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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What Are the Goals of Counseling?
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,…
Read MoreAntidepressants: Types, Common Side Effects & How Long Should You Take
Antidepressants are medications that help relieve symptoms of depression, social anxiety disorder, anxiety disorder, and dysthymia. When the level of chemicals in the human brain deteriorates, it causes changes in mood and behavior. Antidepressants increase the level of chemicals in the brain called neurotransmitters. Some neurotransmitters, such as serotonin and noradrenaline, are associated with mood…
Read MoreWhat Is Hypnosis? How Does Hypnosis Work?
Hypnosis is a sleep-like situation of a person in a hypnotic trance. The person does not aware of his or her surroundings and environment during the hypnotic trance. The word ‘hypnosis’ was first proposed by James Braid (1795-1860) and the practice of it dated back to Sir Franz Anton Mesmer (1734-1815). Mesmer experimented on his…
Read MoreMissing Tile Syndrome: Focus on what you have not what you don't have
Sudiksha is a 23-year-old girl. She is good in studies as well as sports but Sudiksha has a problem. She likes to watch and do everything closely due to which often her focus is more on deficiencies rather than positive features of things. She always feels that something else could have been better, whether it…
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