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If you routinely misplace your wallet, yet can deconstruct complex ideas with ease. Many bright, creative minds are optimised for depth...

The recovery paradigm has reshaped mental health practice by moving beyond the narrow focus on symptom reduction. While some models, such...

The recovery paradigm has generated a variety of tools designed to translate values of hope, empowerment, and autonomy into practical...

Metacognitive Therapy (MCT) is a type of therapy that doesn’t focus on what you’re thinking, but on how you respond to your thoughts....

Abstract This literature review critically examines the helping process as both a foundational framework in social work and a contested...

Abstract Happiness has long been conceptualised as both the pursuit of pleasure and the realisation of purpose. Contemporary...

Mental health is too often framed as a question of individual pathology, as though distress arises in isolation from the conditions of...

Abstract Social work and human service practice are characterised by high levels of emotional labour, systemic complexity, and frequent...

Cognitive Behaviour Therapy, better known as CBT, is one of the most widely practised approaches in modern psychology. It’s built on a...

Over the past three decades, the recovery paradigm has reshaped mental health policy, practice, and research by shifting the focus from...

Abstract Influence is a fundamental process in psychology, shaping persuasion, conformity, obedience, and identity development. Classic...

Abstract This literature review synthesizes contemporary emotion science to integrate functional, discrete–dimensional, and...

Abstract Humans are adapted for care and coalition; the same neurocognitive systems that make us protect infants and invest in partners...

Abstract Despite the popularity of manifestation, affirmations, and vision boards, recent psychological and neuroscientific evidence reveals that these practices often fail—or even cause harm—when applied superficially or without grounding in a credible therapeutic process. As Smith et al. note, such practices may produce cognitive dissonance and identity disruption rather than growth. Neuroplasticity requires repeated practice, emotional salience, and behavioural reinforceme