Codependency is a circular relationship in which one person needs the other person, who in turn, needs to be needed. The codependent person, known as ‘the giver,’ feels worthless unless they are needed by — and making sacrifices for — the enabler, otherwise known as ‘the taker. It involves the desire...
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Making Resolutions Happen!
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 failures in pursuing resolutions in a constructive way, you might gain insight. This can help improve your success rate with resolutions.The keyword...
“HOPE”: GREAT WAY TO COPE WITH THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC
We’re approaching the one-year anniversary of the onset of the current COVID-19 nightmare. These have become long, painful months at many levels. The casualties of human lives, the health threats and issues, social isolation
Immigration PTSD – What is It? How to Resolve?
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...
Difficult Times
Now more than ever, we are all facing major challenges. Life is full of many aspects that need to be resolved as we go along.
Connectedness
First, we can be safe and creative by finding ways to interact and socialize in ways that we feel comfortable. For example, having an event at the park, in our backyard, walking together in a park. For others, an extra caution of ensuring negative testing and/or vaccination, wearing mask, etc....
The Big Picture: Effectiveness vs. Efficiency
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 search it with results available immediately, we need to make a reservation...
Malingering: Detecting it or Proving Otherwise
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...
Preparing for Retirement – The Right Mindset
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.
What to look for in an immigration psychological evaluation?
Psychological evaluations can play a crucial role in some immigration processes that can help prevent the removal of a dear one