Conscience and competence
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July 01, 2024
Current Themes
Can you identify the symptoms of posttraumatic stress?
Also known as PTSD, it is the result of traumatic experiences that develop pathological structures of fear and generate great suffering in people, as they are haunted by intrusive memories and feel in constant threat....
June 24, 2024Radical acceptance and flood in RS
radical acceptance and flood in RS...
June 18, 2024Welcoming the mourning: reconnecting with life after floods in Rio Grande do Sul
When we talk about mourning, although we associate it with loss, this loss is always related to a bond, a bond that was built and has become important in our lives. The pain in mourning arises by recognizing that this valuable we build is no longer. This bond is usually linked to our values, which in the context of acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) guide us about where we should redirect our attention and effort. This pain gives the feeling that we need to get away from it as soon as possible, but the reality is that it shows us the importance of the bond. This bond is not limited to people; It can also include a home or things that have been built with effort over the years in this home. Recognizing the nature of the bond is essential to understand mourning and decide which way to go to maintain the essence of this bond....
June 12, 2024Proposal for helping acceptance therapy and commitment to situations of extreme stress
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June 05, 2024How are you feeling? - Taking care of us and taking care of others
In this year 2024, May was marked by the floods that took the state of Rio Grande do Sul. Thousands of people lost their homes, several of them could not yet return, people and animals lost their lives. All who were in hit cities were directly or indirectly impacts. It is an unprecedented catastrophe in our history. How are you being impact on this?...
May 28, 2024The pain of tragedy in RS and the solidarity of people-habuntu
pain… There is no other word that can try to define what the people in RS are felt after the catastrophe occurred… Many lost lives, others have lost their homes, their structures…...
May 08, 2024The relationship with food: How can contextual therapies be useful?
In this video I bring a brief reflection on our relationship with food and how contextual therapies can help us think about the theme....
May 02, 2024Observing loneliness
These days I felt alone, it was one of those days when I was so tired that the last thing I wanted was to socialize. My social battery was exhausted and I knew that calling someone to talk or leave would just make me more worn, and I couldn't be truly present with the person. So I decided to be alone. In this, I realized that even unintentionally, I have the impulse to try to fix loneliness “Isn't it good to call someone? So let's read a book, let's see a series. ” I noticed that I was constantly looking for something to distract me from that feeling. I realized, with some sadness, that I actively tried to be open to the experience of connecting with other people, but I was not open to feeling the loneliness that seemed unpleasant. So I set out to look at her. ...
April 23, 2024Mindfulness and DBT assumptions
Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT) presents a series of assumptions that serve as foundations for their therapeutic approach. An assumption in this context refers to an idea accepted as true without the need for direct empirical validation, which can substantiate beliefs, practices and theories in various contexts to which DBT is applied. These assumptions are applied to both individual clinical practice and skill training and teams of professionals who employ DBT....
April 16, 2024