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Art has been used as a means of communication, self-expression, group interaction, diagnosis, and conflict resolution throughout history. For thousands of years, cultures and religions around the world have incorporated the use of carved idols and charms, as well as sacred paintings and symbols, in the healing process. The establishment of art therapy as a unique and publicly accepted therapeutic approach only took place recently, in the mid-20th century.

This book contains strategies on how to maintain your relationship and possibly keep your man from cheating. In marriages and committed relationships, most of us expect the obvious: commitment. Unfortunately, after vowing to forsake all others, many people cheat. Countless studies and real life experience tell us that men are more likely to cheat than women. That's no big secret! There are some things in life that you aren't sure you want to know.

This book contains proven steps and strategies to help you tackle binge eating and bulimia nervosa. It will also help you to develop a healthier relationship with food. Just like binge eaters, sufferers of bulimia nervosa go to great lengths to make up for overeating. Prolonged fasting, excessive exercising, self-induced vomiting, and taking unnecessary laxatives are all symptoms of the illness. Bulimia, more specifically known as bulimia nervosa, is an eating disorder that can if not addressed cause serious damage to the body and mind.

This book contains proven steps and strategies on how to help dissociative trauma survivors avoid self-injury and prevent self-harm. Self -harm is the demonstration of deliberately cutting or ruining one's body which regularly cause scarring or changeless tissue harm. There are a few unique terms which are used to portray self-injury which incorporate self-hurt, self-harmful conduct, self-mutilation, and self-caused viciousness.

This book contains proven steps and strategies on how to feel confident in discussing herpes and enjoy your love life in the context of sexual relationships. Genital herpes as a diagnosis is not a death sentence, but managing and coping with herpes will be an ongoing part of your life. Herpes is no small matter. One in five adults is estimated to have genital herpes, according to the American Social Health Association, and 80% are not aware they contracted the disease.

This book contains proven steps and strategies on how to identify the cause of your hair loss. One example that is discussed is badly done perms, which can have hair lose its normal elasticity, making it brittle, fragile, and prone to breakage. Other side effects of a perm include scalp damage, which can include redness, itching, burning, and peeling. Perm can also stop hair from re-growing, which means some chemicals inhibit new hair growth.

You're about to discover how to plant and take care of indoor and outdoor potted trees. A common method of transplanting small trees, particularly those less than six feet tall, is from a pot. While they may look the same at first glance, there are three different types of potted trees sold. Pot-grown trees are grown in a pot from the seedling stage on. This makes for less transplanting stress since the tree is planted with its original root system intact.

Most people know what anger is, and we've all felt it, whether as a fleeting annoyance or in full rage. Anger is a completely normal, usually healthy, and human emotion. But when it gets out of control and turns destructive, it can lead to problems - problems at work, in your personal relationships, and in the overall quality of your life. And it can makes you feel as though you're at the mercy of an unpredictable and powerful emotion.

Dogs and cats are supposed to be lifelong enemies. Hence the phrase "fighting like cats and dogs." Having always owned both cats and dogs, I find the phrase and the premise to be far more inaccurate than accurate. Of course, we all know that there are those dogs that will simply chase every cat they see and those cats that will never tolerate a dog. However, it has been my experience when handled correctly, the vast majority of dogs and cats can live together. They may not learn to love each other, but they certainly can learn to tolerate each other's presence.

"Everything would be fine if we lived in the same town/state/country" is the common reason many men and women give for a long-distance relationship not working out. Yes, distance can put an enormous strain on a relationship, but claiming that "distance" is the only reason a relationship didn't work out, or cannot work, is putting your hands over your ears and shouting "Land", because the truth is, it's too much to handle.

Everyone has something called "a comfort zone". It's only human for us to do whatever we can to stay in our comfort zone, whether that is cleaning up an office, checking email, or an innumerable number of other things. Your comfort zone will hold you back from achieving your true potential. Look at it another way - every moment you spend doing those things that you're comfortable with could be another moment you spend honing the skills that will drive you to success.

One of the most highly publicized personality disorders is borderline personality disorder (BPD). Research shows that about 11% of people who seek outpatient treatment, and about 19% of those treated in inpatient settings have BPD. And about 74% of those diagnosed with BPD are women. According to the DSM-V, the American Psychological Association's diagnostic manual, in order to diagnose a person with BPD, they must manifest a pervasive pattern of instability in interpersonal relationships, self-image, and affect, accompanied by marked impulsivity.

Before you get started on your regiment, and If you want to reap the benefits of apple cider vinegar, make sure you do it the right way, not just to get all you can out of it, but if not taken correctly instead of it helping your body it can be harmful to you. So no matter what, it is suggested that you always dilute the apple cider vinegar. One to two tablespoons in eight ounces of water, and drink it right before eating, once or twice a day.

This book contains proven steps and strategies on how to determine the difference between mental illness and dementia in the elderly. Dementia is a syndrome characterized by a progressive deterioration of cognitive ability in a previously unimpaired person, and which results in impairment of normal daily functioning. Cognitive function includes memory, intellect, and orientation, thus a person suffering from dementia would have impairment in these various aspects of "cognition".

This book contains several ways you can comfort and care for a dying loved one. At the end of life an essential part of the medical care is comfort care. Comfort care helps or mollifies a person who is dying. Comfort care aims at preventing or relieving suffering as much as possible and it helps in improving the quality of life while respecting the dying person's wishes. Many people have no knowledge about comfort care when someone close to them is dying.

This book contains proven steps and strategies on what you need to know if you love an alcoholic, and help you to assess how serious a drinking problem is. Many health professionals now consider alcoholism to be the largest single medical problem in the US. There may be few outward signs during the early stages of alcoholism. The person may be able to function fairly normally. Some personality changes may be apparent, for example, increasing conflict with family members, and an inability to handle stress.

Relationships are always easy when they first start. Both individuals are on their best behavior. They wear their best clothes, are very polite, and put in a lot of love and effort. But sometimes, despite the initial excitement and all those promises made, things don't go the way they were planned. 

As wine tasting is considered to be a very sophisticated practice, there is a particular etiquette you have to follow. This etiquette should remain the same whether you are at a vineyard, wine tasting private party, or in a restaurant.

This audiobook contains proven steps and strategies on how to practice mindfulness to reduce anxiety. Regardless of the possibility that you will need therapy or treatment (medication or not), practicing mindfulness for your anxiety can help tremendously. Approximately 100 million adults across the globe between ages 18-54 experience anxiety disorders. A number that just can't be disregarded, and we need to understand this to be a primary concern because this number only includes diagnosed cases.

Among the first milestones in anger management classes is pinpointing what your anger triggers are. This simply means analyzing your day-to-day life and checking for conditions or features in people who may have you seeing red, sometimes on a fairly good day. As well as acknowledging you have anger management issues. Knowing specifically what triggers set you off are very important should you wish to explore ways to control yourself in certain situations.