NEEDLEWORK AS PSYCHOTHERAPY

The direction “needlework as psychotherapy” originates in ancient times, when there were no psychologists and psychotherapists, but there were problems of relationships, emotional states, personality.
How did their decision come about?
In those days, problems were solved by self-help, highlighting an additional effect in some previously familiar business, for example, a woman noted that when sewing, she calms down, experiences positive emotions.
It was not without insight (sudden insight) and female intuition.
Psychological possibilities of needlework
Increasing self-esteem. In the process of needlework, a woman acts as a designer, creator, and creating something new beautiful with her own hands increases self-esteem – “I can, I did it, it’s beautiful!”
Balance and tranquility. Modern scientific research has confirmed the hunches and observations of people about the positive impact of manual labor on the emotional state, and the development of fine motor skills also contributes to the development of certain parts of the brain.
Feeling of your own uniqueness. And once again we will return to self-esteem and touch it from the other side. A woman creates a masterpiece in a single copy, and whatever it is, there is no such thing anymore, it is one and only for her. “I did it and this work is mine, it is exclusive and breathes with individuality, it is in a single copy and only with me.” And how does she feel, how does she feel?
Positive emotions – joy, delight, pleasure. When creating something new, creative abilities and creativity are activated, and this, in turn, brings a stream of positive emotions of different amplitudes.
Femininity. When needleworking, every woman realizes that she is a “woman”, the qualities inherent in a man disappear – activity, assertiveness, striving for a goal, and in their place comes tenderness, calmness and this awakens femininity!
Activation of personal resources. And here the task already follows – “And what, your personal resources, so necessary for a woman, does needlework activate?”
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Choose for yourself the type of needlework, if it’s difficult to do it, or you don’t like manual labor at all, it’s not a problem, remember what you loved in childhood (this is a very resourceful period) – sew dresses for dolls, embroider, knit with your grandmother and mother, or maybe draw and write down;
Think, imagine, fantasize, how can your business be endowed with psychological meaning? An example from practice – “I worked with the help of kinesiology and tested for my friend a type of needlework to find peace of mind – knitting falls out, and we analyze together – what to connect and how to give this action a certain psychological strength, as a result – knits a scarf from blue yarn as a symbol of dreams and happiness”, etc.