By John Marzillier, PhD
on 3/2/11 - 1:49 PM
In the 1970s I worked as a psychology lecturer in Hans Eysenck’s department at the Institute of Psychiatry, London. He was a controversial figure, quiet and introverted when met face to face, but on the academic stage a formidable and ruthless opponent. Rod Buchanan’s recent biography, <em><a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/0198566883?tag=jaylencom&camp=0&creative=0&linkCode=as1&creativeASIN=0198566883&adid=1FN68S67P9Z8TJEPWH7B&">Playing with Fire. The Controversial Career of Hans J Eysenck</a>,</em> nicely captures the complexity of the man, part prolific scientist, and part inveterate showman. Whether it was race and IQ, cancer and smoking...
By Howard Rosenthal, EdD
on 12/12/10 - 12:19 AM
We've all heard it on a local or national television or radio station, "And when we return after the weather, we'll examine the tremendous increase in suicide during the winter holiday season."<br />
Well that's great, except for one small thing: It doesn't exist. In fact, the direct opposite is true. The suicide rate generally hits a peak during April and May. The National Center for Health Statistics placed November and December as the months with the lowest daily rates of...
By Sue Johnson, EdD
on 10/27/10 - 9:33 AM
It is pretty clear from the research that focuses on how change happens in therapy that emotional engagement is essential for significant change to occur. This is true in individual therapy (for example, research by Castonguay and by Beutler) and it is certainly true in couple therapy (research by EFT therapists like myself). So what happens in an intervention like Emotionally Focused Couple therapy when one person emphatically denies or avoids emotion? The Boy Code insists that men are at...
