Overview: The World Health Organization’s QualityRights Person-centred recovery planning for mental health and well-being self-help tool guides people through the process of setting up a recovery plan for themselves. The tool has been designed so that people can use it on their own or in collaboration with others. For example, it can be used as a framework…
“Knowing your own darkness is the best method for dealing with the darkness of other people. One does not become enlightened by imagining figures of light, but by making the darkness conscious.“ Dr Carl Jung
“Psychotherapy is in essence a cure through love“ Dr Sigmund Freud
“The aim of psychoanalysis is to relieve people of their neurotic misery so that they can be normally unhappy” Dr Sigmund Freud
1- The Athlete Stage: stage of egocentrism, narcissism, lack of empathy, focusing on the physical self, and developing a strong ego. 2- The Warrior Stage: Continuously work on yourself to become a better person by being goal-oriented, conscious, responsible, realistic, and having a balanced ego and developing integrity. 3- The Statement Stage: being more oriented…
1– Draw Mandalas: represent yourself in your drawing of a personal mandala. 2– Understand your subconscious impulses: know and acknowledge your shadow, accept it and integrate it into your daily life. 3- Know your fears: understand and face your own fears. 4- Face your emotions: accept the painful emotions and sit with them. 5- Understand…
Lesson 1: Look inside yourself first (inner work). Lesson 2: Accept and integrate your contraries and shadow in your life (shadow work). Lesson 3: Analyze your dreams, thoughts and behaviours (develop an inner therapist). Lesson 4: Face life realities and your fears (exposure). Lesson 5: Be aware of your vulnerabilities to superstitions (acceptance and humbleness).…
“I do not like to work with patients who are in love. Perhaps it is because of envy – I, too, crave enchantment – or maybe it is because love and psychotherapy are fundamentally incompatible. The good therapist fights darkness and seeks illumination, while romantic love is sustained by mystery and crumbles upon inspection.“ Dr…
An article published in the International Review of Psychiatry offers a comprehensive review of the current state of human rights in mental healthcare across the globe. The article is authored by some of the world’s leaders in global mental health: Artin A. Mahdanian of Johns Hopkins, Marc Laporta of McGill’s Douglas Research Center, Nathalie Drew Bold and Michelle…