therapy

The beach ball metaphor is very useful for regulating emotions, especially anxiety. It’s a visualization strategy that also involves a bit…

Milton Erickson is considered a creative genius. Perhaps this is due to the fact that other psychiatrists found his therapeutic…

Electroconvulsive therapy, or ECT, still carries a certain stigma, partly because of the image it has received in films and television. However, over the years, there have been many improvements in the procedure, and specialists have established protocols and recommendations…

Anyone who suffers from a phobia knows that being exposed to what they’re afraid of is an awful experience. Consequently,…

When people talk about autism spectrum disorder (ASD), it’s pretty common for them to think of the challenges and needs…

Wolfgang Köhler was one of the most renowned proponents of Gestalt psychology. He concerned himself with trying to explain one…

Are you close to a person with cognitive impairment? If so, you may wonder what the best way to interact…

How many relationship problems must a couple have before going to therapy? Everyone has disagreements, and you can solve most…

Validating emotions or people’s stories is such an important and valuable resource that many therapists make it the focus of their therapy sessions. Many of the people who go to therapy do so feeling strange and out of place. They’re…

The term “nidotherapy” refers to a modern therapeutic method. Its main objective is to modify the environment of those suffering…

Psychology is a science that arose from the need to know and understand human beings. Over time, many specialties within…

This is a historic period of time in which society is paying more attention than ever to the body and…

Nightmares cause terror and anguish and people often wake up startled by them. But when they become chronic, they can…

Is it possible to convince someone who’s experiencing a delusion that what’s going on in their head isn’t real? Do you have to pretend you believe them in order to continue with a session? Is it possible to avoid entering…

Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) -with hidden rituals and without – is on the broad spectrum of anxiety disorders characterized by persistent and intrusive thoughts (obsessions) and repetitive actions, rituals, or compulsions whose goal is to avoid or reduce the anxiety that…

Resisting therapy is a form of behavior, cognition, or emotion that a patient presents and that’s an obstacle to their improvement. In fact, the range of resistance is as varied as the people who go to therapy. Similarly, although not…

Counseling skills are essential for therapists. For this reason, psychologists and psychotherapists have to implement them during their therapy sessions. They learn these just the way they learn psychological techniques. The concept of a therapeutic relationship originated in the psychodynamic…

Obsessions are thoughts, images or impulses that you turn over and over in your mind and can never let go. Everyone experiences obsessions to some degree. Salkovskis’s theory on obsessions helps us understand why they happen and how to prevent them.…

Borderline personality disorder (BPD) is a mental condition characterized by many symptoms such as impulsiveness, emotional instability, low self-esteem, and…

The circles of men make up a practice with great psychological benefits. Actually, some people brought it back from an…