Gudrun Frerichs, PhD

Super Survivor Mouse - Survivors of Sexual Abuse Fight Back!

The following cartoon was inspired by a survivor advocate challenging the representative of ACC during a meeting in Christchurch.

 

John Prince was so kind to send me this cartoon. You can see more of his paintings by going to this art website

How Can You Help Unhappy Friends?

Dr. Martin Seligman, professor of psychology at the University of Pennsylvania and Director of the Positive Psychology Center, and founder of the field of positive psychology, answers the questions: how can I use positive psychology with my unhappy friends? What should be available for unhappy people? How do I use positive psychology? Hear it from “the horses mouth” – Dr. Martin Seligman talks about positive psychology and authentic happiness.

Source: www.ted.com

Stress Impairs Thinking

Stress seems to have a negative impact on people’s ability to think clearly and quickly, and attend to new information. The study investigated male doctoral students shortly before and after their board exams and found that although students did not perform well under stress, their brain’s ability to do so bounced back in less than a month after the stress went away. 

This may be quite different in the case of chronic stress that can lead to major health problems such as chronic fatigue, depression, post traumatic stress, and Alzheimers.

Rockefeller University (2009, January 28). Stress Disrupts Human Thinking, But The Brain Can Bounce Back. ScienceDaily. Retrieved February 1, 2009, from http://www.sciencedaily.com­ /releases/2009/01/090127190442.htm

One-On-One Consultation

 Hi, I am Gudrun Frerichs, PhD

I have a limited amount of time available for one-on-one consultations, therapeutic consultation, coaching, and supervision. 

This consultation can either been online using email, chat , phone, or Skype.

Contact me on [email protected] or on my facebook profile to make arrangements. 

 Your Investment: 30 Minute Consultation  NZ$75

FREE Mini-Course "The Secret of Successful Relationships"

The 7 step remedy for tired or stressed relationships

This 7 day course is jam packed with lots of information and exercises about relationships and communication. It's an introduction into the principles of clean communication that gives you an idea what you could improve in order to have relationships that are intimate, meaningful, and successful.

The skills introduced are state of the art communication skills. There are no better ones out there. It's the best current thinking and practice has been able to identify.

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Free Test: Are You Visual / Kinaesthetic/ Auditory?

Many models are used to categorise people. I will share with you today the model of perceptional positions. This model distinguishes between people according to what main perceptional channel they use to interact with the world. This has been widely used in learning and teaching and is known as the VAK (V=visual, A=auditory, and K=Kinaesthetic) model.

Overcoming Procrastination With NLP

Procrastination is often discussed as one of the major barriers to self improvement. By self improvement we mean any actions that we take, including changing our behaviors, or beliefs, or developing new skills or resources, which could be called personal development.

Neuro linguistic programming or NLP offers powerful tools to help us make the changes we want in our lives. Because procrastination is an internal, almost unconscious process, it responds very well to the tools of NLP which are based on psychological principles.