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by Sheldon Litt, Ph.D.
Ever since Freud first ventured into the problems of creativity, psychoanalysis has stressed the darker, negative aspects of art.
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by Sheldon Litt, Ph.D.
Starting from the perspective of William Blake's "Energy is eternal delight", this article is a theoretical speculation on the origin of artistic creativity which expands psycholog...
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by Sheldon Litt, Ph.D.
We're all very interested in money, but not many of us understand it. There are several new books on the market now trying to explain this complicated and highly emotional subject,...
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The Psychology of Money 2 - More on Money
by Sheldon Litt, Ph.D.
I knew it, I expected it. My last article in Positive Health on money, that perennially popular topic, aroused lots of interest and responses from readers. People, as I suggested, ...
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Troubled Adolescents: Working Therapeutically using a Schema Focused Approach
by Dorothy Ojarikri
As a Clinical Psychologist who specializes in working with adolescents who have experienced multiple forms of physical and emotional trauma, I am always excited by therapeutic appro...
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What is 'gestalt' about Gestalt Therapy?
by Sheldon Litt, Ph.D.
My article on Fritz Perls and Gestalt Therapy (P.H. 34, Nov. '98) raised questions from readers who wanted to know more about the origins of gestalt therapy and its relation to the...
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by Sheldon Litt, Ph.D.
One of the confusing elements surrounding the field of psychology is the concept of 'normal'. People ask themselves and others, "Am I normal? Are you normal?" The popular press has...
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by Sheldon Litt, Ph.D.
The problem of normality in the field of psychology is a complicated one, diffused as it is with theories of health. The difficulty is that each practitioner has his own notion of ...
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by Sheldon Litt, Ph.D.
I'm at a party in New York. There's a lull in the conversation. A young woman next to me smiles with evil intent and asks – "Why do you psychologists think sex is so important?" I ...