Psychology is a subsystem within a larger socially, politically and historically constructed reality. This is at least my understanding of psychology. In my mind we need a psychology for us Iranian that enables us comprehend our everyday life, behaviors, thoughts, and emotions. Every culture has their own cultural psychology to define the most significant aspect…
Author: Poran Poregbal
My name is Poran Poregbal. I am a licenced - registered clinical counsellor and registered social worker. My practice of counselling psychology is based on a culturally and trauma-informed basis. I am offering individual and couple counselling sessions.
I am offering treatment for symptoms of Emotional Disorders such as Anxiety, Depression, Obsession, Phobia, Trauma, and Post Trauma Stress.
In my practice of Counselling Psychology, I do pay attention to my client's history, sense of self, level of motivation for change, resiliency level and the existence of past traumas in life. At times, a couple of sessions of clinical counselling helps individuals to appreciate their patterns of thinking, feeling, and behaving. We can learn to understand the meaning of our emotions and to develop kindness to ourselves. Change of habits and mindset requires hard work; Still possible.
Imposed Culture of Grief
To investigate our Iranian mind we need to recognize some important factors. A general emotional discomfort is what we clinicians see going on among our people from Iran. Why? Well, there are thousands of reasons, to explore one of them we can talk about the prevailing existence of grief in our culture. Grief, sorrow, pain,…
A Flashback
Back in the 1980s, as a new immigrant in a European country, everywhere I went, people liked to discern my whereabouts. When I said I was a Persian-Iranian woman, the next question was how come I had chosen to live in that particular country. My first impression of these types of strangers questioning me was…
Long Distance Divorce Causes Distress
Now that immigration has turned out to be a way of life among us Iranians, then long distance marriages and long distance divorces are becoming all more widespread. We live in a world, when long distance relationships become all common. When this relationship leads to the union of the two persons, then there are certain…
Halloween Can Trigger Trauma
Halloween is a time when people dress up to something they admire, fear, or like. This is a time when you expect to enjoy the physical transformation,although in a superficial way. You pretend being a character maybe close to your heart or maybe something that challenges you. You like to convey a message or to…