When we introduce ourselves, we often identify ourselves as our occupation, family roles, or our sexuality. For me, I am a female married clinical psychologist. We tend to define ourselves with what we do for earning a living or what we contribute to the society. Sometimes, it is quite easy for us to restrict ourselves …
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A client of mine with social anxiety issues found himself very shy and quiet at workplace after his graduation in the university business school. He thought he was very inadequate in his work in the investment banking field. He worried a lot about having conversations with other colleagues as he thought he had limited knowledge …
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A client of mine was griefing the sudden death of her close friend. Since this close friend was a connection from her business, she had no close contact with this friend’s other relatives and friends. As a result, she only knew about this from other business contacts and could not complete the closure by attending …
A lot of people in town are talking about the biographical movie, “Anita Mui”. Many people who had watched the movie had gone through a reminiscence of the energetic and vibrant Hong Kong in the generation in which Anita Mui’s career was a huge success. As Hongkongers, we named Anita Mui as the “Daughter of …
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There are a lot of clients of mine being trapped in enmeshed relationships with their significant others, such as parents or spouses. For instance, a wife is totally dependent on her husband on almost everything. Her husband asked her to become a housewife after married. The husband controlled the wife on everything, money, social activities …
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In interpersonal relationships, it is common for people to perceive the other party as either “good” or “bad”. For some people, it is unacceptable for one to find out a flaw in one’s close friend. For instance, it is disappointing and unacceptable for one of my clients finding out her best friend talked about her …
