by Gioele Cedro and Sharon Puccio
Psychologists
www.psicologitirreno.it
Never move the soul without the body, nor the body without the soul, so that by defending each other, these two parts maintain their balance and their health.
Plato (428 BC – 348 BC)
Today we know, through in-depth studies and research, that body and mind are connected and interact with each other. If one of the two suffers automatically the other suffers. This is why we at Exerens want to give you support that satisfies both body and mind.
Giving the right importance to the mind is fundamental because, at times, it plays tricks on us by altering our well-being. Sometimes even a single meeting is enough to find useful tools to solve a recent or past problem or to overcome a momentary difficulty in order to reach a future goal.
Single session therapy is a well-structured psychological intervention method with a long history behind it, through which psychologist and client collaborate in order to obtain the first and most useful tools to deal with the problem. It is called a single session because from the very first moments the psychologist and client work to make the most of the time they have available. It is an intervention that does not seek to dig into the past looking for the cause of the problem, but rather seeks all those resources and strengths of the person and those around him, useful for overcoming the problem. In an accelerated society like ours, we too must go fast and psychology must adapt to modern rhythms. For this reason it is of fundamental importance to offer concrete and immediate help to those who are experiencing difficulties or are going through a complicated period.
There are no secrets or magic that make this possible, but there is the will to work together with the person to create a first small change .
The reason why often a drug or a phytotherapeutic supplement allows the person to improve his health and well-being is that these substances, acting on the brain, slightly modify its characteristics through the restructuring of neuronal connections.
Psychotherapy and psychological therapy are able to modify behavior by building new connections between neurons in different parts of the brain (Carlson, 2002).
Have you ever wondered:
Thanks to the neurologist Damasio, we know that body and mind are “two sides of the same coin”, they influence each other.
This also explains why being in a good mood, feeling capable and having self-confidence, serves to have a higher level of physical energy!
Have you ever seen the domino board game? it is a sort of puzzle with which you try to draw a figure by balancing small vertical bricks side by side.
The beauty of the challenge lies in being able to create a path of bricks without letting them fall, but the goal of the game is precisely to make all the bricks fall in sequence at the right time: without interruptions and all at once.
This is done by gently knocking down only the first small brick; the others will in turn fall under the failure of the previous one, which will go over the next, thus continuing the chain until the form is shown from another perspective.
The first goal of single session therapy is therefore to initiate this domino effect, that is, to create a first, small change, which can lead the person to face and solve the problem in total autonomy.
To all people who would like to find a way to manage a problem or difficulty at a specific time in their life. It is not important how big, cumbersome or old the problem is, but how much motivation the person feels they can have in solving it. Single session therapy is also useful for people who for specific reasons cannot completely solve the problem, in these cases the psychologist and the client will try to find alternative strategies that will allow the person to change the point of view regarding the problem.
In the case of children and young people less willing to work on the problem, indirect therapy is implemented. The psychologist works directly with the parents in an atmosphere of collaboration trying to find strategies to be put in place to indirectly help the child, without the latter necessarily passing through the psychologist’s office.
Finding the mind-body balance is therefore essential for individual and social functioning and sometimes the people around us are affected by our behaviors both positively and negatively. Taking care of ourselves is also an act of selflessness towards our friends, family and the people around us. Single session therapy is undoubtedly a way to reach the desired energy level and serves to improve oneself to more easily reach a healthy psychophysical balance.
References
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