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A Testament to Character
Character can be likened to a psychological "immune system" of sorts, insulating a person against both the slings and arrows and the many negative influences of this world -- and the admirable characters I've met in my life have clearly demonstrated to me the incredible power of just one person to make a significant difference.Tags: ethics, news and research, relationships, responsibility, violence (Source: CounsellingResource.com News and Features)
Source: CounsellingResource.com News and Features - November 17, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Dr George Simon, PhD Tags: General ethics news and research relationships responsibility violence Source Type: news

Growing Awareness of Personality and Character Disturbances
Attitudes toward treating personality disturbances are changing, and I think the time is coming when few will think it either overly judgmental or insensitive to focus therapeutic attention on someone's character.Tags: character disturbance, personality disorders (Source: CounsellingResource.com News and Features)
Source: CounsellingResource.com News and Features - November 3, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Dr George Simon, PhD Tags: General character disturbance personality disorders Source Type: news

Summary Thoughts on “A Sportsman’s Instinct”
True contrition goes far beyond regret, sorrow, and even remorse. It's a sad, hard reality, but feeling badly about what you've done isn't necessarily enough to really learn a lesson or to drive you to earnestly work at changing your ways.Tags: character disturbance, ethics, guilt (Source: CounsellingResource.com News and Features)
Source: CounsellingResource.com News and Features - October 27, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Dr George Simon, PhD Tags: General character disturbance ethics guilt Source Type: news

What We Believe Really Matters
In times past professionals mainly concerned themselves with the kinds of unconscious emotional conflicts that could make a person "neurotic" or sick with worry, but these days professionals more often focus on the attitudes and beliefs that can predispose people to behave in socially problematic ways.Tags: character disturbance, religion, violence (Source: CounsellingResource.com News and Features)
Source: CounsellingResource.com News and Features - October 20, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Dr George Simon, PhD Tags: General character disturbance religion violence Source Type: news

Schizophrenia: Singular Disease or Cluster of Syndromes?
Schizophrenia is actually a cluster of eight distinct genetically based abnormalities, according to recent research that offers new hope for understanding both how and why the disease may manifest itself and how it may one day be cured.Tags: news and research, schizophrenia (Source: CounsellingResource.com News and Features)
Source: CounsellingResource.com News and Features - October 14, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Dr George Simon, PhD Tags: General news and research schizophrenia Source Type: news

Narcissism: Pathological Self-Love
While some narcissists may be compensating for underlying low self-esteem, for others their inflated views of themselves are not an unconscious, anxious compensation for anything: they really believe in their own superiority.Tags: character disturbance, personality disorders, self-esteem (Source: CounsellingResource.com News and Features)
Source: CounsellingResource.com News and Features - October 6, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Dr George Simon, PhD Tags: General character disturbance personality disorders self-esteem Source Type: news

Beyond Self-Awareness: Self-Development
Developing a solid sense of who you want to be and how to get yourself there takes something more than insight about who you already are or how you came to be that way.Tags: relationships, therapy (Source: CounsellingResource.com News and Features)
Source: CounsellingResource.com News and Features - September 29, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Dr George Simon, PhD Tags: General relationships therapy Source Type: news

Is Marriage Becoming a Social Relic?
Divorce rates being what they are, it might appear that marriage as we have known it could be on its way to becoming a social relic. But while the institution of marriage may change, I'm confident that the value and power of love and commitment will endure.Tags: marriage, relationships (Source: CounsellingResource.com News and Features)
Source: CounsellingResource.com News and Features - September 22, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Dr George Simon, PhD Tags: General marriage relationships Source Type: news

When Violence Hits Home
When it comes to understanding relationship violence and fully appreciating the risks, there are still too many folks harboring dangerous misconceptions and perhaps even engaging in a fair amount of denial.Tags: abuse and trauma, relationships, violence (Source: CounsellingResource.com News and Features)
Source: CounsellingResource.com News and Features - September 15, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Dr George Simon, PhD Tags: General abuse and trauma relationships violence Source Type: news

Perception is Reality – Or Is It?
While our perceptions might define our reality at any given moment, we always have the power to change perspectives -- even dramatically.Tags: CBT (Source: CounsellingResource.com News and Features)
Source: CounsellingResource.com News and Features - September 8, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Dr George Simon, PhD Tags: General CBT Source Type: news

Breaking Bad Habits With the Behavioral Approach
When working to change habitual and problematic attitudes, thinking patterns, or behaviors, remember how important it is to recognise your own efforts and to give yourself a pat on the back.Tags: CBT, decision making, mindful awareness (Source: CounsellingResource.com News and Features)
Source: CounsellingResource.com News and Features - September 2, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Dr George Simon, PhD Tags: General CBT decision making mindful awareness Source Type: news