Counselling

Last autumn, Christa, a 32-year-old from Florida with a warm voice and a slight southern twang, was floundering. She had lost her job at a furniture company and moved back home with her mother. Her nine-year relationship had always been turbulent; lately, the fights had been escalating and she was thinking of leaving. She didn’t feel she could be fully honest with the therapist she saw once a week, but she didn’t like lying, either. Nor did she want to burden her friends: she struggles with social anxiety and is cautious…

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freeKumail Nanjiani has spoken out about the impact of receiving poor critical reviews, sharing that he started attending counselling after the release of Eternals.The actor and writer played cosmic superhero Kingo in the 2021 Marvel film, which adapted the comic about ancient aliens protecting the earth from attack.In preparation for the role, Nanjiani, 45, underwent a major physical…

Something interesting happens in the first few pages of Arnold Schwarzenegger’s recent memoir-cum-self-help book Be Useful: Seven Tools for Life. It opens on a moment of weakness, as he describes his lowest point: the day he told his wife that he’d fathered a baby with their housekeeper. “No failure has ever felt worse than that,” he writes.But that isn’t the interesting part. “I won’t be rehashing that story here,” he sniffs, refusing to dwell on it for even a sentence longer. Instead, he instructs readers to Google the…

Wait for students willing to take admissions in BTech courses in UP is over now. The registration process for Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam Technical University (AKTU) Counselling 2023 commences today, July 24, on uptac.admissions.nic.in. Those interested in pursuing first-year BTech courses, excluding Agriculture and Biotechnology courses, are eligible to apply on the website.Applicants who have qualified in the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) Main 2023 are eligible to participate in UP BTech counseling. However, for BTech…

The Medical Counselling Committee (MCC) has announced the counselling schedule for NEET PG 2023 and aspiring candidates can begin the online registration process starting on July 27, 2023. To apply for the counselling process, candidates need to visit the official website of MCC - mcc.nic.in.The released schedule includes the tentative dates for NEET 50% All India Quota (AIQ) and 100% Deemed/Central Universities/AFMS-only registration, PG DNB seats for MD/MS/Diploma/PG DNB/MDS courses for the academic year 2023.…

NEET UG 2023 Counselling registration will commence on July 20, 2023, as announced by the Medical Counselling Committee (MCC). Interested candidates can apply for the counselling session online through the official website of MCC at mcc.nic.in.The registration process for Round 1 counselling will be open until July 25, 2023. During the period from July 22 to July 26, 2023, candidates can exercise their choice filling and locking preferences. Seat allotment processing will take place between July 27 and July 28, 2023,…

Following the announcement of the NEET UG results, several states have initiated the online counselling process for undergraduate medical admissions based on NEET scores and other eligibility criteria. The counselling procedure for NEET is divided into two categories: the All India Quota (15% seats) and the State Quota (85% seats). The Medical Counselling Committee (MCC) is responsible for conducting NEET UG 2023 counselling for qualified candidates on the official website mcc.nic.in. However, an official confirmation…

Mehul Reuben DasJan 12, 2023 19:45:54 ISTMental health is a rather tricky subject to deal with, even with the best of intentions. Trust, in both the counsellor and in the process, is very important. So how do Artificial Intelligence and machine learning fit into all this? An American mental health platform recently conducted an experiment to find out how AI, specifically ChatGPT can be used in counselling. Unfortunately for them, the experiment gave birth to more problems than it solved. Koko, a mental health platform…

On a recent weekend, my wife and I took our kids to the annual Medieval Festival in a park near our apartment, in upper Manhattan. We couldn’t not go; it’s one of the biggest events of the year in our neighborhood, and our eight-year-old daughter is obsessed with swords, dragons, magic, elves, and other things associated with the Middle Ages. And our five-year-old son likes fried dough. So we put on our winter coats, bundled against the dregs of Hurricane Ian, and walked to what the city’s parks department billed as a…