Author Archives: Alexander Draghici
Alexander Draghici is a licensed Clinical Psychologist, CBT practitioner and co-founder at psycheguide.com. His work focuses mainly on strategies designed to help people manage and prevent two of the most common mental issues – anxiety and depression.
My career as a therapist began with a setback. After about twenty sessions, my first ever client stopped showing up to our weekly sessions and never replied to my texts. To this day, I have absolutely no idea why he chose to ghost me. And what makes it worse is that, in moments like these, […]
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We all have our “couch potato” moments. I’m talking about those days when all you want to do is veg out in front of the TV or spend hours mindlessly scrolling through social media. Sometimes, we do it despite knowing there’s a list of tasks that need to be completed by the end of the […]
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Trust is one of the fundamental pillars of happy and healthy relationships. Trust creates a sense of comfort that you share with your significant other and gives you the confidence to envision a future together. Even though there’s no telling what the future holds, trust helps you find reasons to believe that what you two […]
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When I first heard of compassion fatigue, I thought it was just another pretentious term for people who mismanage their emotional investments. I couldn’t have been more wrong. After some revealing discussions with a couple of friends who were all working in the medical field, my perspective changed significantly. But it wasn’t until I started […]
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Whether you’re an introvert, extravert, or somewhere in between, the way you go about your daily activities depends on a finite amount of mental and physical energy. However, when it comes to spending and recharging their batteries, introverts and extroverts function quite differently. Take social interactions, for example. While extroverts thrive around other people, introverts […]
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Communication is a vital aspect of my job. I would go so far as to say that my training and expertise as a therapist amount to nothing without good communication skills. Communication allows me to cultivate empathy, achieve a profound understanding of my client’s needs, convey my knowledge in a useful manner, and build a […]
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