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There is a common piece of advice: “Just get it out of your head.” But is there an effective way to actually do that? Entire articles have been written recommending that people get rid of old and unnecessary belongings in order to start a new life and, in doing so, encourage personal change.In some countries […]

Regression, in essence, is the opposite of development. It is a retreat—a return from an already achieved level of psychological development to one of the earlier stages. This return can manifest in the way a person thinks, in their behavior, and in the structure of their relationships.Regression occurs in both children and adults and is

There are six well-known types of emotional abuse. 1. Rejecting Parents or caregivers who display rejecting behavior toward a child will often [purposefully or unconsciously] let a child know, in a variety of ways, that he or she is unwanted. Putting down a child’s worth or belittling their needs are some ways this type of

Parents are a child’s guides into the social world. It is the parents who introduce the child to rules of behavior that help them adapt to unfamiliar situations and establish contact with other people. The child’s success in the social world—the ability to build relationships, choose friends, accept group rules and games, and follow routines

I am writing this article drawing on three sources: my own experience as a mother, theoretical knowledge in psychology and psychoanalysis, and my clinical work with both adult and child patients.Why did I decide to write this text? Perhaps it is partly a need to integrate the experience I have accumulated, and partly a response

Adolescence has gained a reputation as a difficult period during which intense changes occur in a child’s body and psyche, and the teenager does not always manage to adapt to them quickly enough. On the one hand, this is undoubtedly true. On the other hand, it is somewhat misleading, because adolescence cannot be considered independently

Pregnancy planning is increasingly becoming part of the life of the modern young woman. This phrase sometimes sounds uncomfortable to the older generation, yet it fits quite naturally in the vocabulary of a manager or businesswoman. Let us try to understand what exactly needs to be planned and where the line lies beyond which planning

When a child is born, they have only two basic ways of responding to the world: pleasure, when they are fed, comfortable, and warm, and displeasure, when they are hungry, frightened, in pain, or cold. Pleasure is expressed through smiling, joyful cooing, calmness, or peaceful sleep. Displeasure, on the other hand, is expressed through crying,

Before the birth of a child, the relationship between a man and a woman is a relationship between two people. They are focused on each other and revolve around one another; these relationships are highly intimate. The arrival of a child disrupts this intimacy and dyadic structure, requiring the relationship between the woman-with-the-child and the