What is Codependency?
What is Codependency?...
February 03, 2020
Current Themes
Frequent emotions in adolescence: what are they and what to do about them?
In general, in adolescence, emotions arrive as a storm difficult to control. Adolescents do not know what happens or how to respond, they are new experiences that hinder, confuse and frustrate, resulting in having to seek to resolve the situation with improvisation and indisposition. They do what they can with what they have. Check the full text of the psychologist José Ignacio Cruz Gaitán on our blog: http://terapiascontextuais.com.br/emocoes-frequentes-na-adolescencia/...
January 29, 2020What would you answer me?
The World Health Organization states that there is no "official" definition of mental health. Cultural differences, subjective judgments, and competing related theories affect how "mental health" is defined. Mental health is generally used to describe the level of cognitive or emotional quality of life. It may include an individual's ability to appreciate life and seek a balance between activities and efforts to achieve psychological resilience....
January 24, 2020Mental health: am I crazy?
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January 23, 2020WHAT IS THE “SPACE” OF ALCOHOL AND OTHER SUBSTANCES IN YOUR LIFE?
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January 20, 2020Out of control
Are you one of those people who loves to have everything under control? But have you noticed that there are things in life that are completely beyond our control? Even if we know that, we insist on wanting to define how things should be. If it is no longer easy to accept that we do not run the lives of others, and that we have no responsibility for what the other thinks, feels or does, what do you think the idea is that we do not even control what goes on inside us? See the full text of Psychologist Maria Eduarda Alencastro Team CEFI contextus blog:...
January 15, 2020White January: Mental Health Talk Month
Brazil occupies the 11th position in the ranking of the most anxious countries in the world: there are approximately 13.2 million Brazilians with some anxiety disorder....
January 14, 2020Adolescent children of abstinent drug addicts: How do they relate to alcohol?
It is found that the family environment can both influence and protect adolescents from substance use, depending on their degree of (dis) functionality. Alcohol use by adolescents is of concern, and 50% of 9th grade students have tried it (IBGE, 2016). The aim of this study was to understand the perception of adolescents about alcohol consumption in their families, in which at least one parent was abstinent chemically dependent....
January 13, 2020Dry January
Dry January is a public health campaign that emerged in the United Kingdom in 2011 at the initiative of Emily Robinson, former CEO of the NGO Alcohol Change, who set out to drink alcohol in January as a preparation. to run a half marathon. The campaign aims to prevent people from drinking alcohol during the month of January. In 2013, Alcohol Change promoted the first edition of the campaign and in 2014 it was endorsed by the UK Department of Health. It has an application that helps the participant to commit to the goal, showing day by day the reduction of calories ingested by alcohol withdrawal, the amount of money that was not spent on alcohol, among other benefits. Apart from the United Kingdom, the proposal to abstain from alcohol, especially at the beginning of the year, is interesting because it stimulates a healthier lifestyle, promotes an improvement in the sleep pattern, as well as more awareness about the harmful effects related to alcohol consumption. alcohol as shown by a survey conducted in 2018 and 2019 in the United Kingdom at the University of Sussex. Most participants who underwent the study were gratified by the results provided by 1 month without alcohol, in addition to significant improvements in physical and mental health, were also satisfied with the financial savings and abstinence in January provided more commitment to abstinence in other months of the year. The month of January starts the year and the idea of starting the same without alcohol is a beautiful plan that can generate commitment in subsequent months. Take January to set goals that will benefit your physical and mental health, such as exercising, eating healthy, sleeping better, not drinking alcohol or better, not using alcohol or any other substance is to start the year on the right foot. full of actions that generate significant results for your well-being and better quality of life....
January 06, 202019 is already saying goodbye and there is a double 20.
19 is already saying goodbye and there is a double 20. Have you done that reflection on your year? Maybe you briefly reflect on your life so far: the gains that led to well-being, achievements, joys ... and also some sadness, disappointment, loss ... all that can make room for reflection and for other possible experiences. Take the opportunity to look forward to the coming year as a gift full of opportunities in which you can invest in peace and self-care. Reflecting on this, choose the gift you want to give and receive. Remember that day by day, moment by moment, you are building your life. Don't lose sight of the future, remembering that it is made of every present experience. Bring light to your experiences, live with awareness and fullness. We on the Integration Team wish you all the best so that you and your family can be happy and have a good and full life....
December 21, 2019