The Relationship Group Seminar: The Psychology of Control
One psychotherapist defines controlling behavior as “When one person expects, compels, or requires others to cater to their own needs – even at others’ expense. The controlling person targets an individual and dominates them in an unhealthy, self-serving manner.”...
The Men’s Group Seminar: Revisiting Cognitive Dissonance
First identified by social psychologist Leon Festinger in 1957, the term cognitive dissonance emerged from the premise that a primary motivation is to seek equilibrium in mental life by resolving the discomfort of conflict. As such, when there is lack of consistency...
The Relationship Group Seminar: The Psychology of Passive Aggression
Passive aggression is a relatively common defense mechanism and interpersonal/relational communication strategy, so common in fact that the psychiatric community has proposed a Passive-Aggressive Personality Disorder (a diagnosis that has never been formally...
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