Mental Health | Clinical psychologist

OCD is a psychological disorder that affects people of any age and it includes the cycle of obsessions and compulsions.  This is the cycle of OCD that how it works. The cycle start with the unwanted and distressful thoughts and images known as obsessions. The recurrent thoughts cause anxiety in an individual that includes restlessness and irritable mood. When an individual unable to cope with these recurrent thoughts he performed behaviour to reduce his anxiety and it can be any task that is currently causing the anxiety. When and individual perform a task he get a relief from his recurrent thoughts and negative feelings. OCD include the symptoms or the task that may be related to our daily life functioning like checking the door locks, checking your mobile phone whether it is in the bag or not, checking the tap, cleaning the floor again and again. Person feel unsatisfied even if he or she check number of times. The unsatisfaction cause them anxiety and in a result they going to perfor

 We all know that anxiety is a response to any situation or an event that includes the symptoms of restlessness, panic,  increase heartbeat and it can beneficial for some events like you prepare yourself for your best performance while copying up your anxiety. Anxiety is not always bad it help you to prepare yourself and to perform well in any situation or an event. That makes your performance better is good for you but here comes the disorder the distress that is caused by the anxiety.   Let's talk about the health anxiety that is previously known as the hyperchondria. Hypochondria or hypochondriaces is a condition that is defined as pre occupied with the fear of being ill or having a disease.  Now a days I have seen number of cases in which people have health anxiety and they used to diagnose and they also label themselves with the number of symptoms they read from Google or any medical source. Why people with health anxiety have so much information about the disease or illness t

 Suicidal ideation Suicide is defined as an act to take your own life and suicidal ideation means the recurrent thoughts about the harming or killing your own self. There are number of reasons that why a person commit a suicide and why a person think about committing a suicide. Reasons Lack of support--it can be emotionally, socially and spiritually Lack of self love Social pressures Unable to compete with the challenges  Having anxiety Unable to cope with the situations Unable to face the problems Having low self esteem Finding own self worthless

Psycho education Psycho education is the first step in the treatment process. It means to educate the client if he or she is in normal state or to educate the family members or the attendants who are with the client. It aims to define and describe the possible symptoms and its severity and the progress of the treatment. During psycho education psychologist describe the nature of the symptoms and how they may get worse and also about the effects or side effects of the medication given to the client during the. Also how client can react in future with the symptoms and therapy. In short the nature of problem is described to the client or to the family members to give them insight about it. ..

 Depression is one of the mood disorder and it needs medication for its recovery. It depends on the symptoms, the severity of the symptoms,  and the duration of the symptoms to give the medication. There are different kinds of medication used in the treatment of depressive state. Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor  Serotonin and nor epinephrine reuptake inhibitor Nor epinephrine and dopamine reuptake inhibitors Tricyclic anti depressions ..

 Depression is a mental disorder and sadness is a part of it. Sometimes it is difficult to differentiate between depression and sadness because the both share same symptoms but different severity and duration. ✓ a person with depression must have symptoms for at least 6 months but for sadness it is just a state that tends to decrease or diminish with the period of time. ✓ daily functioning of a person affects in depression but not in the state of sadness. ✓ sadness is normal like when you have breakup or end up a relationship, when you lost a job and it can be caused by specific event but in depression person feel low, hopeless and intense sad about everything. ✓ depression includes the suicidal ideation but it is not present in the state of normal sadness. ✓ If the period or intensity of sadness increases it may result in depression. ✓ probability of self harm is present more in depressive state than a normal sadness state. ✓ depression is one of the mood disorders and it needs medica

 Hi today I am going to discuss about the online counselling sessions with the client. Aisa psychologist it is very difficult and challenging task to take online session. Because we used to take session in an appropriate setting we observe the client and his/her mental state.  Psychologist used to observe the client and his behaviour related to the mental health and all the scenarios that are associated with the client. Observation is a part of assessment as well as it leads to many hypothesis that need to be tested in the treatment portion.  During online session sometimes video call does not work and you have to take the session only on audio call. Lack of expressions and lack of observation becomes challenging for the psychologist to move further.  But now people are looking for short term therapy and they do not have time to come to hospital setting and have a proper session they just need a urgent session and the need urgent relaxment.  However for the better results and better co

