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Peer Helping

Posted in April 12th, 2009
Published in Featured Articles

Peer helping is simply people helping other people. When people experience frustrations, worries, concerns, and other life events, they typically turn to their friends, not professionals, for help, advice, practical assistance, and support. Our job is to strengthen what friends have to offer, thereby increasing a person’s ability to find a safe and satisfying [...]

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Anxiety Disorders

Posted in April 12th, 2009
Published in Psychiatric Help

Everyone periodically experiences fear and anxiety. Fear is an emotional, physical, and behavioral response to an immediately recognizable external threat (eg, an intruder, a runaway car). Anxiety is a distressing, unpleasant emotional state of nervousness and uneasiness; its causes are less clear. Anxiety is less tied to the exact timing of a threat; it [...]

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Counseling: Do I Need It?

Posted in April 11th, 2009
Published in Psychological Help

“How can I know if I need counseling?” If you have asked yourself this question, there’s a good chance that counseling can help you.
This article cannot tell you if you need counseling, but it will help you think through some important questions. Don’t be ashamed to ask for advice from counselors; they talk every day [...]

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Learned Helplessness

Posted in April 11th, 2009
Published in Featured Articles

In early 1965, Martin E. P. Seligman and his collegues, while studying the relationship between fear and learning, accidentally discovered an unexpected phenomenon while doing experiments on dogs using Pavlovian (classical conditioning). As you may observe in yourselves or a dog, when you are presented with food, you have a tendency to salivate. Pavlov discovered [...]

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What is Helping?

Posted in April 11th, 2009
Published in General Help

Definitions of helping on the Web:
give help or assistance; be of service; “Everyone helped out during the earthquake”; “Can you help me carry this table?”; “She never helps around the house”helpingpeople
help – improve the condition of; “These pills will help the patient”
help – be of use; “This will help to prevent accidents”
help oneself: abstain from [...]

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