What is going on with anxiety? Many people have symptoms of anxiety in their body – nervousness, pins and needles, social phobia, even panic attacks where they feel like they might die – yet they are not aware of consciously worrying about anything! Sometimes there is a “conversion reaction” going on when unconscious fears are […]
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Theories of psychotherapy are roadmaps for psychologists and therapists. These roadmaps guide them through the process of understanding clients and their problems and developing solutions. Psychologists and therapists generally draw on more than one theory. Approaches to psychotherapy generally fall into five broad categories: Psychoanalysis, Behavior, CBT, Humanistic & Holistic/Integrative. 1. Psychoanalysis and psychodynamic therapies
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Your attachment profile depends on experiences around your birth and infant years and the relationship with your primary care giver. Maternal deprivation theory John Bowlby (1907 – 1990) was a psychoanalyst who came up with the maternal deprivation theory which basically linked adult mental health with maternal attachments/separations or detachments in the child’s early life.
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What is my ACE score? Your can find out your ACE score by clicking onto the link further down in this article.  Experts are now more and more convinced of the strength of the mind and body connection and how traumas can affect not only emotional health but physical health. For example the ACE study
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