As we all know that infertility is not a disease but it is a condition that includes problem of the reproductive system either in male or female. Many couples go through infertility problem in their life worldwide. Infertility leads to many problem that includes relationship instability between couples, it can be the frustration, feeling of sadness and hopelessness, feeling of worthlessness, anxiety and more prone to depression.   Why these symptoms or conditions are more likely to present in infertile couple as compared to fertile? Because the infertile couple go through number of treatments and attempts in their life. And when they could not get the result positive they became frustrated and have feeling of sadness and hopelessness. Sometimes Hospital staff gave couple 100% hope to conceive but in the end the result is zero that leads to the more depressive condition.  The couples with infertility problem most of the time deal with the behaviour of other people who question about the

Dua zehra case According to Dua zehra, she won the legal Battle of her custody. Incident of Dua, become national news and attend public attention. People continue to follow her case. Dua zehra explain the behaviour of a parents that the use to beat her scold her punisher and they were not agreed on the matter of Zaheer. Now the thing is that how she reached to Lahore in this very young age without having much knowledge about the transport system and the environment around her. In the recent interview she explain her journey that she took the rickshaw outside from her house and go to the Karachi taxi stand. She further explain that she took a taxi and without informing the zaheer she reached to the Punjab University. She did not have any phone with her and that is very mysterious to know. How she know that the he will be available at Punjab University and also will he accept her as she did not inform him before going out from her house. further she explain that the he paid her Total far

Anam Hanif  Hi everyone today I am going to write about what to do in leisure time that keeps your mind healthy and active. First of all, it is important to know about yourself, your interest, your likes and dislikes and your area of experties and skills. When we have some leisure time and we want to spend it productively because we don't want to waste that time by doing nothing. There are some activities that keep your mind productive and healthy. You can write, you can go outside for a walk and breath fresh air, you can start painting to express your inner feelings, you can play games and it is prefer to game play games that require physical movement rather than sticking into your mobile phones. 

Pakistan is a country that is continuously struggling for the betterments. There are a lot of problems in Pakistan including poverty, unemployment, inflation, less industrialization,etc. However there are many social economic problems in Pakistan that are increasing day by day. The social problems in Pakistan includes poverty, corruption, unemployment, terrorism, nepotism, child labour, drug abuse, overpopulation, gender inequality, inflation, crime, food and water crisis and so and so forth. The economic problems in Pakistan includes heavy external and domestic indebtedness, high fiscal deficit and low investment. It also include government expenditures and deficits, binge consumption and so and so forth.

Today 9.6.2022, Dr amir Liaquat Hussain found dead at his home. This news was very sad to hear and many people were in shock after they hear the news of Aamir Liaquat Hussain's death. He was for sure suffering from many mental/ psychological problems. Social media is very cruel, it plays it's role by targeting a person and his life and his career and making memes on any individual they want. There is no check and balance on social media accounts that why they provide misleading information about an individual. Aamir Liaquat suffer from these kind of activities done by many social media accounts they put pictures, videos, leaked his private videos on internet. How anyone can be stable when his personal life is discussed among thousands of people? Do we really realize what we are doing on internet? Do we really realise that we are damaging the mental health of an individual?  Do we really realise that we can be a cause of anyone death? We should take a time sit for a time think a

Currently Pakistan's status of economy is very low, petrol prices are high, taxes are higher and quality of life is poor. We are suffering from a poor lifestyle because one cannot full fill his basic needs. And this situation leads to the several psychological problems. Petrol prices increasing day by day. Grocery items are getting out of hand. Traveling expense become double. Electricity prices increased. LPG prices increased. Each and every item that we buy now has 20 to 100 rupees increased. We are losing the hope to survive. We are losing the hope to have better lifestyle.

