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Notes on counselling

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Omnipresence in healing
Notes on counsellingVolume 21, Issue 3

Omnipresence in healing

By Dr. Soumitra BasuOct 15, 2013

This article talks about the effects of the multi-natured character of life in counselling. All scientific and spiritual disciplines seem to recognise that the whole includes its parts and what…

Dementia — personal encounters
Notes on counsellingVolume 21, Issue 3

Dementia — personal encounters

By Dr. Soumitra BasuOct 15, 2013

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Progressive perfection
Notes on counsellingVolume 21, Issue 2

Progressive perfection

By Dr. Soumitra BasuJul 15, 2013

The urge for perfection can become a stressor in life requiring counselling intervention. This article uses a Ramayana narrative to explain the metapsychology of perfection. The resistance of worldly…

The value of introspection
Notes on counsellingVolume 20, Issue 4

The value of introspection

By Dr. Soumitra BasuJan 15, 2013

We live in a world where we are constantly bombarded from all sides so that the concept of seclusion has become an anathema in our global village. The era of abject materialism and glorified hedonism…

The malady of the impersonality of ethics
Notes on counsellingVolume 20, Issue 2

The malady of the impersonality of ethics

By Dr. Soumitra BasuJul 15, 2012

Dr. Soumitra Basu, a practising psychiatrist, is the Director of a new school of psychology, the Mira Vision Trust. He is also one of the editors of NAMAH.