by Louise Malan | Dec 15, 2017 | Personality Structure
Have you ever considered entering psychotherapy? How do you decide on a psychologist and what can you expect? There are many schools of therapy and it is important to make an informed decision about the type of therapy you want. Not all psychologists work in the...
by Louise Malan | Dec 15, 2017 | Sexuality
As a psychologist in private practice I am aware of the agony that the chronic use of pornography can cause both the user and their partners. With the availability of Internet access on almost all phones and computers it is very easy to access pornography. The use...
by Louise Malan | Dec 15, 2017 | Personality Structure
Paranoia is when someone experiences an external threat that is not based in reality. Such a person could in a very extreme case believe that a terrorist is out to kill them by poisoning their food, but it can also take on a much milder form like believing that your...
by Louise Malan | Dec 15, 2017 | Personality Structure
Touching rituals (for instance having to touch the light switch three times before going to bed), counting rituals, washing compulsions (an example is having to wash your hands five times after going to the toilet), obsessive neatness, obsessive intrusive thoughts...
by Louise Malan | Dec 15, 2017 | Other
So many of us have been confronted by the enormous loss and pain caused by the death of a loved one. How can we continue living a meaningful life after loss? What does it mean to mourn and what interferes with healthy mourning? Patrick Casements believes that “ How...