 For the clinical approach we use the model named as bio psycho social and spiritual model. This model helps the clinical psychologist to look into the clients problem in different aspects including biological factors, psychological factors, social factors and Faith or believes that contribute in the life of a client. Psychologist describe that how biological factors, psychological, social and spiritual factors contributed to the current situation of the client and how these factors affect a client in his life. Biopsycho social and spiritual model usually helps in the assessment part of the session. The clinical practices and clinical Psychology definition depends on this whole model. It covers all of the areas that can effect a person. 

 As a psychologist and professionalist, I have seen that people talk about IQ means intelligent quotient and assess their IQ by taking a test which is not developed according to our culture and our country. Rather than conducting a test and measuring IQ we should focus on the learning abilities through the trial and error method. Not only try and error method there several ways to measure and observe or assess the learning ability of a client. In trial and error method with the number of trial the response of the correct answers increases. And it showed the ability of a client to learn and retain the new things. But if the graph of the correct responses with the number of trials is not increased but show some deterioration then there is need to be checked the client properly and his learning abilities.  ..

 There was a time when we learn about the psychological testing and we use the test who are not developed and based on our cultural norms. It is unjustified to conduct a test on our patients of clients that is not developed according to our situation according to our nature and culture.  Some psychologist do malpractices like they conduct psychological testing without concerning about the language, the nature, the values of the test according to your culture. And hence the results are not reliable.  Now the professionals develop and validate there own test according to their patient. These test are now reliable and have validity and they are according to our cultural norms.

In Pakistan there is like scope of psychology is not very much but you can struggle you can make your own place, you can work independently ,can work in hospital settings, you can take sessions online and you can write essays and assignments. This is not true to say that there is no scope but there might be some less opportunities. There are number of psychologists who are working in well reputed organisation and they work there as a counselor, as a career counselor and clinical expert. Psychologists find their own way and adjust in different settings and provide services. It's true that people don't have still more knowledge and awareness of mental health well being. 

 I have seen number of mothers complain about their child that they behave not properly and they misbehaved in front of their parents. Children are the one who learn by observing the environment provided by the parents and the family members. To reduce the stubbornness in child you should minimise the strictness over the child. Because when a child is in higher stage of anger mother or father should not be as same as the child in the higher level of anger but one should play a role to calm down.  Give your child some space and some time to realize but he have done. Do not scold your child in front of any other person. Do not compare your child in term of is ability is in academics and as well as in sports and any area. Accept your child as an individual personality who have his own likes and dislikes and he has his own way of expressing his abilities in an area. Give your child freedom in a controlled environment. Do not always point out the mistakes of your child whether it is very sm

We live in a society and in an environment where we encounter daily with the number of people. Some people encourage your efforts and appreciate your work but at the same time there may be some person who drag you and demotivate you and me make your confidence low. Now the question is how to avoid the negativity around you in workplace or at home or at office is or anywhere where you are. All you need is to set your priorities and to set your goals. We all have long term goals in our life like buying a car, starting a business, your wedding, and many other depends on your choice. But I am talking about the short goals that based on your daily life routine. Set your goals that are easy to achieve and complete in a short period of time on daily basis. By setting the daily basis goals you pay attention to your work you goal maybe going to your workplace, the second completing your all task, answering your phone calls, going for a lunch, coming back home at time, manage your work load. Buy

 Psychological tools and test plays an important role in assessment and management of clients. These two's are of different natures some are like rating scales, some like projective testing etc. With the help of these tools therapist conclude and assess the intensity of problem of client from the result of the tests. Some tests of psychology are available for differential diagnosis and also to rule out different conditions from 1 to another.

 Person of client centre therapy always focus on acceptance, genuiness and realness. In this relationship, therapy's have holistic approach that is here and now. The unconditional positive regard and empathy seen from the side of the therapist towards the client during sessions.

 Psychodynamic client therapist relationship. According to this perspective, it is the interpretation of process including mental and emotional aspects. It aims to focus on interpersonal client therapist relationship and also to encourage the client to open up and talk about the matter that is problematic. Client is encouraged to express the feelings emotions and thoughts and also therapist prob the past of the client.

