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Surviving and Thriving in a Character-Disordered World
If you've ever tried to understand what went wrong in a toxic relationship, or struggled to find a way to heal and move on after one, my latest book is for you.Tags: book, character disturbance, relationships (Source: CounsellingResource.com News and Features)
Source: CounsellingResource.com News and Features - March 28, 2016 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Dr George Simon, PhD Tags: book character disturbance relationships Source Type: news

The Continuum of Character Disturbance
Knowing the key aspects of a person's character is key to appraising their overall psychological health and appraising whether a relationship holds promise or could easily end up becoming exploitative or abusive.Tags: character disturbance, in practice, relationships (Source: CounsellingResource.com News and Features)
Source: CounsellingResource.com News and Features - March 21, 2016 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Dr George Simon, PhD Tags: character disturbance in practice relationships Source Type: news

“Vulnerable” Narcissism and Making Amends
Making proper amends is hard work, even for someone with a relatively healthy personality. But it's a particular challenge for someone with narcissistic traits in their character.Tags: in practice, relationships, responsibility (Source: CounsellingResource.com News and Features)
Source: CounsellingResource.com News and Features - March 15, 2016 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Dr George Simon, PhD Tags: in practice relationships responsibility Source Type: news

How Narcissism Stands in the Way of Making Amends
Narcissists have a hard enough time acknowledging any fault, let alone finding it within their heart to invest themselves in the task of making amends to those they've hurt.Tags: character disturbance, relationships, responsibility (Source: CounsellingResource.com News and Features)
Source: CounsellingResource.com News and Features - March 7, 2016 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Dr George Simon, PhD Tags: character disturbance relationships responsibility Source Type: news

The Key to Impulse Control
The key to impulse control is a strong and disciplined will, and an unwillingness or inability to delay gratification, forego pleasure, or endure pain is a great predictor of dysfunction.Tags: CBT, Freud, history, in practice, parenting and children (Source: CounsellingResource.com News and Features)
Source: CounsellingResource.com News and Features - February 29, 2016 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Dr George Simon, PhD Tags: CBT Freud history in practice parenting and children Source Type: news

Reassessing and Tweaking New Year’s Resolutions
Many of us made resolutions at the start of the new year. But around this time it's usually already become painfully evident just how hard those resolutions are to keep. So what to do?Tags: motivation, self-esteem (Source: CounsellingResource.com News and Features)
Source: CounsellingResource.com News and Features - February 22, 2016 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Dr George Simon, PhD Tags: motivation self-esteem Source Type: news

Making Amends
When a person in a relationship says or does something to damage the bond with their partner, making proper amends is crucial: for a damaged relationship to survive, heal, and grow, the person who's caused the damage has to be willing to do the hard work of repair.Tags: character disturbance, relationships, responsibility (Source: CounsellingResource.com News and Features)
Source: CounsellingResource.com News and Features - February 15, 2016 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Dr George Simon, PhD Tags: character disturbance relationships responsibility Source Type: news

How Sleeping Well May Protect Your Memory
Sleep is a fundamental and essential biological process, and serious health complications can develop when we don't sleep too well or are deprived of sleep, especially for long periods of time.Tags: aging, brain, health, neuroscience, news and research, sleep (Source: CounsellingResource.com News and Features)
Source: CounsellingResource.com News and Features - February 9, 2016 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Dr George Simon, PhD Tags: aging brain health neuroscience news and research sleep Source Type: news

Illeism and Narcissism
Contrary to what you might read in political blogs, it isn't a sure sign of narcissism when people talk about themselves in the third person. The truth is that much clearer clues about someone's narcissism can be found in how they regard you and the other people in their lives.Tags: character disturbance, politics, relationships, society (Source: CounsellingResource.com News and Features)
Source: CounsellingResource.com News and Features - February 1, 2016 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Dr George Simon, PhD Tags: character disturbance politics relationships society Source Type: news

Healing Traumatic Memories, Part 2
Recent brain research has revealed new clues to better guide us in the process of resolving traumatic memories. The key is called a mismatch experience.Tags: abuse and trauma, brain, in practice, therapy (Source: CounsellingResource.com News and Features)
Source: CounsellingResource.com News and Features - January 25, 2016 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Courtney Armstrong Tags: abuse and trauma brain in practice therapy Source Type: news

Help That Only Hurts: More on Therapy-Induced Trauma
Gaslighting and further trauma await when a victim seeks help from a therapist who fails to recognize a manipulator's "crazy making" tactics.Tags: abuse and trauma, character disturbance, relationships, therapy (Source: CounsellingResource.com News and Features)
Source: CounsellingResource.com News and Features - January 18, 2016 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Dr George Simon, PhD Tags: abuse and trauma character disturbance relationships therapy Source Type: news

Healing Traumatic Memories, Part 1
Can you really eliminate the fear and distress associated with a traumatic memory? Until recently, researchers weren't sure, but significant discoveries are now improving the way therapists treat traumatic memories.Tags: abuse and trauma, brain, in practice, news and research, therapy (Source: CounsellingResource.com News and Features)
Source: CounsellingResource.com News and Features - January 11, 2016 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Courtney Armstrong Tags: abuse and trauma brain in practice news and research therapy Source Type: news

The Psychology of Hate and the Dangers of Overgeneralizing
We should be skeptical when researchers or theorists tell us that hate is always grounded in fear or insecurity.Tags: character disturbance, Freud, news and research (Source: CounsellingResource.com News and Features)
Source: CounsellingResource.com News and Features - January 4, 2016 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Dr George Simon, PhD Tags: character disturbance Freud news and research Source Type: news

“Affluenza:” Are the Rich Beyond Accountable?
Will being "spoiled rotten" become the new defense for delinquent juveniles of well-heeled families hoping to evade accountability for their actions?Tags: character disturbance, news and research, responsibility (Source: CounsellingResource.com News and Features)
Source: CounsellingResource.com News and Features - December 29, 2015 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Dr George Simon, PhD Tags: character disturbance news and research responsibility Source Type: news

A Rare Case of Psychogenic Blindness
A genuine case of psychogenic blindness, or blindness with a psychological rather than an organic cause, reminds us that we have plenty to learn about the ways in which our minds and brains cope with various types of trauma.Tags: abuse and trauma, brain, DID, news and research (Source: CounsellingResource.com News and Features)
Source: CounsellingResource.com News and Features - December 21, 2015 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Dr George Simon, PhD Tags: abuse and trauma brain DID news and research Source Type: news