Understanding Stress and Its Impact In today’s fast-paced world, where information is abundant, we still find ourselves struggling with the same stressors. Why? Because stress is influenced by more than just external knowledge—it’s deeply tied to our internal resilience, life circumstances, and ability to adapt. Stress is a natural response to challenges or demands, arising when we feel unable to…
Loneliness and Human Connection As I once heard in my 10th-grade class, “Humans are social animals.” This phrase resonates deeply when we talk about loneliness. Every human being, regardless of age or circumstances, needs people around them. The size of our group—whether it’s two, three, or four individuals—doesn’t matter as much as the quality of connection. What truly matters is having…
The Fear of Missing Out: FOMO The fear of missing out was a term introduced in the year 2004, extensively used in the present scenario to describe a social media phenomenon. This word was included in the Oxford Dictionary in 2013. Psychologists defined it as “pervasive apprehension that others might be having rewarding experiences from which one is absent.” The…
IT CRAWLS TOWARDS ME! You have to give a presentation at work today. You start searching for the folder with the PPT you saved last night but you cannot find it.You begin to mentally trace your steps from last night. You had obviously saved it.. but what if you did not? Your anxious thoughts begin to build as the scenario…
When a person is not feeling the way he /she was feeling earlier. If an individual is feeling ‘stuck ‘ and he/she knows, Life is very good generally …but … the individual feels that it can be much better. When a person knows that he/she is doing fine but some certain conflicts and issues bother him/her. Whenever you are going…
Ya they never come alone they will lead to many others in few seconds. Same happens with our thoughts one negative thought will lead to many other negative thoughts. ANTS means here Automatic Negative Thoughts.
We mostly start with a 40 min to 1 hour introduction session. The focus here is to establish rapport and understand the issue, history and relationships of an individual. Once there is clarity on what is to be addressed and goodwill is established between the two, the counselor attempts to help to formulate a goal that works for him/her.
Abuse either physical or emotional both can affect a family in obvious ways.
Small misunderstandings lead to big conflicts.
Confused communication pattern
Addiction to any substance. It will manifest by making family members unable to communicate.
Lack of boundaries
Rigid boundaries
Perfectionism tendency
These all above things can lead to dysfunctional family system.