  As psychology is one of the youngest sciences, people have many misconceptions related to the psychology and its practices. 1. People who study psychology become mental with the period of time but in reality mental illness is not only associated with studying and its practices. 2. Psychologist have ability to read your mind but in reality we don't have such superpower but we have tools to access and manage the problem. 3. Psychologist and psychiatrist are playing the same role but in reality they both have different roles according to their degrees and specialities. 4. Psychology is not a science but in reality it is one of the youngest sciences as I have mentioned earlier psychology is with long past but short history. 5. Psychologist can work only in hospitals but in reality psychologist work as counselor psychologist, clinical psychologist, clinical counselor in hospital setting, in schools, offices, etc. 6. Only go to psychologist if you have serious mental Illness this is on

 Learning is a process that takes time, attention and energy. However there are different factors that reduce the learning process in an individual. There are some factors for example adjustment,motivation, attitude and interest of the learner, observation, problem solving attitude, physical health and mental health, reinforcement and knowledge of result of feedback, meaningful and meaningless material or stimuli, space and unsped learning, nature of the goal and so and so forth.

 Learning through association and learning by conditioning is the same to know. The association is taken between the stimulus and the response. Pavov and BF Skinner are famous for the experiments on conditional learning. Classical conditioning Classical conditioning means a kind of learning in which the response is made due to the stimulus that is neutral and that naturally bring about the response. Pavlov is the founder of classical conditioning and he did experiment on the dog. He inserted a tube in the dogs cheek to measure the saliva. During the experiment he saw that the dog secreted saliva not only at the time when he was eating food but also at the time when he saw the utensils of the food or when he saw the man who brought food for him. Then according to his experiment he put a bell before dog have a food. Now the well rang was the conditioned stimulus or learned stimulus.  He further modified is experiment and then he concluded the food as the unconditional stimulus that is na

Kohler was famous for learning by insight he conducted an experiment on monkeys and prove that monkeys have higher chance to use their intelligence as the situation provide them a chance to utilize it. He provided natural environment to the monkeys. He placed a wooden box and hang the bananas higher in the cage. When one of the monkeys entered the cage he wanted that bananas but those were so high that he cannot reach to them easily. Then by exploring the environment and the things around him in the cage he drag the box and then he utilise that box is stand on it and reach to the bananas. It is provide by the observations and experiments that human learning is based more on the intelligence then on trial and error type of learning. ..

 Observational learning or learning through imitation results from observing or watching the others behaviour. Bandura was the one who is The pioneer of researching the observational learning according to him observational learning occurs in 4 types of steps. Number one is observing the behaviour of another person attentively number 2 is remember the observed behaviour number 3rd is reproduction of that behaviour and in the end motivated to learn and continue that behaviour that is being observed.  From experiments it is seen that observational learning is not only present in humans but also found in animals. .

 Learning is a beautiful process that starts from the birth of a child on a baby and continuous till the death, it brings about a change and modification in the individuals behaviour, attitude and personality. They are different ways to learn as learning is a purposive action it occurs only when the learner is ready and want to learn. There are four types of learning one is learning by trial and error second one is observational learning or learning by imitation third is inside learning and 4th one is learning by conditioning. Learning by trial and error When we talk about learning through trial and error thorndike is famous for this experiment. He conducted the experiments on cat and he closed hungry cat in a box of puzzle and place the piece of meat outside as an incentive or reward when cat comes out she will get the meat. It was difficult for CAT to open the gate or door but through multiple trials the cat learn the way to open the door and she came out and eat the meet and this is

  Psychology is one of the youngest sciences. But when we talk about its development period it is as old as the other sciences. According to Herman it's past is long but it's history is short. The history of psychology is divided into the four time periods Greek period, middle ages, rennaissance and modern age. Greek period  In this period not only philosophy, logic astrology,physics, chemistry and arts but psychology also progressed. The Greek philosopher's views are divided into two categories number 1 is cosmic view and the other one is sophistic views. First we talk about the cosmic views according to him he said that water is the basic reality of physical world but on the other hand Democritus said universe is the total of atoms moving in an order.  In sophisticated views hypocrites views is based on the four elements like fire water clay and air are found in human beings in the liquid form so the human temperament is divided into four types phlegmatic, choleric, sangu

