Meditating on Act in Plato's cave
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July 20, 2023
Current Themes
The white elephant
Having difficult conversations is one of the biggest challenges of relationships and this week, after locking some of these dreaded dialogues, I began to question why. I remembered Broné Brown with his brilliant research on vulnerability. Being vulnerable in front of someone else scares. Being stripped of certain barriers that we impose invisibly to protect ourselves from others - and ourselves - brings a sense of insecurity that often undermines this movement of saying what needs to be said....
July 05, 2023The decision making process
The decision making process is a very challenging process for some people. This text proposes to explore this theme with reflections based on Steven Hayes Steven, Kirk Strosahl and Kelly G. Wilson's acceptance and commitment therapy....
June 29, 2023Running and Acceptance: My experience running a marathon
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June 22, 2023Good reasons to take distance from thoughts!
We are often distressed, sad, even angry with thoughts on a particular theme, which are fixed and multiply in our minds. There are several consequences beyond malaise, such as insomnia or behavior we regret later. We can say that it is fused with these thoughts and sensations. For example, if a person has gone through a betrayal in a previous relationship, he may be fused with the idea that “everyone cheats on” and having the urge to pursue his current partner in an attempt to avoid further suffering....
June 16, 2023Presenting DBT + DBT PE
Two weeks ago I had the opportunity to do intensive training in DBT PE-prolonged DBT exposure protocol for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), with Melanie Harned and Annie McCall. Melanie was the creator, researcher and creator of this method of trauma treatment with dialectical behavioral therapy. Protocol this focused on patients with high risk and multiple diagnostics, such as suicidality, self -injury, substance dependence, compulsive eating, bipolar personality disorders, depression, dissociation and others. Adapted from prolonged exposure therapy for PTSD (FOA et al 2019), occurring simultaneously with standard DBT and being conducted by individual DBT therapist....
June 07, 2023https://www.cefipoa.com.br/br/aperfectuating-em-equilibrio-alimenta-com-enfase-nherapias
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May 24, 2023What may be interfering with interpersonal skills?
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May 18, 2023Culture, language, feeling and act
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May 11, 2023Write about not being able to write
It was my week to write on the blog. I usually write from some experience that calls me or inspires me. This week there were several: adaptation of my little one in the school, reunion with dear friends of an old work, gold wedding of my parents and many more. In front of the computer, it was hard to choose a way until I had the idea of writing about not being able to write. Come on:...
May 04, 2023