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6 Ways to Calm Down an Out-of-Control Partner

September 6, 2020September 6, 2020
by Maya Wheeler

New relationship research suggests 6 approaches that can de-stress your partner by Susan Krauss Whitbourne Ph.D.

Even during the best of times, some people have partners who always seem to question their feelings about the relationship. For example, on one occasion, things were going reasonably well, and you didn’t think there would be a problem if you went out for a socially distant evening with your friends, leaving your partner at home. You were having so much fun that you didn’t even realize how long you’d been out until you got an anxious text from your partner wondering where you were. When you returned home, your partner went completely off the rails, accusing you of having an affair.

The stress of living under COVID-19 is turning the best of times into the worst for many couples. If you share the same household, you’re together almost non-stop, putting your relationship under a new kind of microscope. If you live apart, perhaps even at some distance, it’s difficult to find ways to see each other. In either case, with an insecure partner, the new reality will put stress on your relationship.

Researchers in the area of close relationships established some time ago the idea that adults who have difficulties feeling safe and secure got to be this way as a result of problems in early life when their caregivers (usually parents) failed to meet their basic emotional needs. According to the concept of attachment styles, adults carry on forward into their adult relationships the so-called “internal working models” resulting from how they were cared for as infants. Securely attached adults will be able to withstand a wider range of relationship situations than insecurely attached adults, whose alarm signals go off at the slightest hint of perceived neglect from their partners.

A new study by Sapienzo University of Rome’s Giacomo Ciocca and colleagues (2020) suggests that it’s not only an insecure attachment style that leads partners to become out of control when they fear abandonment, but also the use of so-called immature defense mechanisms. Based on psychodynamic theory, the authors note that contemporary views of defense mechanisms regard them as reactions to stressful or threatening mental representations and feelings that would otherwise produce psychological distress, protecting the individual from mental suffering and one’s altered perception of self, others, or one’s own emotions” (p. 385). From this perspective, an insecure attachment style might only be partly the cause of your partner’s constant need for reassurance.

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Mindful Productivity while Working from Home

May 18, 2020June 13, 2020
by Maya Wheeler

For my posts I choose to publish besides finding something I am passionate about, I also try to find something up-to-date and helpful in every day life for the side variety of audience. A few times, i have mentioned the reality we are facing during pandemic. There is a necessity to work from home many of us face. Here is what online Forbes advises to do to be more productive.

Traditionally, business leaders have argued against the concept of working from home (WFH) due to productivity concerns and tactical problems that limit a supervisor’s ability to observe and coach employees. Now that more people are required to work from home due to Covid-19, studies show a climb in productivity. A study of 16,000 employees found that remote working led to a 13% performance increase, improved work satisfaction, and fewer breaks and sick days. Other studies have shown that remote working improves productivity and creativity, and research from 85% of the companies studied reported improvement in productivity as a result of remote working.

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Mindfulness to Ease Your Anxiety

May 18, 2020June 15, 2020
by Maya Wheeler

At the times of uncertainty, like the one we are expereincing now, anxiety level raises even for those who naturally do not tend to be anxious. This is the time when it is important to search for a balance within. Practicing mindfulness in the variety of techniques helps to keep your body and mind healthy. This is why I found the article by ELISHA GOLDSTEIN, psychologist and founder of the Mindful Living Collective, useful and practical.

Expressive Arts Therapies

Color Therapy. What Is That?

May 16, 2020June 13, 2020
by Maya Wheeler

There are plenty of alternative psychosomatic therapies that are helpful in variety of psychological conditions. I am a big fan of creative therapies. Let me introduce you to another one: COLOR THERAPY. What is that?

Colors are all around us. They’re in the natural world, in the homes we live in, the cars we drive, the clothes we wear, and the entertainment we watch. Colors aren’t just meaningless parts of our environment, either. They can change the way we feel and react to different situations. Color therapy uses these powers of color to heal, energize, and soothe us.

Color therapy is an alternative therapy that uses colors and their frequencies to heal physical and emotional problems.Color therapy is also known as chromopathy, chromotherapy, or color healing.

The goal of color therapy is to correct physiological and psychological imbalances. For instance, if you’re stressed, color therapy can help soothe you so that you can regain your psychological balance. If you’re depressed, color therapy can be used to invigorate you and give you increased energy.

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Dance/Movement Therapy

May 9, 2020June 20, 2020
by Maya Wheeler

Expressive Art Therapies is a wide variety of sub-modalities that can be utilized in many different settings and solve a range of issues. One of these sub-modality is Dance/Movement Therapy. (by GoodTherapy)

Dance/movement therapy, usually referred to simply as dance therapy or DMT, is a type of therapy that uses movement to help individuals achieve emotional, cognitive, physical, and social integration. Beneficial for both physical and mental health, dance therapy can be used for stress reduction, disease prevention, and mood management. In addition, DMT’s physical component offers increased muscular strength, coordination, mobility, and decreased muscular tension. Dance/movement therapy can be used with all populations and with individuals, couples, families, or groups. In general, dance therapy promotes self-awareness, self-esteem, and a safe space for the expression of feelings.

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Finding Opportunities During Quarantine

April 25, 2020June 13, 2020
by Maya Wheeler

The COVID 19 pandemic is taking place and rapidly changing our lives. Concerts, sporting events, and any community gatherings are being canceled. We are facing a social isolation. This unexpected and unprecendent change creates stress, anxiety, and depression. We have almost no power to change world events (well, still have some of the power). However, we can definitely change our reaction to this.

I have a list of what can be done to overcome an anxiety and spend the time in isolation productively. Here is the list of what can be done:

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Art as a Therapy During Uneasy Time

April 18, 2020June 13, 2020
by Maya Wheeler

We are all going through this turbulent time where the only stable thing is a change. We are anxiously looking for stability. We wish we could have a crystal ball but we don’t. However, we have an art. Something that can be done all on our own and keep us above the water. It also develops our creative skills and has other benefits proven by scientists.

The World Health Organization’s Regional Office of Europe dove deep into the art world. In a new report, it channeled its considerable power and resources towards investigating whether art really could be a powerful form of medicine — ultimately suggesting art can be therapeutic, and boosting its credibility in the process.

Art therapy isn’t a new field. The journal Art Therapy for instance, has been around since 1969. But it’s taken fifty years for the idea that art could be used as medicine to catch the attention of the World Health Organization (WHO). This report demonstrates that a leading global health power has finally taken notice.

Over the years, scientists have looked at art as a way to keep people mentally and physically healthy. In this report, WHO reviewed the results of over 900 art therapy-related studies, and noted that all together, art really does influence mental and physical health.

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