by Richard Amaral | Jun 27, 2013 | All Entries, Trauma
The word ‘resilience’ has been on my mind these last few days. In science, resilience is the ability of an object to spring back to shape; elasticity. In psychology, resilience is the ability to adapt well in the face of adversity, to overcome personal setbacks. I’ve...
by Richard Amaral | Jun 19, 2013 | All Entries, Relationships
For the last couple of months, I’ve been working with a lot of individual clients on the issue of marital conflict. Although I don’t typically provide marital counseling, I do work with people individually on their relationships as well as with the family unit. To...
by Richard Amaral | Jun 12, 2013 | Addiction Psychology, All Entries, Depression, Mental Health
When I was a young kid, my teachers would ask, “Which came first: the chicken or the egg?” I hated that question because I never really understood what it meant. Once I started working in the field of addictions and mental health, though, the logic behind the question...
by Richard Amaral | Jun 5, 2013 | Addiction Psychology, Depression
When we hear the word “relapse,” most of us think of addiction. However, it can also refer to a relapse of moods, such as depression and anxiety, and problem behaviours. For example, you can be in a good mood but suddenly relapse back into a state of unexplained...
by Richard Amaral | May 29, 2013 | All Entries, Social Psychology Theories
More and more people are using Twitter as a source for news information, but how do we know which feeds are legitimate and credible? Similar issues have been studied in the field of psychology. For example, how does a person assess credibility in someone’s message?...
