I just read an interesting article by Andrew Giambrone over at The Atlantic entitled ‘People Skills’ Have a Dark Side — And We’re Just Now Understanding It. Giambrone talks about how common business wisdom holds that good employees should have high EI or emotional intelligence (a concept popularized by Daniel Goleman back in the mid-1990s). […]
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May 5, 2015
Comment: Bad News for the Securely Attached—Being Duped
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April 28, 2015
Comment: More Good News for the Insecurely Attached—Increased Intelligence
In earlier posts I talked about research that suggests that insecurely attached people are better at recognizing and reacting to danger. In these studies researchers gather a group of people in a room and then pump harmless smoke under the door. As it turns out, it is the insecurely attached people who first recognize the […]
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April 21, 2015
Quick Look: “Cognitive Behavioural Therapy Does Not Exist”
I was scanning the pages over at Mad in America and found the following article by Jay Watts entitled Cognitive Behavioural Therapy Does Not Exist. I enjoyed Dr. Watts’ article because she makes several points that I have also made concerning CBT or cognitive behavioral therapy. I contacted Dr. Watts and she graciously gave me […]
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April 14, 2015
Quick Look: Secure Attachment Continues to Fall … For Some But Not All
I recently finished reading Robert Putnam’s new book entitled Our Kids: The American Dream in Crisis. Back in 2000, Putnam released his now classic book entitled Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of American Community. In many ways, Our Kids updates us on what has happened in the fifteen years since the release of Bowling […]
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Reactions to “Origins of Attachment” (part I)
A colleague of mine recently drew my attention to a book that I had not heard about before: The Origins of Attachment—Infant Research and Adult Treatment. This book was co-written by Beatrice Beebe and Frank Lachmann and was released in 2014. I thought to myself, “Oh boy, a recent book on attachment, how fun.” I […]
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