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Building a Developmental Psychology Career: 15 Best Courses
At some point, most parents, grandparents, teachers, and carers wonder what the small child in front of them will be like as they grow older [...]
11 Anger Management Therapy Techniques and Interventions
“I saw red.” “He blew a fuse.” “It made my blood boil.” “She flew off the handle.” “They drove me up the wall.” These are [...]
Defense Mechanisms Worksheets: 10 Tools for Practitioners
Perhaps unsurprisingly, we are all likely to experience trauma more than once in our lives. Less widely known is our reliance on psychological defenses to [...]
20 Sleep Hygiene Tips and Worksheets for Kids & Teenagers
Every parent should know the importance of their own and their child’s sleep. When well-timed and of sufficient duration, it sets the scene for more [...]
15 Best Anger Issues Tests & Assessments to Measure Anger
Fundamental to human life are our emotions (Kvajo, 2016). Anger is a basic emotion evolved from the need for survival, fending off predators and fleeing [...]
12 Social Work Books Every Practitioner Should Read
Social workers are tasked with helping survivors of childhood abuse, domestic violence, violent crime, disaster, war, and terrorism (Bride, 2007). While this mission list appears [...]
17 Best Courses for Relationship & Couples Counseling
Over the course of our lives, we will have countless relationships, some deep and lasting and others fleeting. Maintaining a healthy and satisfying relationship is [...]
How to Measure Assertiveness: 30+ Questions & Scales
When confronted by demands at odds with our best interests, we must ask: Why are we not standing up for ourselves? Are we saying yes [...]
Internal vs External Locus of Control: 7 Examples & Theories
How much control do we really have over our lives? Many psychological theories have attempted to answer this question. One such explanation is the locus [...]
Social Work vs Counseling & Occupational Therapy
A formalized response to the social needs of individuals, communities, and society has existed throughout the centuries. Before the advent of social work as a [...]