This Crash Course Psychology video provides a fairly rapid introduction to the concept of cognition. Simply put, cognition is thinking. It is the process through which we acquire, process, and reflect on, information.

Philosopher and social commentator Alain de Botton's is an advocate of psychotherapy as a useful and healthy system for self exploration. In this video from his School of Life series he nicely summarises the nature and purpose of psychotherapy.

In this video philosopher Alain de Botton describes some of the features and problems related to insecure attachment. The father of attachment theory was British psychoanalyst John Bowlby, whose research into infant/parent bonding has continued to influence research and practice to this day.

Dr Allen Shore discusses the complex developmental effects of childhood attachment on brain functioning. Different types of insecure attachment, which arise from 'relational trauma' (or parent/child bonding issues) leads to imbalances in brain functioning that can affect your day-to-day life without your conscious awareness.