25.08.2023
We often overlook the necessity to learn how to think critically, even though it is a crucial skill for psychological well-being. Just as a gardener tends to the soil to ensure a bountiful harvest, cultivating critical thinking nurtures a healthy mind, fostering resilience and adaptability to tackle life’s challenges. Critical thinking is defined as the […]
21.08.2023
Money holds a unique place in our lives, beyond its utilitarian function as a medium of exchange. Its psychological impact can be profound, shaping our decisions, emotions, and behaviors. The field of behavioral economics delves into the intricate connection between human psychology and financial decisions, revealing how biases, emotions, and cognitive patterns influence our relationship […]
07.08.2023
Recently, I attended the 54th annual international conference of SPR (The Society for Psychotherapy Research) in Dublin, Ireland, where hundreds of research projects on contemporary approaches to mental health psychotherapy were presented. Among the list of researched evidence-based methods that have been found effective, the technique of working with empty chairs was mentioned, which is […]
11.06.2023
Neurotic lacks awarenessBorderline lacks clarityPsychotic lacks sense of identity The Borderline relational disorder is characterized by an individual’s feeling of confusion when confronted with their own experiences. They lack clarity regarding to whom these experiences belong. This leads to a diminished self-esteem accompanied by a fear of abandonment, extreme emotions, and maladaptive mechanisms to regulate […]
08.06.2023
‘Give me a place to stand, and a lever long enough, and I will move the world’, said Archimedes, emphasizing the value of supports in the process of change. Psychological supports are essential components in the process of creating change. They are resources that create the foundation from which forces for action emerge. It is through […]
24.05.2021
In previous articles I have written already how the topic of money in psychology often intersects with the emotions associated with it. As Kiyosaki says, “Money is an emotional thing. If you can’t control your emotions, then emotions will start to control your money.” And it’s true, not because money itself is inherently emotional, but […]
05.03.2020
The family is primarily a space in which children acquire cognitive and emotional abilities. The role of the family in the development of the child cannot be devalued, since it is there that the main qualities are formed, with which children then enter the adult world of social rules and relationships with many other people […]
01.03.2020
Aggression (ad + gradi – “to move towards something”) is one of the basic driving emotions, behind which there is always a need. Aggression at its root is … striving towards someone, making contact whether for the sake of friendly affirmation of oneself and another, or for the sake of enmity… The opposite of aggression […]
19.11.2019
A person is always more than he knows about himself. We are in the vast immensity of the world, and as limited as our body is, so unlimited is the power of our consciousness and thought. Everything exists simultaneously as a single (the image of the whole world) and as a separate (its details). In […]
23.10.2019
If you ever wonder, how to promote your services or goods, in order to build wider audience of clients, to whom the results of your work could be useful, you will most likely be interested in getting to know something about the psychology of the selling and the principles on which it is based. I […]
18.06.2019
Does hysteria exist today? Current trends in working with psychopathology in Gestalt therapy undeservedly ignore the hysterical modality of relationships, since hysteria is considered an obsolete phenomenon inherent to women of the past times of Freud. Rosaria Lisi in her new book fully described how hysteria is inherent in our modern society, equally to men, and women, justifying its origins and relevance, as well as “putting it through» Gestalt therapeutic theory backed by practice.
06.06.2019
Modern neuroscience research is becoming more and more intensively introduced into the theory and practice of psychotherapy, and it is becoming more and more obvious that its discoveries fully support the principles of Gestalt therapy. The results of brain research more and more confirm the correctness of the approach of Gestalt psychotherapeutic practice, focused on […]
10.04.2019
In psychology, the issue of debts is rather multifaceted. In this article, I would like to examine it with the context of the dependent behavior and consciousness of needs concept. In the previous works, I already said that money is the metaphor of the contact boundary, as they represent resources, which from one side help us to satisfy needs, and with another – they motivate to develop through the realization of the potential in the process of activity. This is why money itself can not be a source of debt.
