"A human being is a part of the whole called by us universe, a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feeling as something separated from the rest, a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest to us. Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty. "


Posts tagged with 'homosexuality'

"Sexual behavior, sexual attraction and sexual identity"

9th April 2011

(this blog post is downloadable both in Word doc and in PDF format). There's a helpful US National Health Statistics Report that's been published this month entitled "Sexual behavior, sexual attraction, and sexual identity in the United States: Data from the 2006-2008 National Survey of Family Growth." The authors write …

Recent research: six studies on management, health messages, behavioural activation, ACT, expressive writing, and wellbeing

18th February 2010

Here are mixed bag of psychotherapy-relevant studies. Foy & colleagues' meta-analysis highlights the value to patients/clients of having good communication between their primary care physician and their mental health professional. The second paper I mention - free full text - by Mollen et al is a bit of a wake-up …