According to DSM-V, the adjustment disorder is placed in the category of disorders related to trauma and stressors and it is mainly characterized by the presence of emotional and/or behavioral symptoms that occur as reactions to stressors. Stressors…
Anxiety is generally defined as a response of the human body to danger or threat. It usually occurs when, on the one hand, a person does not expect that in the future everything will be alright, and on the other hand, does not feel ready for such a…
Certain dysfunctional behaviors at early ages are normal phenomena in childhood and mild and moderate fears are part of normal development. Typically, at age 7-8 months children first become anxious when separated from their mothers or when facing…
Children’s behavior is viewed in a dynamic relationship with the context in which it lives. This means that at every moment of their development, their behavior is the result of a transaction between their personal characteristics and the…
Fear and anxiety in childhood, although unpleasant, can be looked upon as an adaptive mechanism and as markers of progression in cognitive development. The evolution from transient, concrete fears of animals to more elaborate fears of supernatural…
Adolescents are highly vulnerable to behavioral and emotional problems. The most important task of adolescence is developing individuality while conforming to social norms. If this is not accomplished due to various kinds of factors affecting…
Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) is an integrative psychotherapy that has been extensively evaluated in its approach to trauma and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). In brief, the AIP model is based on the idea that the…
Every day we try to understand other people. Determining why another person does or feels something is very difficult. The truth is that we cannot always understand why we feel or behave in a certain way. It is difficult to get an insight into what…
Fear is an intense, negative, and unpleasant feeling that a person experiences when meeting a real or unreal, or nonexistent danger. Fear is the primary and innate, genetically programmed reaction to painful or threatening stimuli. In acceptable…
Car accident victims can suffer from an acute stress reaction and post-traumatic stress disorder. In the therapeutic method of desensitization and reprocessing with eye movements (Eye Movements Desensitizing Reprocessing - EMDR), trauma with a large…
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) therapy is an integrative psychotherapy approach that has been extensively researched and proven effective for the treatment of trauma. EMDR is a set of standardized protocols that incorporates…
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) therapy is an integrative psychotherapy approach that has been extensively researched and proven effective for the treatment of trauma. EMDR is a set of standardized protocols that incorporates…
The traumas experienced in the early phase of our lives, which we can label as traumas with a small "t", are carried throughout our whole lives without us unaware of how much they hinder us in everyday life. Eye movement desensitization and…
Eye Movements Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) is the latest psychotherapeutic technique that is showing its effectiveness in the treatment of various psychopathological phenomena every day. Dr. Francine Shapiro began work on structuring the…
Traumatic experiences are, by definition, horrifying and overwhelming, and trauma is an emotional wound in our being by itself. Events such as various accidents, natural catastrophes or violence change our experience and orientation towards ourselves…
Sadness, low mood, loss of interest or enjoyment of daily activities (especially those which were sources of pleasure) are symptoms that sometimes overwhelm everyone but they eventually resolve. However, when such a state lasts and significantly…
The number of couples who struggle with infertility continues to grow every year. Bhat and Byatt (2016) believe that infertility and perinatal loss, collectively referred to as reproductive trauma, can change a woman's perception of herself and be a…
