Bonding psychotherapy is an intensive form of group therapy with the goal of overcoming the fear of intimacy and rejection. The theory, method and the research results of the bonding psychotherapy are described in this article. The ultimate aim of the bonding psychotherapy is to increase the ability to fulfil the biopsychosocial basic needs, to be able to enter into positive relationships and t...

From an experiential constructivist position, the distinction between the therapist as a person, the therapist’s theory of psychotherapy, and techniques used within the therapy room is, in some ways, forced and arbitrary. Principles of experiential personal construct psychotherapy are presented along with illustrations of the ways many techniques from many other schools of therapy can be used b...

Touch can create a feeling of intimacy and connectedness. In this work we propose feelabuzz, a system to transmit movements of one mobile phone to the vibration actuator of another one. This is done in a direct, non-abstract way, without the use of pattern recognition techniques in order not to destroy the feel for the other. This means that the tactile channel enables direct communication, i. ...

Little research has examined predictors of condom intention within concurrent partnerships. This study examined predictors of intention among 259 male African-American crack smokers with multiple partners. Each participant reported personal condom intention at next sex, condom use self-efficacy, responsibility and outcome expectances for himself and his perceptions for his last two sex partners...

BACKGROUND In the age of communication and media that families are rapidly driven towards using satellite channels and other media, considering family health in this regard is essential. A determinant of health is marital satisfaction. The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between watching satellite channels and intimacy and marital satisfaction in Isfahan, Iran. MATERIALS...

Touch can create a feeling of intimacy and connectedness. This work proposes feelabuzz, a system to transmit movements of one mobile phone to the vibration actuator of another one. This is done in a direct, non-abstract way, without the use of pattern recognition techniques in order not to destroy the feel for the other. The tactile channel enables direct communication, i. e. what another perso...