Greater good science center & the wisdom of babies
Originally added on Mon, 08/08/2011 - 05:01Last updated on Thu, 25/08/2011 - 07:28
Conflict: not too much, not too little, and how to make it constructive - some research suggestions (second post)
Originally added on Sat, 21/05/2011 - 06:17Last updated on Thu, 09/06/2011 - 09:43
I wrote yesterday about conflict and the costs of over- and under-assertiveness. Today's post adds further thoughts about making conflict constructive.
Conflict: not too much, not too little, and how to make it constructive - some research suggestions (first post)
Originally added on Fri, 20/05/2011 - 05:13Last updated on Mon, 06/06/2011 - 05:18
Occasional disagreement and conflict are pretty much inevitable. I scanned Medline for relevant research articles to see if there are any helpful insights that have emerged recently. As usual when one trawls for information, hundreds of publications emerge. Here are a few of the areas I found particularly interesting.
Boosting self-compassion & self-encouragement by strengthening attachment security: twelve practical suggestions (7-12))
Originally added on Sun, 27/03/2011 - 05:16Last updated on Tue, 05/04/2011 - 05:24
This blog post is downloadable both as a Word doc and as a PDF file.
Boosting self-compassion & self-encouragement by strengthening attachment security: twelve practical suggestions (1-6)
Originally added on Sun, 20/03/2011 - 11:09Last updated on Tue, 05/04/2011 - 05:25
This blog post is downloadable both as a Word doc and as a PDF file.
Recent research: three studies on CBT, one on implementation intentions and two on compassion
Originally added on Thu, 17/03/2011 - 05:18Last updated on Tue, 05/04/2011 - 05:48
Behavioural systems (attachment, care giving, exploration, sex & power): using imagery & compassion to fine tune them
Originally added on Sun, 13/03/2011 - 09:42Last updated on Thu, 20/10/2011 - 05:01
Behavioural systems (attachment, care giving, exploration, sex & power): hyperactivated, hypoactivated or just about right?
Originally added on Sun, 06/03/2011 - 06:33Last updated on Mon, 21/03/2011 - 10:46
Overall - along with 50 to 60% of the population - I qualify as "securely attached". I was fortunate in being brought up by loving parents who left me with an internalised "secure attachment script" that runs something like "If I feel a bit insecure or threatened, there will be others who I can turn to for comfort & support. I'll then feel better & successfully be able to tackle the challenges I face." Our attachment style spreads out to affect many aspects of our lives - especially how we feel about ourselves and how we relate to others. I've written quite a lot in the past about attachment. See, for example, "Attachment, compassion & relationships" and "Assessing attachment in adults". In the latter post, I said " ...
Therapeutic writing & speaking: inspiration from values (background information)
Originally added on Sat, 11/12/2010 - 06:29Last updated on Thu, 09/02/2012 - 06:22
Writing (or speaking) about our values or areas of our lives that are of particular personal importance can help us feel less threatened by stresses and more able to see situations clearly. There are many research studies demonstrating this. For example writing about personal values has been shown to reduce both subjectively experienced psychological stress and the body's adrenaline response to taking an academic exam (Sherman, Bunyan et al. 2009). This easing in sense of threat tends to boost the exam results people achieve, especially for those who tend to get more stressed (Cohen, Garcia et al.
Meeting at relational depth: what gets in the way?
Originally added on Wed, 27/10/2010 - 14:41Last updated on Fri, 16/12/2011 - 06:04
This is the fifth in a series of six blog posts triggered by going to a workshop "Meeting at relational depth" taken by Mick Cooper in Glasgow. I've already written about two exercises we explored during the morning session - "Meeting at relational depth: what does it involve?" and "Meeting at relational depth: what intrigued me most". In the afternoon session, we mostly focused on two further exercises:
Strategies of disconnection: Participants will be invited to take some time, in pairs, to discuss the ways in which they may tend to disconnect from others. There will then be time to explore the relevance of this to therapeutic practice.
