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fromPsychology Today
3 weeks ago

From We to Me in an Empty Nest

Individuals from collectivistic cultures often individuate later; empty-nest transitions are daunting but offer opportunities for growth, with small, unconscious steps toward autonomy.
fromPsychology Today
3 months ago

The Value of Mental Health in Western Culture

Contemporary Western culture strongly prefers locating the problems that bring people to psychotherapy within the individual. When we conceptualize mental health as an individual problem without adequately considering the social and cultural components, it becomes easy to reduce mental health to a product that can be marketed and sold. This simplified version of mental health becomes a commodity of neoliberalism, a philosophy that emphasizes capitalism, free markets, individual rights, and private property rights, amongst other values (Harvey, 2005).
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fromApaonline
5 months ago

Oscar Wilde's Radical Philosophy Is a Modern Battle Cry

Oscar Wilde's philosophies challenge state control and promote individual freedom and artistic expression against utilitarianism's demands for conformity.
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