by San Jose Counseling Therapist | Sep 11, 2023 | Counseling, Depression, Psychological Development, Psychotherapy, Therapy |
Jungian psychotherapy—also known as Jungian analysis and analytic psychotherapy—is an approach to therapy that originated with the ideas of Carl Jung, a Swiss psychiatrist. Jung believed that dreams are not just a random jumble of associations or repressed wish...
by San Jose Counseling Therapist | Aug 14, 2023 | Counseling, Depression, Psychological Development, Psychotherapy |
Psychosynthesis is a therapeutic approach that focuses on personal growth and development. Practitioners of psychosynthesis believe individuals need to synthesize various aspects of the self to become more evolved and self-actualized. Psychosynthesis was developed by...
by San Jose Counseling Therapist | Apr 12, 2022 | Counseling, Happiness, Psychological Development, Psychotherapy, Therapy |
People who are optimistic tend to be happier and in better health than those who are persistently stressed, hostile, or pessimistic. A sense of optimism, demonstrated in the way an individual explains the causes of daily events, has been shown to protect health,...
by San Jose Counseling Therapist | Jan 27, 2017 | Counseling, Emotions, Psychological Development, Relationships |
Robert Plutchik was a psychologist who developed a psychoevolutionary theory of emotion, considered one of the most influential classification approaches for general emotional responses. Plutchik suggested that there were eight basic emotions; anger, fear, sadness,...
by San Jose Counseling Therapist | Jan 6, 2016 | Anxiety Treatment, Depression, Motivation, Psychological Development |
Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs is a theory of psychological development developed by Abraham Maslow in a 1943 paper entitled “A Theory of Human Motivation.” Over the span of his career as a psychologist, Maslow expanded on his original idea to include his observations of...
