The word MANOCHIKITSA originated from the Sanskrit word मन: (Psyche) + चिकित्सा (Therapy), which means healing of the mind called Psychotherapy in Psychology. To understand the meaning of MANOCHIKITSA, one needs to understand the nature of the mind. We are all aware that the nature of the mind is instinctive which includes consciousness, Emotions, imagination,…
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Sigmund Freud was an Austrian neurologist who is considered the founding father of psychoanalysis, a psychological method for treating mental disorders and also a theory that explains human behavior. His work helped shape our views of childhood, personality, memory, and therapy. His therapy interpret unconscious conflicts based on the free associations, dreams, and fantasies of…
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Most of us think that Counseling means advice. In counseling, the counselor gives advice and we follow it. In this way, we get a solution to our problems. But is counseling really limited to advice or suggestion? Does the advice of an expert make us so worthy; we get rid of our problems. There are…
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Abraham Maslow was an American psychologist best known for his Maslow's hierarchy of needs to explain human motivation. According to Maslow people have a number of basic needs including the physiological needs, safety and security needs, love and belonging needs that must be met before people move up the hierarchy to pursue more social, emotional,…
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There is a belief among people that counseling is only approached by people who are facing some kind of mental illness. They feel that the goals of counseling are only a cure for mental illness. But is counseling really limited to mental illnesses? So the answer is no. Counseling facilitates self-knowledge, emotional acceptance and development,…
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