ЗАЛЕЖНІСТЬ, СИМБІОЗ, УЗАЛЕЖНЕННЯ, СПІВЗАЛЕЖНІСТЬ: НА РІВНІ СТОСУНКІВ МІЖ ЛЮДЬМИ ТА МІЖ КРАЇНАМИ

Dependence, symbiosis, addiction, codependence: at the level of relations between people and between countries

Summary: I have a hypothesis that dependent behavior between people in a pair and between societies in the world has similar features. In this article we will consider the main aspects of a large topic, namely: dependence, codependency, addiction, symbiosis. What is similar in them, how do they differ from each other. My goal is to show how these processes are influenced by separation, autonomy, spontaneity, the ability […]

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Ловушки ума или как улучшить качество обучения взрослого человека

Mind Traps or How to Improve the Quality of Adult Learning

Now there are many opportunities, a lot of information, access to sources of scientific works, online libraries, online courses, even higher education can be obtained online. And in my opinion, every person knows that for quality learning you need discipline, a system, a good memory, attention and curiosity, but for some reason only a few can be focused and collected. Why is this happening, and what to do,

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ПТСР И ПРИВЛЕЧЕНИЕ, В ЧЕМ ПОХОЖДЕНИЕ И КАК РАБОТАТЬ. Самое главное

PTSD and addiction. About their similarities and how to work with them. Highlights

Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and addiction often have a common ancestor – trauma. Studies show that 60-70 percent of people who abuse psychoactive substances (SPS) have an early trauma in their experience. And people who have PTSD, especially complicated or complex, often abuse. Moreover, addiction can be not only due to SPS, but also in the form of overeating, anorexia, shopaholicism,

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Grief Therapy. How to Work with Grief in TA

Drive is a borderline concept between the spiritual and the somatic, as a psychic representative of stimuli that come from the body and reach the soul (psyche), as a measure of the necessary work imposed on the psyche as a result of its connection with the bodily. “Drive” means “to set in motion, to push”. It is activity, a dynamic force. The two most effective forces in a person are hunger and love. The two most powerful

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Foreign language therapy. Nuances. Language conflict

Language communication is what distinguishes humans from animals. Although there are some species of mammals, for example, dolphins, which actively use sound signals to communicate with each other. However, dolphins do not have abstract thinking, and it develops only thanks to language. Language allows a person to communicate, which affects the emergence of a feeling of attachment primarily to the one who cares

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How to help an adult and a child cope with grief

A year ago, Russia launched a full-scale war in Ukraine. From the first day of the war, Ukrainians have been losing their compatriots, relatives, friends and acquaintances, beloved pets and homes. For a Ukrainian psychologist, it is important to help yourself and others cope with grief, while traumatic events continue. Grief is complicated and long-lasting. It is a very difficult task to “cope with grief” when war

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Integration in a new society

While working in Norway with Ukrainians at a health center for refugees, I had interesting observations of the relationship between Ukrainians and the state, which acts as a Father. There are several common areas of interaction. When Ukrainians are ashamed to take social assistance from the state. There is no experience of a Caring Father here. When Ukrainians do not want to work because there is social assistance, why bother

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Aspects of working with same-sex couples

This article is about what issues are raised in psychotherapy of couples with same-sex attraction, what to pay attention to, areas of work and important points that a psychotherapist should consider. When working on the article, I relied on Richard Cohen's book “A frank conversation about homosexuality. The other side of tolerance”, in which the author spoke about the myths of homosexuality and explored their causes. The phenomenon of same-sex

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7 life hacks to save your relationship with your partner

Maintaining a relationship with a partner at a distance is a three-star task. The war made adjustments to the relationships of thousands of Ukrainian women who were forced to leave with their children. However, long-distance relationships are quite common in cases where the husband or wife is a sailor, a trucker, or works shift work. Long-distance relationships are popular in guest marriages.

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Sex management

Mature sexuality is rich and diverse, like fruits and vegetables in August and September. The hot, passionate days of youth are behind us, and now the sun and the earth have reached a balanced and stable temperature. A mature woman allows herself almost everything: from a young lover to a scandal with her husband to intensify the sensations. A mature woman is not afraid to experiment, to say what and how

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