Current Themes

May 15 - International Families Day
Families are composed of those who have a shared story.They cover the entire emotional system, united by blood ties, legal and / or historical. Family composition is no longer represented by its classic model comprising a father, a mother and her children, there were several important changes in the family constitution and relationships of kinship. These new arrangements may vary in consensual joints of separate or divorced partners; same sex unions; joints of people with children of other marriages; monoparental families; Grandparents with the grandchildren and an infinity of other forms....
May 14, 2021
May 15, Social Worker's Day
On May 15, the Social Worker's Day is celebrated, date that aims to give greater visibility to this profession as important and necessary for society. Thinking about historical data, how did social service arise in Brazil and in the world? According to research from the CEFI-SYS core clinical psychologist, Maria Eduarda Cioccari, the social service had its origins within the Catholic Church and aimed at preparing the great working mass for industrial capitalism.According to the study, in 1899, the World Social Security School in Amsterdam, in the Netherlands, and in Brazil, emerged in 1936 in São Paulo. In 1925, the National Work Council was created and, in 1926, work protection laws were approved, such as vacation law, minor code, insurance-disease, etc.According to the Social Worker, a mental health specialist with chemical dependence, chemical dependency consultant and member of the CEFI-Integration Nucleus, Gustavo Lopes Jaques, the role of the Social Worker assists in the life change of individuals due to situations of vulnerability and social inequalities, which can generate violence, poverty, crime and drug use. "The social service professional contributes to individuals to achieve their individual rights," said Jacks....
May 13, 2021
An "adventure" in the maternity world
Yesterday was Mother's Day. I chose to venture to write about maternity and psychological flexibility, term coined by acceptance and commitment therapy. Psychological flexibility is sought through the association of acceptance and attention processes with commitment and behavior change processes. There are 6 central processes I thought of exploring in this writing from the theme of motherhood. They are:...
May 12, 2021
Procrastination
"Who ever left to do later something that should be considered priority? When this behavior becomes recurrent we can call procrastination. We can define procrastination as the act of postponing something we should do or resolve, leave to deal with the situation later . But imagine if we posted all our professional commitments daily? Certainly, we would not have any credibility in the company, for we would not be honoring our obligations. If this behavior becomes constant, it will end up affecting several areas of life. of procrastinating. We can easily distract us, for example, with social networks. The procrastination brings with it several consequences like, dissatisfaction, sadness, guilt, depression, etc....
May 11, 2021
Longing. Santa Catarina. Brazil.
miss. Santa Catarina. Brazil.No one wins before a tragedy that victimizes children and adults. No one benefits from the incalculable and irreparable pain of those who lose. And we all lose. Who commits crime loses. Who is a victim loses even more.This is an individual mourning, but also collective. A tragedy so large and with so much repercussion affects many people from the most diverse forms. The pain is collective, but very unique....
May 05, 2021
Children in the second year of pandemic
by Juliana Potter - Psychologist and member of the SYS nucleusIt is evident that we are all suffering in some way by the impacts of the pandemic. However, some studies already point out that certain populations seem to suffer even more. Among children, pre-teens are those that demonstrate greater emotional and social difficulties. This is because they are in a phase of intense socialization but, unlike the older ones, they are still exploring communication through technologies and gradually strengthening their relationships with age pairs....
April 23, 2021
My experience of Covid and radical acceptance
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April 07, 2021
New Year Practice
We entered 2021… I imagine that for many, it was not the beginning of the year that we expected. We still live one of the most difficult situations in the history of mankind, a pandemic that took many things from us: the freedom to be able to find and embrace those we love, to be able to move freely, even to be able to work sometimes, and that also took the life of Many. Although science has advanced in the fight against the pandemic, we still have a lot of ground to walk before we see the end of it. This reality scares, saddens, but it is our reality at that moment. Thinking about it, and looking for the intention and strength inherent in all of us to move forward, I developed a practice that I would like to share with you today....
March 10, 2021
Drugs versus drugs
Innovative research has pointed out new possibilities for treatments for mental disorders such as depression, anxiety, trauma and also chemical dependency. It is not the first time that new treatments for these problems have appeared. What is atypical in these surveys? The substances in question have already been used as drugs....
March 02, 2021
White January: Mental Health Month
The past year has shown us more than ever that mental health is a complicated subject. Circulation limitations, changes in work, economic crisis, fear of an unknown disease: there were many contextual pressures and mobilized feelings. This experience only served to explain emotions that have permeated our society for a long time....
January 15, 2021