If you are considering therapy or counseling for restoring a relationship, managing your stress, improving your mental health, recovering from trauma, or just wanting to talk to someone, finding a mental health professional can be challenging. In India, people still confuse psychiatrists and psychologists. Here are a few tips for you to consider before you …
Many cultures around the world are preoccupied with food intake, body shape, appearance, and body weight, with the strong influence of fashion magazines, websites, fashion shows, television programs, and weight loss programs, which makes people desire a skinny body. This has created a multibillion-dollar business. Girls and boys during adolescence look up to celebrities and …
Forgiveness Many people think forgiveness is a sign of weakness. But here is a real story that showcases the power of forgiveness. An act of forgiveness that broke a hard hearted serial killer down in minutes. Gary Ridgway, also known as the Green River Killer, was an American serial killer who was convicted of 49 murders, …
Emotional Intelligence During the 20th century, emotions were disparaged by psychology research and practice. The public and professionals considered emotion as a detrimental thing to include in rational decision-making; emotions were not acknowledged as an essential component. Research in emotions were popularized in the 21st century and categorized as positive and negative emotions and how to adapt to these …
Emotion Focused Coping Traditionally, the word emotion was termed a negative term. Intense emotions were considered dysfunctional and irrational. Annette Stanton, a positive psychologist, and her colleagues spent many years working on emotional-focused coping. This approach states that coping through an emotional approach might carry an adaptive potential; the realization depends on the situational …
Stress Stress is an inevitable part of human life. Every stage of life has its own level of stress. It is very common for us to associate negative connotations with the word. However, there are two types of stress: DISTRESS and EUSTRESS. Distress is the stress that negatively affects you, for example, a deadline or …
