Links - Articles & Videos on Psychotherapy

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HAPPINESS

(1) Positive effects of laughter women.webmd.com/guide/give-your-body-boost-with-laughter

(2) Guide to happiness www.webmd.com/balance/guide/choosing-to-be-happy

(3) VIDEO - Dan Gilbert asks: “Why are we Happy?” www.ted.com/talks/dan_gilbert_asks_why_are_we_happy.html

(4) Does money make us happy? www.spring.org.uk/2008/04/3-reasons-money-brings-satisfaction-but.php

DEPRESSION

(1) Exercise as a treatment for depression www.reuters.com/article/healthNews/idUSCOL96941220070919

(2) Helpful tips for mild depression http://www.webmd.com/depression/guide/alternative-therapies-depression?page=2

RELATIONSHIPS

(1) Forgiving infidelity www.spring.org.uk/2007/02/your-partner-has-been-unfaithful.php

(2) Becoming an intimate couple through self-disclosure www.spring.org.uk/2007/02/getting-closer-art-of-self-disclosure.php

(3) Seven behaviors related to couple satisfaction or dissatisfaction www.spring.org.uk/2007/04/seven-signs-of-relationship.php

CHILD REARING

(1) How to praise your children to help them achieve www.stanfordalumni.org/news/magazine/2007/marapr/features/dweck.html

(2) Your relationship after divorce and the impact on your children www.spring.org.uk/2007/04/parental-relationships-after-divorce.php

PEAK PERFORMANCE

(1) VIDEO - 8 behaviors that lead to success www.ted.com/talks/richard_st_john_s_8_secrets_of_success.html

(2) VIDEO - How to sustain success once you’ve achieved it www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/richard_st_john_success_is_a_continuous_journey.html

SEXUALITY

(1) VIDEO - Exercises for better sex http://www.webmd.com/video/better-sex-exercises

(2) Health benefits of sex http://www.webmd.com/sex-relationships/features/10-surprising-health-benefits-of-sex

THE BRAIN

(1) VIDEO - Can expectations change brain chemistry? – Learn about the “placebo effect” http://www.webmd.com/video/placebo-power

(2) VIDEO – A stroke of insight! A scientist recounts what she experienced during a brain hemorrhage to explain how the brain functions http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/jill_bolte_taylor_s_powerful_stroke_of_insight.html

GENERAL

(1) VIDEO on Compassion – Why sometimes we help others and sometimes we don’t www.ted.com/talks/daniel_goleman_on_compassion.html

ORGANIZATIONS

(1) Ami-Quebec - www.amiquebec.org

(2) Ordre des Psychologues du Quebec - www.ordrepsy.qc.ca

(3) Canadian Psychological Association - www.cpa.ca

(4) Canadian Mental Health Association - www.cmha.ca

(5) American Psychological Association - www.apa.org

(6) National Institute of Mental health - www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/mentalhealthandbehavior.html

(7) World Health Organization - www.who.int/mental_health/en/