Transference focused psychotherapy (TFP) is a modified psychodynamic treatment given by Otto F Kernberg which is specifically and majorly used on patients with borderline personality disorder.

In January 2020, as part of the World Health Organization’s (WHO) special initiative for mental health, Ukraine was selected as a priority country.

The phrase, “Men are from Mars and women are from Venus” implies that men and women are so significantly different they belong to two different planets. Biological differences aside, are differences between genders so pervasive? Or is it an indication of our stereotypical beliefs?

We can trace the origins of Psychology back to the 17th century, when it was deemed to overlap with Philosophy. The French philosopher Rene Descartes introduced the idea of dualism, which asserted that the mind and body were two entities that interact to form the human experience.

Art therapy, as the name suggests, involves both- Art and Psychology. The establishment of art therapy as an approach in mental health intervention took place in the mid-twentieth century.

As media representation of the LGBTQIA+ community increases, there is a rise in both positive and negative representation. The term “queerbaiting” has been an important aspect of discussion in recent years.

Lying is an act of making false statements in order to protect oneself from the consequences of truth.

An experience of a massive personal or environmental disaster will always have varied subjective reactions of the victims.

Coping mechanisms are techniques people frequently employ while facing stress and/or trauma to help manage distressing or difficult emotions.

Emotion Regulation refers to an individual’s internal and external processes that are used for monitoring, evaluating and modifying emotional reaction, especially the temporal features to accomplish one’s goal. Emotion regulation therefore attempts to influence emotions, defined as time-limited, situationally bound, and valenced states.

Talkspace therapist Joanna Filidor, says, “Grounding techniques are tools used to self-regulate in moments of stress and anxiety,

The Oxford English Dictionary defines intimacy as the “inmost thoughts or feelings; proceeding from, concerning, or affecting one’s inmost self: closely personal.”

Identity comprises the experiences, relationships, beliefs, values, and memories that construct a person’s subjective sense of self.

Delusions in psychiatric illness are common forms of false beliefs that can be easily developed in clients or patients either in a mild or severe form.

Narcissism was initially recognised as a mental disorder by the British physician Havelock Ellis in 1989. It is characterized by an inflated self-image and a fixation to fantasy, by an atypical calmness, disrupted only when the narcissistic feels intimidated, and by the tendency to take others for granted or to exploit them.

Most of us associate “first-aid” with physical injury or pain. However, psychological first aid (PFA) is an evidence-informed model utilized in disaster response to assist those impacted immediately after a traumatic event such as a terrorist attack, natural disaster or a public health-emergency.

One of the strongest negative emotions that can not only make one take impulsive unreasonable decisions but also strip one of their humanity is hate.