by Shantanu Tilak | Jan 19, 2018 | Counselling, Mental Health, Misconceptions, Stress
The brain has varied ways of coping with different intense emotions. It is often considered or theorized to be well-wired enough to deal with these intense feelings and emerge a balanced individual. However, when we repress our desires to deal with intense emotions...
by Shantanu Tilak | Oct 30, 2017 | Counselling, Mental Health, Misconceptions, Psychology
Walking into a psychology clinic for therapy, you might think ‘I’m here to get the crazy out of me’, or ‘people are going to judge me in a really harsh light if they find out’. We know how it feels. Clients always tend to put the notion...
by Shantanu Tilak | Oct 24, 2017 | Adjustment, Anxiety, Depression, Mental Health, Misconceptions, Psychology, Social Psychology, Stress
We all feel a certain level of enthusiasm and mirth during the festive season. In countries such as India, where collectivist ideologies run supreme, it is but natural for a communal environment to perpetuate during the auspicious times of the year. Families unite to...
by Shantanu Tilak | Sep 20, 2017 | Adjustment, Anxiety, Depression, Existentialism, Mental Health, Misconceptions, Psychology, Social Psychology, Uncategorized
Much is left to be unearthed about the mysterious changes that occur within an individual’s body when they exhibit signs and symptoms of Dissociative Identity Disorder. The signs of this condition are evident when individuals phase in and out of varied...
by Shantanu Tilak | Aug 18, 2017 | Anxiety, Counselling, Existentialism, Industrial psychology, Misconceptions, Relationships, Social Psychology
We’re all control freaks. It’s human tendency to think that every external phenomenon is under our control. We all tend to think sometimes that things are within the range of our influence. When we feel like we are able to control a situation to a certain...
by Shantanu Tilak | Jul 26, 2017 | Adjustment, Anxiety, blog, Counselling, Existentialism, Free Educational Articles, Industrial psychology, Mental Health, Misconceptions, Psychology, Startups, Stress, Workplace Counselling
‘If something is irrational, that means it won’t work; it’s usually unrealistic!’ -Albert Ellis Albert Ellis laid the foundations of Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy in the 1950’s. REBT, as it is often called, is meant to act on the...
