GM Psychotherapy

08/03/2025

To all the women in my life! ❤️

24/01/2025

It is said that Disney characters display characteristics of psychological disorders. So for my exam 'psychodiagnostics' in May I made a short resume.📃

- Alice in Wonderland: symptoms of schizophrenia disorder. She suffers from a serious impairment of thoughts, beliefs and behaviours. Her symptoms include hallucinations and delusions. 😵‍💫

- Snow White: definitely OCD and she was accompagnied by 7 other disorders. Not to mention her stepmom, a true narcissist. 😱

- Cinderella: CPTSD. Was kept in captivity by her stepmom and psychologically manipulated. Forgetting traumatic events, variations in consciouness, reliving experiences, episodes of dissociation, alterations in relations,... 🧹

- Ariel, the little mermaid: disposophobia, which is defined as the fear of getting rid of things. It falls under the broader heading of a hoarding disorder.🧜‍♀️

- Rapunzel: bipolar disorder. Not able to concentrate. Overwhelming feelings of guilt, worthlessness, helplessness, pessimism. Suffers from insomnia, oversleeps. Is persistently anxious, sad,... the list continues 🪮

Luckily Disney also created some wise inspirational characters ☃️

‼️Any resemblance to existing persons or events is purely coincidental‼️

14/12/2024

Slowly the year 2024 is coming to an end. You may already be thinking about 2025 and what it will bring you. Are you also each year full of new resolutions? This year I am thinking about not having resolutions, but rather have an intention. My intention for 2025 is curiosity. I have almost finished my 4 year education in psychotherapy. At the beginning of this course I thought I was going to extend my knowledge and my experience. Which has happend to a certain level. But what I have come to understand is the more I learn and experience the more I am aware of how less I know. But even more, my curiosity has been triggered. I will keep continue being curious in what my clients have to tell and what they want to share. What drives them, why they experience certain feelings and thoughts. "Curiosity is the wick in the candle of learning".

18/10/2024

I am sure you have heard clichés saying "it's normal that desire disappears after a couple of years in a relationship" or "it's normal you become just friends and intimacy is no longer needed". I don't believe that. What I do believe is that the emotional connection between partners has disappeared and with that the desire for intimacy. Couple therapy can help couples to find that desire again. It's a question of being emotionally receptive to your partner. Both partners need to feel safe in a relationship in order to be open and vulnerable.

Our 1,5 m² skin is our largest sensory organ. The gentle caressing of our skin and the emotions that spark with this gesture, open the road to a loving relationship. In that simple touch two basic instincts converge: sexuality and the need to be held and to be recognized by a special person. Skin to skin contact is the language of sexuality and attachment at the same time. People who lack physical touch are likely to suffer from psychological problems. It seems that with babies and children who lack touching, caressing and being held, the growth of their brain and the development of their emotional intelligence slows down.

Once couple therapy has come to an end, it is important to keep continuing to do the work. Just like learning a language, practice makes you better at speaking and understanding. It's the same with love. Love is labour. 🫂❤️

15/10/2024

Boundaries are not walls

Boundaries end where the world starts. Boundaries keep unhealthy relationships out and allow the right people in. Walls shut everyone out.

Once upon a time in your life, you decided to build walls to protect yourself. Because the people you loved didn’t show up when you needed them. You started to believe no one will ever show up. You experienced the world as ‘not safe’. However during your life, the skills you build to ‘protect’ yourself may not come in need anymore but your brain and nervous system can no longer distinguish whether you still need self-protection or not.

When people consistently show up and show they love and care for you, it is an opportunity to heal and create healthy boundaries.

Are you building walls or creating healthy boundaries?

10/10/2024

I am Graziëlla Maselis, and I am a psychotherapist based in Jávea, Spain. My approach is deeply…

10/10/2024

TODAY IS WORLD MENTAL HEALTH DAY
Guest article by Graziëlla Maselis

I am Graziëlla Maselis, and I am a psychotherapist based in Jávea, Spain. My approach is deeply…