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Did you know that children view pets as close family members and special friends from whom they receive a special kind of companionship, comfort, and esteem support? According to research with 7-8 year olds, children form relationships with all pets, but the most significant relationships are with cats and dogs. Cats usually provide comfort if a child . . . → Read More: Did you know that … Humans thrive in groups. We like to belong and a belonging to a group is strongly embedded in our life experience. We are born into a group (family) with whom we share similar values and a strong bond, and oftentimes also conflicts and differences. As we go through life we join other groups or create our . . . → Read More: Family-Centered Practice A colleague of mine and I were discussing the role of women in psychology, when out of the blue he surprised me with a question: “There was a lot that I took for granted until my wife had children. My wife and I have three daughters now, and I had to read up on literature on . . . → Read More: Dads empower their kids When 45 Australian children with histories of ten or more upper respiratory tract infections were taught stress management and guided imagery, their episodes of illness were shorter and symptoms milder at the one-year follow-up than for the kids who were wait-listed. In addition, their psychological state remained improved as well. These findings were confirmed in a subsequent replication . . . → Read More: Psychological treatment for recurrent symptoms of colds and flu in children Researchers from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill developed and tested a user-friendly, inexpensive, home-based, guided imagery audio protocol for children with functional abdominal pain and found it much more effective than treatment as usual. Thirty-four children, 6 to 15 years of age, with a physician diagnosis of functional abdominal pain, were assigned randomly . . . → Read More: Guided Imagery Found Great for Kids with Functional Tummy Pain |
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