Category: Psychotherapy
Psychology of sadism and masochism
Most ordinary people live in two categories – “normal” and “abnormal”. The norm is the compliance with a certain generally accepted canon, the average value, which corresponds to the behavior, psyche and physiology of most people. So, for example, it is considered the norm that a woman should get married and have a child, but […]
Integrative Manual Therapy
Some of the most depressing conditions for the people, by breaking down both their optimism and will are the dysfunctions. They discourage people to try and use them as close to normal as possible and they cause some big troubles such as entrapped blood vessels, the partial or total lack of flexibility or mobility of […]
Integrative Yoga Therapy
According to the National Institute of Health, yoga is seen as a practice that generally has important positive effects on the mental and the physical health of a person, by engaging the existing mechanisms in positive activities which improves the health level of a person. Yoga has been exposed to a lot of studies over […]
Integrative Body Psychotherapy
The promoter of the Integrative Body Psychotherapy was doctor Jack Lee Rosenberg after being introduced by doctor Marjorie Rand and the analyst Diana Asay, a practice detailed in the book ‘Body, Self and Soul-Sustaining Integration’ published in 1985. On a large scale, the integrative psychotherapy combines some important practices among which we can remember Yoga […]
Integrative Psychotherapy
Some situations which involve patient treatment may require the integration of different psychotherapeutic areas and this is called integration therapy. Besides combining different methods to achieve the goals, integration therapy may also mean the personality integration, making it more cohesive, as well as improving the communication and manifestations of the fours systems of a person: […]
Systems of Psychotherapy
The twentieth century brought a lot of news concerning psychotherapies. Besides the relatively vast number of therapies that were defined, they also suffered a lot of changes with regards to the approaches, the efficiency and the method or combinations of methods that are used to bring cure to whomever needs it. Some of them can […]
Online therapy in isolation: what to do if you can’t be alone
Any online psychotherapy instruction begins with the phrase “Find a quiet, secluded place.” What if there are no such places in the apartment? We will tell you what to do in order not to postpone therapy and not accumulate stress. Stress against the background of the pandemic and self-isolation is growing, and there is no […]
Personal story genres: how to become the author of your life?
Each of us is capable of looking at the world from the point of view of various artistic genres. The wider and richer the spectrum of perception, the more interesting and fruitful our life is. And when we get stuck in one of the genres, we lose the ability to see the world in all […]
Types of psychotherapy and their brief description
Psychotherapy is a scientific direction of psychological practice. The goal of psychotherapy is to help the patient to understand the causes of personal problems, to find resources to solve them. This goal can be achieved by different methods; there are several schools of psychotherapy. I propose to consider the most popular teachings: psychoanalysis, systemic family […]
What is important to know about psychotherapy: 10 points
For those who have never sought psychological help, the work of psychologists and psychotherapists can seem mysterious and intimidating. Three experts decided to refute some of the most persistent and common myths. Colorado-based clinical psychologist Stephanie Smith, clinical psychologist, professor at the Fuller School of Psychology Ryan Howes, and Assistant Executive Director of Research for […]