Are you chained to your gadgets, screens and Internet? Are you looking for constant stimulation? How is it impacting your relationships ? In today’s world our day is excessively occupied by the mobile phone screen – be it checking mails, …
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Decisions are inevitable in life. Each and every one of us have to make certain decisions, be it small or significant at various points in life. And every decision has its consequences, especially the major ones. Some consequences may …
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Children need to be given projects that they can understand and execute both cognitively and developmentally. The projects and models that the schools assign to the children need to be calibrated accordingly. Assessing the children based on their projects, …
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Many of us would have experienced this – of not enjoying the moment, not appreciating what we have, but later on regretting not having done the same. This habit of not appreciating what we have with us, until the time …
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Marriage is one of the oldest social institutions meant to provide safety and security and healthy environment for the couple and future generations. It also brings about stability in the social structure and relationships traditionally. In the current context, marriage …
Emotional invalidation is when a person’s thoughts, emotions are ignored, not considered important, disagreed with, rejected, denied, minimized or ridiculed. Any event or a communication will have two parts to it, Content Emotions / feelings Let us look at a …
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TV Shows, be it Cartoons or Reality shows, when the characters are being rude and nasty, has a significant impact on children. Today the screen time that the child is exposed to has increased multi-fold, with the child’s access …
You would have noticed that a bright sunny day with clear skies, makes you feel lot more upbeat than a rainy cloudy day. On a rainy cloudy day, you might feel like curling up in your bed and having a …
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This is a very common question that comes to people’s mind when they are considering professional counselling or therapy. Counselling is also about talking, and you can do the talking to a friend who can listen to you, right? So …
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Difference between Psychiatrist, Psychologist, Psychotherapist and a Counsellor. One of the first set of questions that a client or a potential client would ask me is what is counselling and what is the difference between a counsellor, psychotherapist and psychiatrist? …
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