Implication of Anxiety with Children CHILDREN AND ANXIETY Children have fears that adults often don’t understand. At certain ages children seem to have more fears than at others. Nearly all children develop fears of the dark, monsters, witches, or other … Continue reading →
Labels and Symptoms of Social Phobia Pt3 Social phobia often begins around early adolescence or even younger. If you suffer from social phobia, you tend to think that other people are very competent in public and that you are not. … Continue reading →
Labels and Symptoms of Social Phobia Pt2 Here are some examples of how it feels to have a Social Phobia: “I couldn’t go on dates or to parties. For a while, I couldn’t even go to class. During my second … Continue reading →
Labels and Symptoms of Social Phobia Because people with social phobia are easily embarrassed and insecure in social interactions, they are commonly labeled as being “shy,” “timid,” “uptight,” and even “rude,” and “aloof.” These perceptions tend to exacerbate the situation … Continue reading →
What is Social Anxiety Pt2 Social phobia often begins around early adolescence or even younger. If you suffer from social phobia, you tend to think that other people are very competent in public and that you are not. Small mistakes … Continue reading →
What is Social Anxiety SOCIAL ANXIETY Socially anxious people typically experience uncomfortable emotional and physical distress when they: Social Anxiety disorder (also known as social phobia) is generally understood as extreme fear in the face (or anticipation) of social interaction. While … Continue reading →
What is Specific Phobia Many people experience specific phobias, intense, irrational fears of certain things or situations–dogs, closed-in places, heights, escalators, tunnels, driving, water, flying, and injuries involving blood are a few of the more common ones. Phobias aren’t just … Continue reading →
What is Panic Disorder PANIC DISORDER Panic disorder manifests itself in unexpected or unpredictable attacks of extreme anxiety, with symptoms including rapid heartbeat, shortness of breath, trembling, sweating, nausea and dizziness. Some may have chest pain or smothering sensations, and/or … Continue reading →
What is Gestalt Dreamwork Gestalt Dream Work Of course, Fritz Perls had trained as a Freudian psychoanalyst, so initially he would work with dreams as Freud had done, i.e., by interpreting them. Freud had done a great deal of work … Continue reading →
The Principle of Closure/ he Urge to Complete: The Gestalt Psychologists had proved through empirical research, that an individual organises everything he or she perceives into meaningful wholes. If anything is incomplete then an individual will probably see the whole … Continue reading →
