How to comfort the child within us? In the process of healing a child, it is crucial to become aware of the feelings that we suppress or are unaware of. We hold on to the position of the victim and are not aware of our wholeness, we do not feel alive. By working on ourselves,…
What does Somatic Experiencing therapy offer? SEis a form of alternative therapy aimed at alleviating symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and other health problems related to mental and physical trauma by focusing on the client’s perceptions of bodily sensations (or somatic experiences). It was developed by trauma therapist Peter A. Levine. Trauma is an…
Gestalt psychotherapy in practice Gestalt psychotherapy is a form of psychotherapy that emphasizes personal responsibility and focuses on individual experience in the present moment, the therapist-client relationship, the environment and social context of a person’s life, and self-regulatory adjustments. It was developed by Fritz Perls, Laura Perls, and Paul Goodman in the 1940s and 1950s,…
Dream Analysis as a Tool for Growth Freud drew attention to this part of life in 1900 with his book on dreams. His concept is that a dream is a distorted representation of a secret, incompatible wish that does not agree with the conscious attitude and that is censored, or rather, distorted. This makes the…