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Chapter: 30 COVID-19 Pandemic:Finding Psycho-spiritual Solutions to Psychological Trauma Dr. Yuju Francis Introduction On January 30, 2020 the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the COVID-19 outbreak as an international public health emergency (Mahase, 2020) and a pandemic on March 11, 2020 (the WHO-Director General’s opening-remarks at the media briefing on… Read more“COVID-19 Pandemic:Finding Psycho-spiritual Solutions to Psychological Trauma”

Internet addiction and how it impacts Teenagers and preteens Internet has become an indispensable part of our life and the overuse of the same has brought in much physical, psychological and educational harms for many young people and of late observed much prevalent among the teenagers and preteens. Actually, the… Read more“Internet addiction and how it impacts Teenagers and preteens”

Becoming the best version of yourself Earnest Hemingway reminds us, “There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self.” You can have a realistic appraisal of where you are today in terms of your achievements and your growth in… Read more“Becoming the best version of yourself”

Introduction In all relationships, fantasies both conscious and unconscious are involved. This is also true in the case of therapeutic relationship.  In their paper, Antonio & Blom (2006) highlights the five types of relationships potentially present in a therapeutic context. They are. (a) the working alliance, (b) the transference/counter transference… Read more“Containing Erotic Transference in the Context of Therapeutic Encounter”

  Growing to fullness                 When a tank overflows, we know that it is full with its content.  A glass which is filled to the brim with water and when it cannot contain anymore, the water overflows. Fullness of something, as I understand, is characterised by the overflow of its… Read more“Growing to fullness”

Becoming merciful-A psycho-spiritual perspective Introduction.          The term ‘mercy’, can be understood as an attitude of loving kindness or compassion. All those positive experiences, we have been through during the course of our life that contributed to the kind of person that we are today could be attributed to the… Read more“Becoming merciful-A psycho-spiritual perspective”

Parent-child relationship and development of positive attitude in children towards life   Introduction Psychologists like Bowlby and Ainsworth who studied the infant’s early relationship with the parents, mother in particular, have given much emphasis on the secure or safe relationship experience of infant with its mother and the mental representations… Read more“Parent-child relationship and development of positive attitude in children towards life”

Suffering and growth-a psycho-spiritual perspective. Introduction There has been increased attention in the recent times, on the positive outcome stemming from traumatic experiences. Studies done posttraumatic experiences reveal that there is a potential for trauma to create transformative experiences in some individual that have been reported as positive and valued(Sheikh,… Read more“Suffering and growth-a psycho-spiritual perspective.”

Becoming merciful-A psycho-spiritual perspective Introduction. The term ‘mercy’, can be understood as an attitude of loving kindness or compassion.All those positive experiences, we have been through during the course of our life that contributed to the kind of person that we are today could be attributed to the acts of… Read more“Becoming merciful-A psycho-spiritual perspective”