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Michael Schreiner | November 16, 2012Ambivalence
It is exceedingly difficult for us here in the West to understand ambivalence or accept its reality in...
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Michael Schreiner | November 15, 2012Anorexia And Western Culture
We hardly need to talk about how our insane culture promotes and even glorifies unattainable levels of thinness....
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Michael Schreiner | November 13, 2012Narcissistic Parenting
Imagine a mother in her early thirties and her ten year old son at a small noodle shop...
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Michael Schreiner | November 8, 2012Anorexia and Neurosis
The conditions that lead to the development of a character neurosis are similar to those that lead to...
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Michael Schreiner | November 8, 2012Gossip
Usually a gossiper has a negative self-concept and low self-esteem. He or she feels unlovable, although these thoughts...
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Michael Schreiner | November 7, 2012Anorexia and Perfectionism
Perfectionism is a common character trait for a person who is anorexic. This means that you set very...
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Michael Schreiner | November 7, 2012Parenting and Power
The feeling of power can be intoxicating. Everyone has heard the expression ‘Power corrupts, absolute power corrupts absolutely’....
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Michael Schreiner | November 7, 2012The Strange Situation
There was an experiment devised by Mary Ainsworth in the 1970’s that has shown itself to be a...
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Michael Schreiner | November 6, 2012Power Of Narratives
We are going to talk about the power of dominant narratives in shaping perception. We will use as...
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Michael Schreiner | November 5, 2012Narcissism
Most people have heard of narcissism but they have an incomplete understanding of its psychological significance, and more...
