The very latest news from the world of Psychology. Private Therapy Clinic blog offers information about psychological concepts, theories, therapeutic approaches and human behaviour. The articles and vides posted here also offer tips and advice written by registered Psychologist Dr. Becky Spelman and our team of Psychiatrists, Psychologists and Psychotherapists.
There’s a saying within the care industry, ‘if you’ve met someone with autism, then you’ve met one person with autism.’ There is no textbook example you can point to; no exact process to provide support. But there are some general strategies that can help.
Erotomania is a rare form of delusion disorder, also known as De Clérambault syndrome. It’s categorised other subtypes of delusional disorder, including jealousy, grandiosity and persecution. The affected individual believes...
s said that our verbal communication makes up only 7% of our communication, 38% is made up by our tone of voice, and the remaining 55% is accounted for by...
An old Italian proverb advises men looking to get married and settle down to find both oxen and wives in their own home villages. The idea is that life is...
The symptoms that contribute to post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), only received their official definition within standard psychiatry in the 1980s. But the truth is, the condition has been around for...
We’re all emotional and somewhat sensitive beings. And to be completely devoid of all emotion would render us a nation of sociopaths. But there’s a subset of society that is far more...
Compulsive buying or oniomania (shopping addiction) may seem like an exaggerated or apologetic term for excusing something many of us consider a footnote in the catalogue of addictions.
Do you ever wonder why certain situations trigger intense emotions within you, while at times you might feel more subdued? The answer is rooted in your emotional awareness.
Dissociation is an often misunderstood subject within mental health, which, in part, is due to it not being as accessible as some of the more well-known points of interest. The...
Are you constantly stressed and have no idea why? Stress is a natural response from the body which releases hormones to help prepare the system to escape danger. It’s a...
Although schizophrenia and schizoaffective disorder both share the same prefix, they're actually separate conditions from one another. They both fall within the criteria of psychotic disorders within the Diagnostic and...
