In the depths of the human being there is the lost paradise, the state of plenitude that could be similar to what we call happiness, yes, the philosopher’s stone lives inside us, but life and our culture have insisted in making us believe that happiness depends on everything around us, what a great lie and … Read more
Psychotherapy is the treatment that aims at psychological change, with the purpose of feeling better. This improvement is achieved through personal growth, but the main motivation of people who come to psychotherapy, as well as the main objective of the psychotherapist, is to alleviate suffering and increase well-being. Is psychotherapy effective as a treatment? The … Read more
“Bittersweet or painful memories, mental images that make us ashamed, abandoned aspirations, failed relationships… These are things that we gradually accumulate and carry on our backs, and for some strange reason we refuse to forget and even take out on occasion by simple masochism…” Valeria al desnudo, Elisabet Benavent. Reading this book, it occurred to … Read more
A daily problem. Life is hard for me, I have no enthusiasm for anything, I don’t know what I want, if I get angry I react with a lot of irritability? These painful feelings may be justified by problematic situations that you may be facing, it may be a more or less significant loss. Perhaps … Read more
Everyday life is full of problems that we can solve on a daily basis. Thus, we are confronted with interpersonal conflicts, frustrations, situations that exceed our capacity for self-control, emotional losses of different types and importance? Usually these are experiences that, although sometimes unprecedented, we can solve with certain skill and only leave us the … Read more
There are various formulas to choose to formalize a couple’s relationship. In any case, living together implies accepting limits freely agreed upon by both partners. Each couple is different and gives a different value to the terms of their agreement. At some point it could happen that one finds out, or one’s partner informs him/her … Read more
Positive psychology is the study of optimal human functioning. In this sense, it studies the positive experiences and positive individual traits of individuals, in order to prevent or reduce pathologies. The ultimate goal is to feel happy. Until a few years ago, psychology placed more emphasis on suffering and its causes. To this end, numerous … Read more
Anxiety is a symptom of frustration. It is the response of our organism when there is a desire or a need that is not being satisfied. It is our body’s way of letting us know that we have to do something to solve this problem. It can be a present frustration or the anticipation of … Read more
Although the pandemic was caused by a virus that physically affected a large part of the population, with the passage of time it has become evident that both the confinement and the death of family members or people close to them have also generated psychological repercussions in many people. One of the social groups in … Read more
How much time do we dedicate to our families, work, friends…? Even our car passes the I.T.V., but what about us…? In Western culture there is a tendency to live in a mechanical way, we do not realize that our voice is that of social conditioning where the “I must” is imposed over what I … Read more