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The difference between psychotherapy and New Age therapies
Psychotherapy, as it has grown within psychology and psychiatry, is essentially an effort to help people make sense of their inner struggles and find relief in ways that are grounded in careful observation and research.
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How to already be your full and complete self
Today I want to share with you a TED talk of the Greek psychologist, Agni Mariakaki. I just finished reviewing the English translation (I am a TED translator) and I found her talk very interesting. She makes a few very interesting affirmations. Basically, what she is saying is that we already are our best version and what turns us upside down and upsets us is what will evolve us.
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The benefits of an aquarium with exotic fish
You’ve probably noticed that there are quite a few locations that have an aquarium with beautifully colored exotic fish. Although such an aquarium is certainly a special decorative element, this is not its only purpose. An aquarium with fish has a soothing and calming effect on the human psyche. It helps us calm our mind, and it puts a break between the thoughts that sometimes rush over us and induces a state of relaxation. For this reason you will find an aquarium with exotic fish in various types of cabinets. My office is one of them. Psychotherapy with the exotic fish aquarium Watching exotic fish swim around in the aquarium…
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What to do if you have anxiety?
Although there is no quick fix for our anxiety, – there is no single thing that if we do will surely get rid of anxiety -, there are still various things that can help you in the proces. Here are some things that can be helpful for those who experience anxiety or even panic attacks. The tips are not presented in the order of their impotence. I invite you to try them all and keep what works for you. Don’t focus on the things you can’t change Anxiety often doesn’t go away as quickly as it started. From what I’ve observed, people want to get rid of anxiety instantly, yesterday…
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Man’s vs woman’s job in a couples relationship
What are men’s jobs and what are women’s jobs? Sometimes couples argue on this subject and each one tries to impose their perspective, believing that they are right. The topic appears quite often in my psychotherapy private practice. My impression is that this perspective of men’s jobs vs women’s jobs, while it may have worked in the past, doesn’t really work anymore. In our times, jobs are no longer exclusively women’s or men’s, but are vocational or assumed. That is, what makes one of the two take on a particular chore is an internal predisposition rather than the person’s gender. Choosing tasks according to vocation If a man has a…
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Exercise for couples to re-romanticize the relationship
Working time: approximately 30 minutes. Duration of application: 7 days. Tools: pencil, paper. Method: Each member of the couple is asked to write down individually as many statements as possible in each of steps 1-3. Step 1: Identify and write down a few things your partner is doing for you right now that you like. For example, you can write “I feel loved and appreciated when you give me a kiss before you leave home,” or “I feel loved and appreciated when you tell me you love me,” and so on. Step 2: Remember the romantic periods of your relationship. Are there behaviors through which your partner has shown you…
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10 things that ONLY people with DEPRESSION really understand
Hello, dear friends! Welcome back! I found a post on YouTube that I really liked and want to share with you. The video is in Spanish and can be found here. Because I know that Spanish is not known to many people, I took the liberty of translating the text into English and I share it with you below. Here is the text of the translated video, in which I also added some ideas. Thanks to awareness campaigns on the importance of mental health in recent years, people have come to understand more and more about issues such as depression, anxiety, trauma and various mental disorders. At the same time,…
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Online psychotherapy for anxiety
Anxiety disorders are the most common subject in psychotherapy. Almost every one of us has experienced anxiety at least once in our lives. The World Health Organization (WHO) states that 1 in 13 people suffer from anxiety globally. In America, 40 million people over the age of 18 are having anxiety disorder. Anxiety is caused by a complex set of risk factors, including genetics, brain chemistry, personality, and certain life events (ADAAs). Anxiety is not quite a disease From my point of view, anxiety is not quite a disease. Therefore, it should not be treated with medication. Except maybe if you seriously tried to do psychotherapy, and this attempt failed. My experience is that psychotherapy for…
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Online psychotherapy – The Advantages and Disadvantages of working online
We are going through a difficult period with this CoVid pandemic, which is why more and more psychologists are moving their activity to the online environment. I am one of the psychologists who works a lot online for quite a few years now. I started working online several years ago, not just now, recently. It is clear that it is possible to work through the internet, but the question is: Is online psychotherapy effective? The answer is a big yes! Here are some of the advantages, but also the disadvantages of conducting online psychotherapy or psychological counseling sessions. Some of the benefits I see from meeting with a psychologist online are: You don’t have to…
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Transgenerational trauma, the inevitable consequence of war
Traumatic events such as conflict and war generate transgenerational trauma and affect individuals, families and the society in many different ways, both directly and indirectly. Transgenerational traumatology is a rapidly evolving field of psychology that has attracted significant attention in recent years and seeks to find solutions to overcome the effects of trauma. Research on transgenerational trauma began in the 1960s in the context of Holocaust survivors. Since then, scientists have struggled to understand the long-term impact – psychological, social and cultural – that violent conflicts have, not only on the individual but also on his family and society as a whole. Intergenerational trauma theories emphasize the fact that trauma is not limited to individuals who experience and witness…
