s: Purpose: This study aims to evaluate the effect of psychological counseling combined with auricular plaster therapy in treating the elderly patients with anxiety disorders. Methods: 36 elderly patients with anxiety disorders were divided into experimental group and control group at random, with each group including 18 patients. The control group was only treated with psychological counseling...

BACKGROUND Family medicine preceptorships are underused opportunities for learning smoking cessation counseling skills. To prepare students for their future roles in preventing health problems in patients who use tobacco, we implemented a patient-centered instructional module within the elective Texas Statewide Family Practice Preceptorship Program. METHODS Seventy-eight preclinical medical s...

The article expands scientific ideas about methods and techniques of dealing with crisis situations in different approaches to psychological counseling clients who are experiencing current realities a complex social space. Different the problem impact on states at integrative systemic levels analyzed. Significant features most often used practice –gestalt-therapeutic, cognitive-behavioral, exis...

The article reveals the peculiarities of communication between men and women in terms their professional activity. interpersonal relationships colleagues are analyzed, as well married couples’ attitude to extramarital affairs. relationship marital satisfaction, self-control assessment communication, leadership self-esteem expression sympathy attraction opposite sex disclosed. results showed tha...

BACKGROUND The objectives of this study are 1) to depict the prevalence of moderate depressive symptoms (MDS) in adolescents living in California, 2) to examine the role of acculturation in reported MDS, and 3) to identify any relationship between acculturation, "needing emotional help," and "receiving psychological or emotional counseling," as reported by adolescents with MDS. METHODS We ana...

INTRODUCTION The world's population is often assailed by crises of various orders. Disasters caused by nature and by humans themselves also impact on people's mental health. Psychological crises, such as suicide attempts, represent a growing problem in mental health. When faced with such scenarios, specific strategies of crisis intervention are both appropriate and necessary. OBJECTIVE To con...

Counseling psychologists are in a prime position to claim preeminence in the field of applied positive psychology. A number of misunderstandings or misconceptions of positive psychology seem to interfere, however, with the focus (or lack thereof) that has been placed upon training counseling psychologists to utilize and contribute to positive psychological scholarship and applications. In this ...