Carpenters and plumbers have tools with which to work. One uses hammers, saws, chalk lines, and so forth to frame up walls and construct buildings. The other uses wrenches and pipes to make sure water...
Recently a professional organisation to which I belong held a community meeting at their international conference and took a vote.
They had been discussing where to hold their next major conference.
T...
Many people have felt outrage at a recent judgment in a local court in a case involving child sex abuse. There are many things being said.
I am sure there are facts unknown, and I am sure there are ov...
I am writing a chapter for someone’s book on psychopathology through the ages. He asked me to tackle the subject of a supernatural understanding of psychopathology. Now, you’d think that would be a sn...
A sense of humour can get people through difficult times. Humour can make burdens lighter. Some might say that a sense of humour is necessary for good mental health. If you can laugh at yourself, it t...
Can you imagine what this would be like: You go home after a long day at work. You are tired. You eat. You watch a little television — something truly mindless — and it lulls you asleep. Several hours...
In psychology, as in many professions, there are ethical duties that are required of psychologists. One of them involves being a mandated reporter of abuse. Being a mandated reporter is not something ...
There are a couple of things on my mind right now — not pleasant things. One is an adage and the other is something my pastor told me a long time ago, when I was on his staff as minister of children f...
I facilitate a small group on marriage and couples’ relationships and it is something I like doing because one is immediately in the presence of the dynamic that goes on between the two people in ques...
In this day of relativity is there any longer such a thing as “right” and “wrong”?
There may be my personal preferences what is right and wrong for me but is there such a thing as an absolute right o...
