“Can we take a moment to listen to what your body is saying right now? What’s happening when we’re talking about that situation? Whatever is happening, what sensations and feelings do you have?’“I’m holding my breath and I don’t know why, I feel tension in the solar plexus and feel as if my shoulders were...
I feel fear, anxiety, light trembling in my body and then the tears come. I give way to them and remain embracing myself; I am here for the little girl inside who feels sadness. As if she were slowly disappearing in the ocean of tears, and I take her into my arms and say: “It’s...
Since I really enjoy working with clients through imagination, I decided to detail the process in an article. What can imagination bring to our lives, how can it be enriching for us and is imagination for everybody? First it is probably good to explain what the word imagination means. The dictionary describes it as the...
“Relax daddy, just breathe deeply into your tummy. Like this: Aaaaa (inhales). Like you’re blowing out a candle. One more time. Take a deep breath into your belly… Daddy, breathe, breathe with me…“ (he actually forgot to breath for a bit:) This is how our three year old daughter instructed her dad when together with her...
A lot of people and clients often ask me what psychotherapy can bring them. It feels to me that the prevailing opinion in our society is that attempting to “heal your soul” is nonsense. That this is not a necessity for life. The conviction that when somebody asks a psychologist or therapist for help, it...
Enjoy these very easy activities with your kids. Drawing and painting is a great way for kids to focus on the instant, to build self-confidence and to relax. Meanwhile, you are spending quality time with your little ones. Don’t be afraid to get dirty … remember that all this is washable. Old clothes, a big...
Would you like your children to be able lead a happy and healthy life since childhood? Would you like to enable and support them in being respectful, honest, emotionally-matured people who are living life to their full potential? Would you like teach them how to healthily embrace their emotions? Imagination is a natural part of...
It is not always easy to be creative and connected to our “source” that is providing us with inspiration and solutions… Sometimes we face periods in our lives when we do not have any problem to create, come up with interesting ideas and thoughts, and perceive a more “colorful” world. But at other times, it...
“Mom, have you finished working? When will you have finished?” “And why, Ady? Are you bored?” “Well, maybe I am. I wanna make the butterflies again.” “Aha. Well, frankly speaking, I don’t much feel like it. You know how Leo is again gonna be completely smudged and I wanted to finish this work.” (I am at a desk...