defense mechamisms
14/03/20263 min read
Overprotection and Psychology: How the Search for Safety Shapes the Way We Perceive Risk and Life.
S ome people consider themselves more unlucky than others. They notice that what happens to them oft…
Maria Nikopoulou
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Reflections on the therapeutic process and the human experience. Thoughts and insights from clinical practice and from life.
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14/03/20264 min reademotional eating
Emotional Eating and Binge Eating Episodes: Psychological Needs, Emotion Regulation, and the Search for Meaning in Life.
F ood often acquires a meaning that goes beyond biological nourishment. The unconscious need for release after a stressful day or week frequently find…
love
28/02/20264 min read
Romantic Obsession or Why We Fall in Love with Emotionally Unavailable People
R omantic obsession seems to be connected less with love and more with deeper unmet psychological ne…
resilience
04/02/20264 min read
The Ability to Tolerate Conflicting Emotions and Thoughts as a Marker of Psychological Maturity.
A clear sign of a person’s emotional maturity is the ability to mentally hold two conflicting and op…
teenagers
26/01/20263 min read
Why is gaming so appealing to adolescents?
G aming offers adolescents much more than simple entertainment. Depending on their genre (adventure,…
intergenerational trauma
21/01/20265 min read
Ghosts in the Nursery· Selma Fraiberg’s Concept and the Intergenerational Transmission of Trauma.
S elma Fraiberg used the term “Ghosts in the nursery” to describe the traumatic childhood experience…
anxiety
20/01/20263 min read
Anxiety in Gestalt Psychotherapy: Body, Arousal, and Emotional Self-Regulation.
I n Gestalt psychotherapy, anxiety can be understood through the concept of arousal and the way the…
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