In the physical practice of yoga, our approach to the body becomes expansive and poetic. We allow our awareness to drop deep inside by considering the body to be a vast landscape, or even a universe unto itself, replete with the pull of physical forces and the interactions of elements. In various postures (asana) different parts of the body become stable as other parts become fluid; the vinyasa …
Difficult Client
“Treatment relationship is a human relationship,” says Carolyn Saari. While considering a patient-therapist relationship, we have to look at it as a dual relationship, parties of which consistently and dynamically influence each other. While the patient may experience specific issues and difficulties that made him/her reach out for professional help and support, it is paramount to understand that …
Post-Traumatic Growth
Psychologists have long studied resilience— the ability to bounce back and move on. But post-traumatic growth, which has been documented in hundreds of studies, is different; it’s what happens when trauma changes and deepens life’s meaning – not everyone experiences growth after trauma. In recent years, psychologists have studied survivors of cancer, war, and terrorist attacks and found that …