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Comparing psychoanalysis and Adlerian therapy in counseling practice

Counseling is defined as professional guidance in resolving personal conflicts and emotional problems (Lexicon Publishing LLC 2007). Two of the most common counseling therapies are psychoanalysis and the Adlerian therapy.

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How borderline personality disorder relates to early insecure attachment

The objective of this work is to write a critical review of the literature about borderline personality disorder (BPD) from an attachment theories perspective. This work will contain references from Bowbly, Ainsworth, and Main in the discussion of secure vs. insecure attachment.

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Wesley Mitchell and the American institutionalist theory of business cycles

Wesley Mitchell is one of the intellectual founders of the American Institutionalist School, a theory of economics that developed the late 1880s in the United States, and one of the first schools of thought to challenge some of the core assumptions of classical capitalist market theory.

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Psychological blindness and illusion in Shakespeare's Othello

Othello is one of Shakespeare's most discussed and analyzed works and is "One of Shakespeare's most frequently performed plays" (Shakespearean Criticism: Othello).

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Bioethics portfolio: analytical skills, knowledge, and practical application

This portfolio documents performance of key class and personal objectives for HU280-01: Bioethics 1103C, specifically analytical skill building, knowledge acquisition and practical application.

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Student perceptions of plagiarism and academic dishonesty in universities

How serious is the matter of plagiarism on college and university campuses? What are the moral standards that are being violated by students that cheat?

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Descartes' method of doubt and philosophical skepticism

By the time French philosopher and mathematician Descartes (1596-1650), the originator of "Cartesian doubt" - a form of philosophical skepticism - came on the scene, no significant alternative had been offered to the idealist (Platonic-Augustinian) and realist (Aristotelian-Thomist) schools.

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Richard Wagner's anti-Semitism and its impact on his legacy

Richard Wagner -- Great Musician or Controversial Racist? Regarded one of the most controversial composers of his time, Richard Wagner has over time attracted both admiration and criticism from various quarters. Those who revere the composer regard him one of the greatest composers of all time.

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Women's rights and the Seneca Falls Convention of 1848

During the early history of the United States there was little, if any respect for the principles of women's rights. In an intensely patriarchal society a man " ... virtually owned his wife and children as he did his material possessions.

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Martin Luther's concept of Christian liberty and spiritual freedom

Martin Luther is considered to the founder of reformation in Christianity. If we see the Church divided on the various aspects of Christianity today, it is because of 15th century revolution in the religion initiated by Martin Luther since he was not satisfied with what the Catholic Church had been…

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