Category: THERAPY

Holland Codes

Holland Codes and the abbreviation RIASEC refer to John Holland’s six personality types: Realistic, Investigative, Artistic, Social, Enterprising and Conventional. Career Key organizes and scientifically classifies careers, college majors, career clusters, and career pathways by these personality types. For a description of each type and how you can use personality-career and personality-major match to increase career satisfaction and academic success, visit our article… Read More Holland Codes

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DSM-5 Criteria for Paranoid Personality Disorder

A. A pervasive distrust and suspiciousness of others such that their motives are interpreted as malevolent, beginning by early adulthood and present in a variety of contexts, as indicated by four (or more) of the following: Suspects, without sufficient basis, that others are exploiting, harming, or deceiving him or her. Is preoccupied with unjustified doubts… Read More DSM-5 Criteria for Paranoid Personality Disorder

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What is the Abandonment Depression?

The Abandonment Depression is the complex painful childhood experience that is reconstituted in an emotional flashback. It is a return to the sense of overwhelm, hopelessness and helplessness that afflicts the abused and /or emotionally abandoned child. At the core of the abandonment depression is the abandonment melange – the terrible emotional mix of fear… Read More What is the Abandonment Depression?

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