by Benjamin Schoendorff | Aug 30 2017 | Blog, General Public
Depressive realism By Benjamin Schoendorff When we are depressed, everything looks dark. Our past, our future and of course our present. The things we loved seem to lose interest, our most precious relationships seem to lose significance. Our view of ourselves take a...
by Benjamin Schoendorff | Jul 2 2017 | Blog, General Public
Cognitive fusion : When the stories of our monkey minds rule our lives By Benjamin Schoendorff Have you ever been convinced that you couldn’t do something, that in fact you could? Have you ever believed that a loved one thought something about you, only to find out...
by Benjamin Schoendorff | Apr 20 2017 | Blog, General Public
What to do as a parent if spanking doesn’t work? By Benjamin Schoendorff The subject of spanking regularly comes back into popular consciousness seems that as soon as there is a discussion about the problem behaviours of kids and teens, folks start bemoaning laws...
by Benjamin Schoendorff | Apr 10 2017 | Blog, General Public
Getting Out of Stuck Loops By Benjamin Schoendorff We are all born with the gift of an internal advanced autopilot system. It’s one of the most useful things because it helps us to learn to do things automatically, without much thought; like walking up the stairs or...
by Benjamin Schoendorff | Apr 3 2017 | Blog, General Public
Stuck loops for two, the trap that threatens your intimate relationship By Benjamin Schoendorff If you’ve ever been in a romantic relationship, this pattern will be familiar to you. Your partner does something, say forget to call at the agreed time. This makes you...
by Benjamin Schoendorff | Mar 28 2017 | Blog, General Public
What is psychological flexibility and why do we want to put it in the water supply? By Benjamin Schoendorff At the Contextual Psychology Institute, we are plotting to slip the essence of psychological flexibility into the water supply. Why would we want to do that,...
