A hallmark of psychological health is the ability to think flexibly. When people get depressed, are highly anxious, or are feeling high levels of negative emotions for other reasons (such as relationship unhappiness), their thinking tends to get more negative, narrow and rigid. It’s good to practice seeing issues from multiple perspectives to get a [...]

Here’s a tool you might like to try for starting to understand yourself a bit better. Its a 205 item psychological questionnaire. You’ll need to print it! http://www.schematherapy.com/id53.htm Its best that you complete the test at this point and then read the rest of these instructions. If you’re unsure what number to circle for a [...]

Over the weekend I read a good little book called “Flying without Fear” aimed at people who are anxious about flying. Its available in the Christchurch library system. It’s written by a pilot, Captain Keith Godfrey. It’s a quick read (I read it in about an hour). It explains how planes fly, and addresses the [...]