Haik Petrossian
Psychologist in Hamburg / Blankenese
committed towards professional empathy and systemic thinking with an overall experiential focus.
Our mind is mainly operating in a dual modus, wandering between automatically emerging polarities such as: good or bad, right or wrong, negative or positive, unpleasant or pleasant. Do we have other options?
The pace of our life, a mechanical and partly undisciplined thinking in modern medicine as well as short-sighted common sense psychology - both so called ‘evidence-based’ - accompanied by the digitalisation of our daily routines alienate us from the core issues in private and professional life.
The genuinely technical term 'triggered‘ is now widely used in the frame of human communication. ‘I am triggered by someone or something’ is somehow misleading and deceptive. ‘Evidence-based' mechanical, reactive patterns ignore, that - despite a labelled ‘trigger’ - it will first and foremost remain an individual reaction, that have to be dealt with properly - although it might be easier blaming others.
Nevertheless there is another side to the coin in delivering an indicator regarding a lack of empathy, ownership and self-reflection. Last but not least, all the way long we will be back to ‘square one’: What will be the outcome, if I don’t have an idea what and who am I?
The article ‘On Metamorphosis’ explores the interplay of interaction, change, and stability in personal and organizational contexts, emphasizing the importance of relationships and embodiment in facilitating transformation.
An upcoming workshop in January 2027: ‘Dieses Jahr wird alles anders / This year everything will be different’ https://lnkd.in/p/e3TXs53X
Please, note that Antisemitism and hostility toward the existence of Israel have no place in the professional spaces I create.