The Borderline Parent—A Survival Guide
Are you a child of someone suffering from a Borderline Personality? Do you have a friend or colleague who has a parent with BPD? It can be brutal - but there are ways to survive. read more (Source: Psychology Today Personality Center)
Source: Psychology Today Personality Center - November 20, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Mark Banschick, M.D. Tags: Behavioral Economics Personality Psychiatry Therapy abuse acceptance Borderline Personality Disorder bullying children Forgiveness lies parenting protection relationships self truth victim Source Type: news

Understand Your Strengths
Digging deeper into commonly misunderstood character strengths such as humility, prudence, spirituality, leadership, judgment, and creativityread more (Source: Psychology Today Personality Center)
Source: Psychology Today Personality Center - November 20, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Ryan M. Niemiec, Psy.D. Tags: Happiness Personality Self-Help Work Carol Kaufman character strengths classroom video creativity curiosity humility IBM Australia judgment kindness leadership love love of learning positive personality traits prudence Source Type: news

Love Connections: A Duchenne Smile and Gratitude
If practicing the gratitude you do not necessarily feel can help you become more grateful, can practicing the Duchenne smile help you become happier and more loving? read more (Source: Psychology Today Personality Center)
Source: Psychology Today Personality Center - November 18, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Rita Watson, MPH Tags: Happiness Personality Relationships Source Type: news

Psychoanalytic Theory in One Sentence
What strategies do you use to maintain the illusion that you are only some of the things you are?read more (Source: Psychology Today Personality Center)
Source: Psychology Today Personality Center - November 18, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Michael Karson, Ph.D., J.D. Tags: Child Development Personality Psych Careers Therapy Source Type: news

How to Become Your True Self
Social scientists have addressed one of the central questions of our lives: How do we become our best and truest self? The goals we set and the plans we make are critical, but how do we know whether we are pursuing the goals that will result in a meaningful and fulfilling life? read more (Source: Psychology Today Personality Center)
Source: Psychology Today Personality Center - November 18, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Bella DePaulo, Ph.D. Tags: Happiness Personality Relationships Self-Help Source Type: news

What Does That Social Media Profile Pic Really Mean?
What does that social media profile picture really mean? It's a representation of your identity - so choose wisely!read more (Source: Psychology Today Personality Center)
Source: Psychology Today Personality Center - November 17, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Jennifer Golbeck, Ph.D. Tags: Media Personality Source Type: news

Sociopaths at Work
You won't believe the things some people have to do at work.read more (Source: Psychology Today Personality Center)
Source: Psychology Today Personality Center - November 17, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Alan A. Cavaiola, Ph.D. Tags: Ethics and Morality Personality Work and workplace personality psychopath sociopath Source Type: news

Uniquely You
Yoshi undervalues her ability as a psychotherapist and needs greater self esteem in order to credit herself as is deserved. Virginia Satir’s Declaration of Self Esteem provides a way to modeslty celebrate who you are.read more (Source: Psychology Today Personality Center)
Source: Psychology Today Personality Center - November 17, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Judith Coche, Ph.D., ABPP Tags: Happiness Personality Resilience Self-Help Source Type: news

Are You Nice But Not Good?
An inventory to self-assess the extent to which you’re a phony.read more (Source: Psychology Today Personality Center)
Source: Psychology Today Personality Center - November 16, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Marty Nemko, Ph.D. Tags: Ethics and Morality Personality Relationships Work honesty integrity phony two-face Source Type: news

Why do I always give up……?
Have you ever said, with grit and determination, that you are going to do something only to then give up? Have you heard your friends say the same and then watched them slide back to their old ways? Such failures are common. In fact, they are more common than successes. Ben Fletcher discusses why and how to turn failure into success......read more (Source: Psychology Today Personality Center)
Source: Psychology Today Personality Center - November 15, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Ben C. Fletcher, D.Phil., Oxon Tags: Happiness Personality Self-Help Stress behavioral flexibility change do something different habits knowing-doing gap knowledge small steps succeed willpower Source Type: news

PhotoTherapy
In an age where "selfies" are taken anywhere and posted everywhere on the internet, do the pictures really mean anything? Is it pure narcissism or is there a deeper meaning to the pictures you or I take, especially the ones we keep and cherish? In the field of PhotoTherapy the answer is unequivocally yes, as those pictures could hold clues to your true self.read more (Source: Psychology Today Personality Center)
Source: Psychology Today Personality Center - November 13, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Sam Louie, MA, LMHC Tags: Creativity Education Evolutionary Psychology Integrative Medicine Memory Neuroscience Personality Resilience Self-Help Therapy Source Type: news

Surviving A Marriage to a Narcissist and Sociopath
"My story isn't one where I was thrown into walls, had broken bones, teeth shattered, or clothing torn off of me in fits of rage.My abuse was sinister. I met him at age 16; he was 22. I was enamored by his gregarious personality and his sharp green eyes. The relationship was intense from the beginning and just as possessive."read more (Source: Psychology Today Personality Center)
Source: Psychology Today Personality Center - November 13, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Randi Kreger Tags: Gender Personality Source Type: news

Networking for Introverts
Even introverts can succeed at networking, that, alas, too-essential activity.read more (Source: Psychology Today Personality Center)
Source: Psychology Today Personality Center - November 12, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Marty Nemko, Ph.D. Tags: Personality Self-Help Social Life Work introversion introvert networking Source Type: news

Pick-Up Artists: Manipulative... But Evidence Based?
Pick-up artists use all kinds of techniques to win over women. But is there psychological evidence behind their techniques? read more (Source: Psychology Today Personality Center)
Source: Psychology Today Personality Center - November 12, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Malcolm Forbes and Ryan Anderson Tags: Evolutionary Psychology Personality Relationships Sex attraction pick-up artist pick-up artists Pick-up lines seduction trust Source Type: news

Study: Many CEOs Get Less Background Checking Than Graduates
According to a survey of Human Resources executives, many CEOs undergo less background screening than does the average college graduate. read more (Source: Psychology Today Personality Center)
Source: Psychology Today Personality Center - November 11, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Victor Lipman Tags: Behavioral Economics Ethics and Morality Personality Work background checking CEO chief executive HireRight HR Source Type: news