Opinion/Commentary: ADHD is real, but it’s A Disorder beyond Having Difficulties with being productive
Author’s note: opinions and articles on neurodiversity often generate a great deal of controversy due to how intricately linked the concept is to self-identity. It is not uncommon for people to misinterpret, jump to conclusions, and feel upset at what appears to dismiss or invalidate their experiences. To that note, the author encourages you, the…
Research Review: Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR) revisited
Two years ago, I wrote an opinion/commentary questioning the scientific validity of Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR) as a psychotherapeutic intervention. It was based on a systematic review and meta-analytic study by Cuijpers and colleagues that was published in 2020. I had concluded then that exposure probably played a critical role as the main…
Opinion/Commentary: Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) revisited
Three years ago, I wrote a post about how Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) is often misconstrued, reduced to nothing more than thought challenging, and blamed when it does not appear to work in therapy. Common misconceptions about CBT were addressed in my article then. Today’s post is perhaps a timely update of my previous article,…
Opinion/Commentary: A decade in; many decades more.
Ten years ago, in March 2014, I serendipitously entered the field of autism work. Perhaps at the whims and fancies of the universe (pardon the waxing lyrical, in explicit terms, ‘by chance’). I had just completed a year-long stint working at a memory clinic at one of the local hospitals, where working with patients who…
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