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SHERVAN K SHAHHIAN
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Pre-Marital Counseling, explained:
Pre-marital counseling is a short-term, structured form of counseling that helps couples prepare for marriage by strengthening communication, clarifying expectations, and identifying potential areas of conflict before they become entrenched. What it typically focuses on Communication patterns — how you talk, argue, repair, and listen Conflict resolution — managing disagreements without escalation or withdrawal Values & beliefs — religion/spirituality, meaning, worldview dif
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2 hours ago1 min read
Hypnagogia vs Dissociative Imagery vs Intuition, explained:
Here’s a clean differential framework that separates hypnagogia, dissociative imagery, and intuition across state of consciousness, control, phenomenology, and clinical/psi relevance . 1. Hypnagogic Imagery (Sleep–wake threshold phenomena) State Transitional: waking → sleep (theta-dominant) Reduced executive control Time distortion common Phenomenology Vivid images, faces, scenes, symbols Often cinematic or fragmentary Can include voices, geometric patterns, flashes Emotiona
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2 hours ago2 min read
Damasio’s Somatic Marker Hypothesis, explained:
Damasio’s Somatic Marker Hypothesis explains how bodily states guide decision-making, especially under uncertainty. Core idea When we face choices, our brain automatically reactivates body-based signals (somatic markers) linked to past experiences. These signals bias us toward or away from options before conscious reasoning finishes. In short: The body “tags” experiences with emotional–physiological markers that help the mind decide. What are somatic markers ? Somatic
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Dec 29, 20252 min read
Embodied Knowing, explained:
Embodied knowing refers to knowledge that arises through the body rather than through conscious, verbal, or purely cognitive reasoning . It is a form of intelligence that is felt, sensed, enacted, and lived, often preceding language or explicit thought. Core idea The body knows before the mind explains. This knowing shows up as sensations, impulses, tensions, movements, emotions, or visceral “yes/no” signals that carry meaning — even when you can’t yet articulate why. Key cha
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Dec 28, 20252 min read
Understanding Somatic Intuition:
Somatic intuition is the body’s capacity to sense, register, and communicate information before it is fully verbalized or cognitively processed . It’s often experienced as a felt sense rather than a thought. From a psychological and neurobiological perspective, it reflects bottom-up processing — signals arising from the nervous system, viscera, and interoceptive networks that inform awareness. What somatic intuition feels like It can show up as: A tightening or softening in t
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Dec 27, 20252 min read
Strengths-Based Psychotherapist, who are they:
A Strengths-Based Psychotherapist is a clinician who centers therapy on a person’s capacities, resilience, adaptive intelligence, and existing resources, rather than defining the client primarily by symptoms, deficits, or pathology. Core Principles 1. Symptoms Are Adaptations, Not Defects A strengths-based therapist understands that: Anxiety = heightened threat detection Dissociation = protective attentional control Hypervigilance = survival-optimized perception Emotional num
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Dec 27, 20252 min read
Non-Ordinary Perception, What is it:
Non-ordinary perception refers to ways of perceiving that fall outside everyday, consensus sensory experience — yet are recognized across psychology, neuroscience, anthropology, and consciousness studies. What “Non-Ordinary Perception” Means It describes perceptual experiences that arise when the nervous system operates outside its default predictive mode. These experiences may involve: Altered sensory integration Expanded internal imagery Reduced filtering of subtle signals
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Dec 26, 20252 min read
Somatic Intuition, what is it:
Somatic intuition refers to knowing through the body — information, signals, or guidance that arise as physical sensations before or without conscious reasoning. It’s not mystical by default, nor purely cognitive; it sits at the intersection of enteroception, interception, memory, and meaning. What it feels like Somatic intuition often shows up as: A tightness or ease in the chest or gut Sudden warmth, chills, or heaviness A felt “pull” toward or away from something A quiet
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Dec 26, 20252 min read
Trauma Psychology, explained:
Trauma Psychology is the field of psychology that studies how overwhelming experiences affect the mind, brain, body, identity, and relationships —especially when those experiences exceed a person’s capacity to cope at the time. 1. What Makes an Experience “Traumatic”? Trauma is not defined by the event , but by the nervous system’s response . An experience becomes traumatic when: The person feels overwhelmed Escape or protection feels impossible The nervous system cannot com
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Dec 24, 20252 min read
Black-and-white thinking under stress, explained:
Black-and-white thinking under stress (also called dichotomous thinking) is a very common cognitive response when the nervous system is overloaded. What it looks like Under stress, the mind collapses complexity into extremes: All good / all bad Success / total failure Safe / dangerous Right / wrong For me / against me Nuance, gray areas, and uncertainty feel intolerable. Why stress triggers it When stress is high, the brain shifts into survival mode : Prefrontal cortex (flexi
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Dec 24, 20252 min read