07.04.2019
Conflict in family and couple is inevitable, since our society forms a family based on the choice of the individual. The social transition from “I cannot live without you” to “I choose to live with you” has already been realized. It is for this reason that conflicts in the family are based either on the […]
31.03.2019
The nature of dreams is as mysterious and unpredictable as life itself. Throughout history, man has tried to interpret dreams, putting into their meaning a variety of magical interpretations and desires to foresee the future, as uncertainty for us has always been and will be a difficult challenge to go through, and the need for […]
17.03.2019
Everyone sooner or later asks questions about the meaning of life and its finiteness, this is often accompanied by anxiety and fears of the possible inevitability of accidental misfortunes, everyone experiences stress out of the need to fight, suffers from internal, unexplained loneliness, is tormented by a choice, forthcoming or made, which is accompanied by […]
17.09.2018
So what does really guarantee the successful harmonious development of professional activity (business), personal effectiveness in work and the desired financial reward? In physiology, there is the concept of proprioception, the muscular sense of self-movement and body positioning. Since physiology is directly related to mental activity, I took the risk and transferred this concept to the professional body of the realization of a person – his activity, business, work.
11.10.2017
People’s attitude to money is always very emotionally charged and causes a lot of tension. If we talk about such difficulties, they are associated with such feelings as fear, shame, anxiety, anger, which often a person tries to avoid, without understanding the causes and effects. Often even the conversation about it is considered improper, low […]
09.10.2017
Scientists have conducted research and showed that the human brain does not perceive the particle “not”. Let’s do an experiment. I will offer you something, and you will understand everything yourself. Now, try not to think about the balloon right now! Well? Any success? Most likely not, because in your imagination there is an instant […]
07.10.2017
Have you ever thought about your motivation in making money? What do you need it for? After all, everyone has his own motives and desires. But it is on your needs, and the ability to see and meet them, that the quality of your life largely depends, just as financial freedom depends on your needs, […]
06.10.2017
Money and contact cycle. The role of Self concept functions in human interaction with money. Contact interruption mechanisms as obstacles to financial success. The way our world works is that money is a vital means of human interaction with the outside world, a platform on which both meeting of our basic needs and opening up […]
22.09.2017
Panic attacks usually mean attacks of unreasonable strong fear and anxiety, accompanied by a number of symptoms, such as a feeling of irreality of what is happening around, dying, disappearance, fear of insanity, as well as loss of control over one’s body, disorientation in time and space and certain frightening bodily manifestations, which can manifest […]
20.09.2017
Due to the fact that each event of our life is the result of our interaction with the world at the contact boundary, for each individual this contact and the way it is carried out is individual, which is characterized by features that have developed in the past, often childhood, experience, and therefore, each feels […]
The concept of boundary-contact is A fundamental concept in Gestalt therapy. After all, the boundary on which a person contacts his environment (contact boundary) is very resourceful, since it is in the process of contacting that we satisfy those physiological and mental needs that allow us to survive and develop throughout life. As a result […]
Emotional dependence on the other in a relationship is when we get used to thinking of that other as of a cause. In a framework of such a relationship, this other can care for us by manifesting his virtue, thereby maintaining his sense of power over us, thus justifying this desire, while at the same […]
16.09.2017
The psychology of money deals with the problems of person’s relationship with money at the contact boundary, and explores the influence of financial factors on the mechanisms of human behavior, decision making and relationships with others. Plutus (Greek: Πλοῦτος, Ploutos, literally “wealth” – god of wealth and abundance) was the son of Demeter, the goddess of […]
In addition to love, all children from birth to adulthood feel the need for stability, structure, empathy, strong boundaries and a person who will be an adult next to them. On this difficult path of growing up parent-child relationships require an incredible amount of awareness from parents. The English have a wonderful proverb that encourages […]
The only difference between the wise man and the fool is that the wise man knows he is playing.
