THE PROFESSIONAL LEVEL:
Standards of practice & quality service can be adversely affected.
In the long run, it is not only staff who suffer as a result of stress but also service users.
Are you stressed?
Stress Management at Workplace Workshop – A collaboration with University Technology Petronas
- What? Stress Management At Workplace Workshop
- When? 9/9/15 & 11/9/15 (10am – 5pm)/ (provide us with your preferable dates)
- Where? International Psychology Centre Kuala Lumpur/ In-House (at your company)
- Who? you are working in an organization/ company/ department; your age is between 20 to 50 years;
- Fees? 100% FOC (including Hormone test, EEG test, stress level screening)
- Interested? Want to learn more? Email Stella psycare@psychology.com.my / call 016 3322650
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Common Sources Of Work Stress
Posted by: International Psychology Centre on: March 22, 2021
Any job can have stressful elements, even if you love what you do. In the short-term, you may experience pressure to meet a deadline or to fulfill a challenging obligation. But when work stress becomes chronic, it can be overwhelming — and harmful to both physical and emotional health.
Certain factors tend to go hand-in-hand with work-related stress. Some common workplace stressors are:
- Low salaries.
- Excessive workloads.
- Few opportunities for growth or advancement.
- Work that isn’t engaging or challenging.
- Lack of social support.
- Not having enough control over job-related decisions.
- Conflicting demands or unclear performance expectations.
You can’t always avoid the tensions that occur on the job. Yet you can take steps to manage work-related stress.UNCATEGORIZED
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ASPERGER’S SYNDROME – It’s Not The End Of The World
Posted by: International Psychology Centre on: March 22, 2021
Asperger’s Syndrome – Autism Spectrum Disorder
Asperger syndrome (AS) is a neurobiological disorder that is part of a group of conditions called autism spectrum disorders. The term “autism spectrum” refers to a range of developmental disabilities that includes autism as well as other disorders with similar characteristics.
They are known as spectrum disorders because the symptoms of each can appear in different combinations and in varying degrees of severity: two children with the same diagnosis, though they may share certain patterns of behavior, can exhibit a wide range of skills and abilities.
As a result, general terms such as “low-functioning,” “high-functioning,” “autistic tendencies,” “pervasive developmental disorder,” and others are often used to describe children whose behaviors fall within the spectrum. Kids with AS share many of the same symptoms as those with “high-functioning autism.”
Boys are more than three to four times more likely than girls to be affected by AS. Because milder cases are being identified more frequently, the incidence appears to be increasing. However, like other autism spectrum disorders, AS is often difficult to diagnose and treat.
About Asperger Syndrome
The disorder is named after Hans Asperger, a Viennese pediatrician who, in 1944, first described a set of behavior patterns apparent in some of his patients, mostly males. Asperger noticed that although these boys had normal intelligence and language development, they had severely impaired social skills, were unable to communicate effectively with others, and had poor coordination.
According to the Asperger Syndrome Coalition of the United States, the onset of AS may be later than what is typical in autism — or at least it is recognized later. Many kids are diagnosed after age 3, with most diagnosed between the ages of 5 and 9.
AS is characterized by poor social interactions, obsessions, odd speech patterns, and other peculiar mannerisms. Kids with AS often have few facial expressions and have difficulty reading the body language of others; they might engage in obsessive routines and display an unusual sensitivity to sensory stimuli (for example, they may be bothered by a light that no one else notices; they may cover their ears to block out sounds in the environment; or they might prefer to wear clothing made only of a certain material).
Overall, people with AS are capable of functioning in everyday life, but tend to be somewhat socially immature, relate better to adults than peers, and may be seen by others as odd or eccentric.
Other characteristics of AS may include motor delays, clumsiness, limited interests, and peculiar preoccupations. Adults with AS have trouble demonstrating empathy for others, and social interactions continue to be difficult.
Experts say that AS follows a continuous course and usually lasts a lifetime. However, symptoms can wax and wane over time, and early intervention services can be helpful.
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Emotional Intelligence Inventory (EQI) For Employees
Posted by: International Psychology Centre on: March 22, 2021
Rozmi was terminated by his supervisor after receiving too much complaints from his co-workers. He was a qualified degree holder, he was smart and creative, he had a clear vision of future goals, yet he was fired due to one fundamental reason: he couldn’t control his emotion, and he often caused serious quarrels with his fellow teammates at work.
EQ at work
When hiring new employees, employers tend to emphasize aspects such as academic performances, logical reasonings, mathematical skills, understanding analogies, verbal skills etc. However academic performance does not always lead to professional and personal success. What is at stake here is the Emotional Intelligence (EQ) level of employees.
Understanding your emotional skills in the workplace has been proven to contribute to proficient business activities such as conflict resolution, better communication, and wiser planning. By identifying the emotional aspects that need improvement, you can immediately begin developing those areas, at the same time maximising the effectiveness in daily tasks.
Research by Goleman (1998) has shown that 67% of the abilities deemed essential for effective performance were EQ competencies. Compared to IQ and industrial experiences, EQ competencies are found to be twice as important in contributing to excellence. This holds true across all categories of jobs, and in all kinds of organization.
EQI Test for Employees
Emotional Intelligence Inventory (EQI) is an internationally validated psychometric test developed to evaluate emotional and social functioning. It is an invaluable tool to provide information about individuals’ profile of EQ strength, so that training can be tailored and strategized according to employees’ needs. The test takes about 45 minutes, and the results are directly measurable and this enables further training plans. Post-training re-test can also be taken to ascertain specific development and mastery of Emotional Intelligence components objectively.
The EQI test can evaluate several aspects of your emotional intelligence and suggest ways to improve it, including:
- Interpersonal skills: Measure your ability to manage relationships, test your empathy level, and improve your social responsibility
- Problem solving: Gain a better insight to issues at hand, analyse the problems and solutions objectively
- Adaptability: Measure your abilities to be flexible, how you tolerate with emotional changes, and improve your optimism
- Reality Testing: Keep things in correct perspective, assessing the seriousness and potential risk factors involved in real world
Administration, Analysis and Reporting
At PsyCorpTM, the Center for Corporate Psychology of the International Psychology Centre®, our team of professional psychologists can provide the EQI test, interpret your data, conduct the analyses and explain the results to you. Join us in the upcoming High EQ at the Workplace workshop for free EQI test packages.
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