Saturday 16-01-2021
I am Ayesha, 29 years old, mother of a 4-year-old son, Ayush. We live in a joint family and my husband is in the family business. My problem is that my mother-in-law is constantly interfering in all my activities. I could…
Saturday 09-01-2021
Nita is a 42-year-old housewife who has been diagnosed with cancer of the uterus with extensive metastasis throughout her internal organs. She has been apprised of her situation and advised that she would probably have about 1 year of life…
Memory for students
I am Gauri Rampal, a student of the 12th class. I am facing the board exams and I am unable to remember what I have studied. This is the most important year of my academic career. Please give a few tips…
Memory improvement
Please give some tips for memory improvement. If one works at it, an incredible amount of information can be retained in memory. Experts in any fields have excellent memories for material in their areas of proficiency. The more one…
Defense mechanisms 3
This is the last in the series of outlining the defense mechanisms that a person may use in day to day activities and that also define his problems. Displacement is shifting of an emotion from one idea or object to…
Defense Mechanisms 2
Last week we looked at the mature defense mechanisms that allow a person to live at the optimum adaptation of life. However, there are many defenses that reflect a person’s pathology. Denial is avoiding the awareness of some painful aspect…
Defense Mechanisms
Stress is ubiquitous in our lives. We counter the stressors in our life through defense mechanisms. For a high adaptive level of life, there should be an optimal handling of stressors through mature defense mechanisms. These defenses usually maximize gratification…
Adolescent Questions
I am Jignesh Mehta, a 42 year old businessman. My son, Sunay, 14 years old was a very quiet and well adjusted child till about 6-9 months back. Since then he has started asking me a lot of questions. I…
Adolescent Quarrels
I am Shirish Raval, a 46 year old chartered accountant. My wife Reshma, 43 years old works as a bank manager in a multinational bank. My son Rhythm, 16 years old, studies in 12th standard commerce. Since the past 3 years,…