Category: Iranian Psychology

Our job as clinical counsellors involves ethics and ethical practice.  What does it mean?  It means that we are bounded by law and Ethical Codes to practice in a way that we do not harm people.  This means that we practice in a way that we respect people’s dignity and whole being of the person.…

What does Psychology mean for us? How can we understand psychology through the lens of our Iranian culture? Drew Westen (2001), an American psychologist and writer, explains Psychology as a scientific investigation of mental processes and behaviour. What are mental processes then: Thinking, feeling, remembering, understanding, sensing, and perceiving. Are you one of those people,…

There are many areas of life that we could get help with if we have a multicultural or better to say an Iranian view on Psychology. We would benefit from a new evaluation of the use of psychology for understanding human behavior and the human mind in our diverse cultures. The scientific outlook of psychology…