Psychology
Eating Disorders and the Media
It is proven now that media can influence the beginning of eating disorders in some people. This is evident especially in children and teens who can easily be lulled into the wrong image of what the human body is supposed to look like.
A very serious co [read more...]
Not Your Average Angry Magician Mentalist
When we think of mind reading we think of many things. We think of psychics and clairvoyants being able to seemingly state what we think and predict the future. The truth is however that all these people rely on one simple technique known as cold reading.
[read more...]Alcoholism And Its Causes-From Dundee, Carpentersville And Island Lake
Alcoholism is one of the most serious problems that has plagued society. Virtually everyone has heard about trouble being caused in a family or elsewhere by someone being drunk.
Unfortunately, many of these same problem people try to avoid their respon [read more...]
Mind Control - Is It Real?
Derren Brown uses mind control to perform various tricks on his subjects. One particular trick that he does involves a voodoo doll. On his website you can see this trick performed on a lady and she is completely amazed at the end result of the trick.
Magnetic Brain Stimulation for Depression
Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation has increasingly been used as a treatment for mental illnesses like major depression. High frequency rTMS targeted to the left dorsolateral prefrontal cortex has mood elevating effects on patients. When this high frequency i [read more...]
Electric Brain Stimulation to Improve Driving Skills
Can electric brain stimulation make a person a better driver? That’s the question that researchers wanted to find out when they performed a recent brain stimulation test. Transcranial direct current stimulation tDCS is a way of non-invasively stimulati [read more...]
What Is NLP And How Does It Work?
NLP was created for the first time in the year 1970. John Grinder and Richard Bandler were its creators. They had claimed that NLP had theories, principles, practices, methods and techniques of three varied fields, namely, linguistics, computer science and neu [read more...]
Deciding Where to Go for Counseling and Psychotherapy-From Mount Prospect, Volo and Marengo
A client-focused counseling practice can provide a variety of benefits to you. Look for one who treats other healthcare professionals and has an outstanding reputation.
Such a therapist will provide advice on all aspects of mental health and psychiatr [read more...]
Stage Hypnosis versus Hypnotherapy - Methods Revealed
I have done a fair amount of demonstration hypnosis to audiences, including hallucination hypnosis and altering the memory of a subject.
Here are brief explanations of the two types of the application of hypnosis I am writing about:
Stage Hypn [read more...]
What is Neuro-Linguistic Programming?
In one of his tricks, called a person swap, Brown will present a map to a pedestrian and ask for directions. While the pedestrian is trying to help him, someone will walk between them carrying a large picture. Brown will switch places with the person carryin [read more...]