 According to woodworth memory is defined as to remember which has been learned in the past. According to psychology there are various definition of memory but operational definition of memory is seen as the storage and retrieval of information. However memory is classified in three types named as sensory information storage, short term memory and long term memory.  Sensory information storage  According to feldman this type of memory is taken as initial and it is short lived storage of information recorded as a meaningless stimulus. As it's name suggested that sensory means receive the information through all of your senses. Short term memory According to feldman short term memory is taken as the storage of information for about 15 to 25 seconds and it is also known as working memory. It is also named as primary memory. In this case the memory is stored in terms of meanings rather than as sensory stimulation. The rate of forgetting is very fast in short term memory because it reta

 Now a days we have seen that people are suffering from various mental health problems. Some people have anxiety some have depression and stress and other may have some serious kind of mental disorders. People are dealing with their mental disorders by seeking counselling therapeutic sessions and they may go for some activities to distract their mind. It is important for everyone to look around and identify the common symptoms that lead to a person towards mental health issues. Some people have stress related to workplace some people have anxiety related to their school and college presentation and some people have depression related to their domestic issues. Whether it is anxiety depression or stress or any other serious disorder there are some common symptoms in all of these disorders that are very simple to identified by everyone. If you find a person who is not stable and working properly he may have some issues. Mental disorders disturb a person and disturb his daily life activiti

 In shaping and molding the behavior of a child parents play an important role. Parents are responsible for giving a child better environment, teaching appropriate language,and building positive approach in a child. Child learn simply by observing  the environment around him.  In psychology we usually talk about parenting styles and it's impact on child's personality and behavior. Here are four types of parenting styles including authoritative, authoritarian, permissive and neglected. As their name shows the nature of parenting styles. Authoritative parents set rules, and they use consequences, but they also take their children’s opinions into account. They understand their children’s feelings while also making it clear that the adults are ultimately in charge. They have positive discipline strategies to reinforce good behavior by praising their child. Children with parents who demonstrate this style tend to be self-disciplined and well motivated. Authoritarian parenting  In th

  In 1950s and 1950s another model of psychology has emerged named as Humanistic Model. It rejects the apraich that behavior is determined by the automatic forced and unconscious. According to this Model, people have control on their own lives and they have ability to make decisions about their own selves. It aims to understand the values of individual and group and also people's needs and goals, and gap between their potential and the fulfillment of those needs and goals. Abraham Maslow was the founder of Humanistic Model and it became officially part of APA in 1972. Maslow presented a heirarchy of human needs. He placed biological needs of physical survival in the bottom and self actualization at the top of the heirarchy. The other founder of this model was Carl Rogers, who was famous for his client or person centered therapy. In this therapy he allow his clients to make decisions and look into problem freely and he never advised them. 

 Cognitive model in psychology focus on how people know, understand and think of the world, in other words how people perceive things around them. This model was evolved after the Watson's view of behavioral model. According to Tolman and William, who were behaviorists, man is a purposive animal and in understanding the behavior only stimulus reaction theory is not helpful but it should be stimulus organism reaction. Cognitive approach helps to understand an individual and his mental state that includes the thinking, emotional, behavioral patterns. And also how past experiences leads to the change in an individual later in life.

 This branch of psychology specially focus on understanding the causes of crime and also how to eliminate the crime. It classifies the criminal and differentiate between the juveline delinquent and habitual criminal. It opposes the vindictive punishment of life imprisonment. It deals with the criminals to realize what they have done and work on their negative attitude towards life. Also this branch of psychology is responsible of analyzing and assessing the guiltiness of the suspect. 

 According to Henry and Bonner, goal of psychology is to understand the facts and principles of behavior, art of controlling others and with better evaluation of ourselves. According to Huffman in 1997, psychology has as a science has four goals. One is description of behavior, explanation of behavior, prediction and modification. However goal of psychology mainly is to quality of behavior through diagnosis and prognosis. Hence to promote mental health well being in humen.