As we start the new year, resolutions may begin to fade. For most people it is difficult to persevere when setting goals. However, if you reflect on past failure in pursuing resolutions in a constructive way, you might gain insight. This can help improve your success rate with resolutions. The keyword is “constructive”. The...
Migration is associated with specific stressors, mainly related to the experience of leaving the country of origin and moving to a new, unfamiliar country. This process is usually associated with multiple stressors (e.g., language, financial pressure, challenging immigration processes, family separation, etc.). These stressors usually contribute to different mental health problems, especially Post Traumatic...
Now more than ever, we are all facing major challenges. Life is full many aspects that need to be resolved as we go along. Our basic needs must be fulfilled as a first step. Some of these basic needs are food, shelter, love, health, etc. It is easy to mention these and some more...
These have been challenging times. The pandemic (COVID-19) has become a major, lifetime event that has impacted all of us in many ways. COVID-19 has had many ramifications. First, we have the medical and health concern. We all want to stay healthy, ourselves and our family. So much information to digest, news constantly bombarding...
There are three important trends that are influencing the way we approach our lives and our work. We live in a-high-speed world. With the advent of the Internet and other technological advancements, we are used to everything being fast. We now order online, and items are shipped almost instantly, we need information, and we...
So first of all, what is malingering? Malingering is an act, not a psychological condition. It involves pretending to have a physical or psychological condition to gain a reward or avoid something. For example, exaggerating or making up symptoms to obtain special accommodations or to be exempt from a process (e.g., VAWA, jury duty, USA Citizenship Exam Exemption, etc.)....
Retirement is a reality that we will all face and if not properly managed can contribute to significant hardships. For example, the Journal of Population Ageing identified that those who retired were about twice as likely to have depression symptoms vs. those still working. The Centers for Disease Control report that suicide rates for...
Psychological evaluations can play a crucial role in some immigration processes that can help prevent the removal of a dear one (Hardship Waiver) or to protect someone who is currently being abused (under VAWA), or while seeking political asylum, or when seeking a waiver on the citizenship examination (N-648). Regardless of which of these...
Whenever we think of buying any goods or services, we ask not only about the product or service. But also, we ask: How much? What’s the price? It makes sense to do so. There are three types of purchases. One is when we simply need to buy it, when it is a necessity. For...
Immigrants have become a major part of our national landscape. About 40 million or 20% of people living in the USA are a first-or second-generation immigrant. The process of immigration can be very challenging for the immigrant and, at the same time, it is a complex issue. One of the big challenges that an...