Trauma-Based Phenomena, explained:
Trauma-Based Phenomena refers to psychological, emotional, somatic, cognitive, and relational experiences that originate as adaptive survival responses to overwhelming or chronic stress , rather than as primary pathology. From a trauma-informed lens, these phenomena are expressions of nervous-system learning, not defects. Below is a structured overview , integrating contemporary trauma psychology, somatic theory, and clinical practice. 1. Core Principle Trauma is not what hap
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Dec 24, 20252 min read
Lucid Heart Therapy, what is it:
Lucid Heart Therapy refers to a specific therapy practice and counseling/coaching that combines transpersonal hypnotherapy, NLP (Neuro-Linguistic Programming), and transformational counseling to help individuals unlock their potential, overcome emotional blocks, and create positive change in their lives. What It Is Therapeutic Approach: The practice offers advanced Transpersonal Hypnotherapy and NLP (techniques that work with subconscious patterns, beliefs, and emotional cond
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Dec 22, 20251 min read
Stored Somatically Psychotic-Like Symptoms, explained:
Yes, psychotic-like symptoms can be stored and expressed somatically, especially in the context of trauma, chronic stress, or nervous-system dysregulation. This is a well-recognized phenomenon in trauma psychology and does not automatically indicate a primary psychotic disorder. What “Somatically Stored Psychotic-Like Symptoms” Means These symptoms arise when overwhelming experiences are encoded in the body rather than integrated symbolically or narratively. When re-activate
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Dec 17, 20252 min read
Psychopathology and Trauma, the connection:
Psychopathology and Trauma are deeply interconnected. Trauma is one of the most powerful contributors to the development, expression, and course of many psychological disorders. 1. What Is the Relationship? Trauma (especially early, chronic, or interpersonal trauma) can: Trigger psychopathology Shape symptom presentation Worsen severity and chronicity Complicate diagnosis and treatment In many cases, what appears as “psychopathology” is actually the mind adapting to overwhelm
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Dec 17, 20252 min read
The difference between Law Enforcement Psychology and Forensic Psychology:
Here’s a clear and simple breakdown of Law Enforcement Psychology vs. Forensic Psychology , since they’re often confused but serve different functions: Law Enforcement Psychology Focus: Supporting the well-being, performance, and decision-making of police and other law-enforcement personnel. What it deals with: Psychological screening for police applicants Fitness-for-duty evaluations Counseling officers (stress, trauma, burnout, PTSD) Crisis negotiation and crisis inter
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Dec 10, 20251 min read
Law Enforcement Psychology, explained:
Law Enforcement Psychology is a specialized branch of psychology focused on understanding and improving the mental, emotional, and behavioral functioning of law enforcement professionals, as well as supporting the communities they serve. It blends clinical psychology, occupational psychology, and forensic psychology. Here’s a clear breakdown: 1. What Law Enforcement Psychology Covers A. Selection & Hiring Developing psychological tests for police applicants Evaluating traits
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Dec 10, 20252 min read
Trading Psychology, explained:
Trading Psychology refers to the mental and emotional factors that influence how traders make decisions, manage risk, and respond to market conditions. It is often more important than strategy or technical skill, because even the best system fails if the trader cannot execute it consistently. Below is a clear overview. Core Elements of Trading Psycholog y 1. Emotional Regulation Markets trigger strong emotions: Fear → leads to hesitation, panic selling, or exiting too early G
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Dec 9, 20252 min read
Understanding Risk Intelligence:
Risk intelligence is the ability to accurately identify, interpret, and respond to risks — not just by gathering data, but by making sound judgments under uncertainty. It blends psychology, critical thinking, and strategic awareness. Here’s a clear, practical breakdown: What Risk Intelligence Actually Means Risk intelligence is your capacity to answer two questions accurately: What is going on? (Perception: noticing signals, patterns, early warnings) What should I do about it
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Dec 9, 20252 min read
Understanding Strategic Psychology:
Strategic Psychology is the application of psychological principles, methods, and insights to high-stakes decision-making, threat assessment, influence, foresight, and complex systems. It sits at the intersection of psychology, strategy, risk intelligence, behavioral science, and geopolitics. Think of it as psychology with consequences — used to understand how people, groups, or systems behave under uncertainty, pressure, and conflict. What Is Strategic Psychology? Strategic
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Dec 4, 20252 min read
Understanding Intuitive Data Interpretation:
Intuitive data interpretation refers to using non-analytical , pattern-recognizing, often subconscious capacities to make sense of information. It’s not about guessing, it’s about using rapid, experience-driven pattern detection that your mind performs beneath conscious awareness. Psychologist and some who are deeply involved in CRV, altered states, and symbolic analysis, might recognize that intuitive interpretation blends cognitive, perceptual, and sometimes archetypal pro
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Nov 30, 20252 min read
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