Dialoque with family or with family maps? Some remarks on the traps of the need-adapted treatment

The paper presents the limitations of the integrated need-adapted treatment of persons suffering from psychotic disorders. Basing on the story of one inpatient and his not effective treatment, some presuppositions of the...

Kryzysy życiowe z perspektywy krótkoterminowej psychoterapii dynamicznej

Autorka przedstawia rozumienie dynamiki rozwoju reakcji kryzysowej z perspektywy podejścia psychodynamicznego oraz daje wskazówki, jak je wykorzystać w terapii krótkoterminowej. Wskazuje na znaczenie pracy nad gniewem i...

Normal and abnormal development of mentalization and development of borderline personality disorder as mentalization dysfunction in the context of development of attachment relation

Eileithyia in a delivery room. The importance of regression and aggression in childbirth compared to delivery obstacles.

ObjectivesThe aim of the article is to present the psychological dynamics of natural childbirth. The main issue is the phenomenon of psychical regression as a process that facilitates the experience and the course of del...

Irrationality in the psychotherapy

Summary Theories and practice of psychotherapy are mostly based on irrational thinking. This is hardly correlated with the great impact of irrationality in the modern culture. Not only some unscientific concepts, like t...