Psychotherapy (30 contents)
Psychotherapy is generally associated with a couch, where the patient lies down and tells the therapist about his or her problems. Although this is sometimes indeed the case, in the vast majority of...
In recent decades there has been a rapid increase in the demand for psychological help for children. A visit to a child psychologist can cause anxiety, so it is worth preparing both yourself and your...
The pandemic that is upon us for another year in a row is negatively affecting the mental state of many people. Lockdown, isolation, closed schools, restricted contacts... Are we in danger of a wave...
Psychiatrists repeatedly stress that psychiatric treatment is not only pharmacotherapy, but also various psychotherapeutic interventions. The latter includes various methods, as both individual...
Psychiatry is mainly associated with the conversations that take place between a psychiatrist and his patient. Certainly, dialogue can have a beneficial effect on the patient's mental state, but the...
Conscious dreams are both an interesting and rather controversial phenomenon. This is because it is a term used to describe dreams whose action is determined by the dreamer himself - he can influence...
10 October is World Mental Health Day, which was established by the World Federation for Mental Health in 1992. The event aims to draw attention to and deepen public awareness of issues specifically...
Addiction is a form of compulsive behaviour, the symptom of which is a strong desire to consume a particular drug or perform an activity. There are many types of addiction (including alcohol, drugs,...
At the beginning of the 21st century, addiction to medicines has become more and more common - not only those prescribed by prescription, especially as obtaining them requires some commitment on the...
I recall a joke in which a man taking public transport to work every day confuses the buses and gets on another one. It turns out that the bus is carrying patients of one of the institutions for...
Working with the body can prove to be a breakthrough in the psychotherapy process. It unlocks, sensitises people to their own physical and psychological needs. It can prove supportive where other...
Historically, humanistic psychotherapy was supposed to be a completely new proposal, which was created in opposition to the currents used before. It was even referred to as the "third force in...
Psychodynamic psychotherapy is derived from psychoanalysis, which is the oldest current in psychotherapy. The forerunners of other currents, which often arose in counterpoint to psychoanalysis,...
Cognitive-behavioural psych otherapy is becoming increasingly popular in Poland. Psychiatrists are increasingly referring psychiatrists to it, and more and more books on this approach are being...