Doubts about the choice of theoretical approach in psychology are frequent. Like any choice, we can choose on impulse or consciously and with reflection. The purpose of this text is to help in choosing the latter type. To do so, it makes it easier if we make an analogy. Imagine for a few moments that your cell phone is broken ...

In order to expand the initial proposal of Perls, Hefferline and Goodman (1951/1997) presented in the book gestalt therapythe couple Polster & Polster wrote a chapter of the book integrated gestalt therapy about contact boundaries. In chapter 5, they begin talking about how they understand contact for Gestalt Therapy (GT), stating that “it is only through the function of contact ...

In what is called ‘operant extinction’, a response becomes less and less frequent when reinforcement no longer takes place. 🇧🇷SKINNER, 1953, p.69). Hello friends! It is very common to realize how it is not so simple to create a new habit and, at the same time, how difficult it can be to end an old habit. In behavioral psychology, we ...

Hello friends! A question I frequently receive here on the site is whether psychology is saturated with professionals. Many, many times, the question comes along the following lines: “I really want to study psychology, I believe that psychology has everything to do with me, I identify with the disciplines, with acting, but I am afraid to graduate and not have ...

A text of reflection on the question “who am I?” Hello friends! A question that pervades life is: “who am I?” In this text, we are going to talk about some possible answers, hence the title the true self and the other selves. The self as narrative It may seem strange to say that we have more than one self ...

Thinking your own thoughts is one of the factors that makes the human mind something amazing. Even though it is an endless process (since we can think the thought we thought of the thought we were thinking) it is a creative act, an act that creates our world. We can use this way – think a thought and rethink the ...

As a tribute to Steve Jobs, I would like to transcribe an excerpt from his Standford speech. Despite the differences, this speech reminded me of CG Jung’s thoughts on the Path of Each One The whole speech is very interesting, especially the final passages where he reflects on life and the fact that we don’t have all the time in ...

Hello friends! Continuing our Free Storytelling Course, today we are going to talk about one more important aspect in any and all stories, which is the relationship between causes and effects. While stories capture our curiosity for emotion, our rational nature also demands that the narrative be logical. We are not going to enter here into a philosophical discussion about ...

Hello friends! This week, I was invited by Jornal Diário de Sorocaba, in São Paulo, to answer some questions about the Depression. Although these are general questions and the answers are brief, I think they are important questions and can be helpful with key questions. Therefore, I share with you: 1) Although the causes that motivate depression are very broad, ...

According to Leitão (apud NOCE, 2002, p. 221), “the concept of leadership is related to that of personality, in which the leader is defined as the individual who has the greatest number of desirable traits of personality and character.” Coach Boone (black) when joining the team decides to hold a concentration with the players (white and black) throughout the concentration ...