great deal in decreasing instances of miscommunication. A key point to note is: conflict is inevitable in all human relationships and no marriage is without conflict; however, successful relationships arise out of effective conflict resolution or management. I am aware of the deep affection you both hold for one another, which will undoubtedly aid you in weathering any storms in your relationship. I intend for this letter to guide you on obstacles to effective communication, ways to surmount them, use of communication for self-improvement and improvement of your significant other, interpersonal conflict resolution via communication, and influence of cultures and genders on communication.
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in relationships.
Almodovar has a gift for capturing the complexities of human relationships. Using his unconventional storytelling style, Almodovar shows how human relationships are the essence of life, which is why… Continue Reading...
Path to Love, Chopra helps readers distinguish between the superficialities of human relationships and the deeper, underlying love that translates to compassion, kindness, and selflessness Love that is selfish and tied to conditions is not true love at all: something that most readers understand on an intellectual level. Chopra shows genuine… Continue Reading...
therapeutic relationship. In fact, Rogers also believed that all satisfying human relationships are based on unconditional positive regard (McLeod, 2014). There are no external or absolute definitions of unconditional positive regard; rather, Rogers understood that each person would perceive their relationships and interactions with others differently. Likewise, Rogers as well as Maslow understood the importance of the individual’s personal experiences for achieving self-actualization. Self-actualization is not just the goal of therapy but arguably the goal of the individual’s life, from the humanistic point of view. Maslow developed the needs hierarchy to frame the concept of self-actualization, showing how individuals at… Continue Reading...
as a method in some of his research on human relationships and the mutual construction of social meaning (Moreira, 2010). There are tremendous benefits in the theoretical viewpoint of phenomenology, but its abstraction and lack of scientific methodologies make it limited in scope and application.
References
Giorgi, A. (1971). Duquesne Studies in Phenomenological Psychology. DOI: 10.5840/dspp197114
Moreira, V. (2010). From person-centered to humanistic-phenomenological psychotherapy. Peson-centered and experiential psychotherapies 11(1): 48-63.
Scalambrino, F. (n.d.). Phenomenological psychology. Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy. https://www.iep.utm.edu/phen-psy/
Wertz, F.J. (2005). Phenomenological research methods for counseling psychology. Journal of Counseling Psychology 52(2): 167-177.
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other hand, men are depicted as more active than women, they are adventurous, powerful, involved in human relationships and generally sexually aggressive. To the contrary, the female gender is largely depicted as sex objects who are often young, naïve, dependent, incompetent and dumb. The female characters are often seen to devote their time making their physical appearance attractive to the men, they are subjects to the men. They are also seen to devote time and energy in taking care of the home and caring after people. On the contrary, men are depicted as having larger life goals, competently providing for the family and not overly concerned… Continue Reading...
of which show how attachment experiences are central to the evolution of fundamental social needs, such as trust in human relationships and the creation of sustainable connections with other people.
Attachment Theory: Bowlby
Bowlby’s attachment theory shows how attachment behaviors and experiences in early childhood can have lasting effects. The Bowlby theory has shown that it is not necessarily the attachment to a biological parent that matters, but an attachment to any caregiver who meets the infant or child’s critical needs. Bowlby’s theories have had a major impact on laws and public policy regarding how children should be treated (Mossler, 2014). Bowlby proposed four stages or phases of attachment:… Continue Reading...
for human relationships.
As Tenney Davis points out, it is Hamlet’s mother’s re-marriage so soon after the funeral of his father, that derails Hamlet from the beginning: “the young intellectual, sorrowing for the death of his father, very naturally developed a psychosis under the influence of his mother’s unseemly second marriage” (629). This psychosis is of course exacerbated by the appearance of the ghost of his dead father, which urges the young man to take action against his murderer—his mother’s new husband. So what was already a knife in his heart… Continue Reading...
