Having recently read yet another report which highlights the dangers of taking certain medication which is being prescribed by some doctors to help patients cope with their anxiety, I feel compelled to write about the greater benefits of undertaking Cognitive Behavioural Therapy instead.
Having recently read yet another report which highlights the dangers of taking certain medication which is being prescribed by some doctors to help patients cope with their anxiety, I feel compelled to write about the greater benefits of undertaking Cognitive Behavioural Therapy instead.
As part of Mental Health Awareness Month, I am working with Philippa Smith – talking about anxiety and how it affects both humans and animals.
This month of May is Mental Health Awareness Month and this week (beginning 15 May) is Mental Health Awareness Week. The official theme this year, as set by the Mental Health Foundation, is ‘anxiety’.
How many couples are approaching Christmas with an increasing feeling of dread and anxiety, as their arguments increase and the tension and stress causes daily conflict? Relationships in crisis? As a couples/relationship counsellor, I know that there are very few relationships where there is never any conflict. Most couples will have the occasional fall-out over something which seems quite trivial…
Are you aware that 5-year old children are prescribed anti-depressants! Alarm bells are ringing! There has been a rather worrying increase in the number of children and adolescents taking anti-depressants. Do we really believe that our failure to address toxic loneliness, unhappiness, depression and isolation in our children and young people (especially during this past 15 months) can be solved…
Are you one of those people, under 25 years old, who have been suffering from increased stress, anxiety and depression under the COVID-19 restrictions? It transpires that young people have suffered more with mental health issues over the last few months than any other age group, according to a far-reaching study that has scrutinised the effects of the pandemic on…
COVID-19 anxiety and isolation stress is driving more and more people to drink alcohol at dangerous levels! You need to be aware that this is a very real problem right now. Are you one of those people affected? Drinking increasing amounts of alcohol since the initial lockdown in March, 2020, has led to some people adopting dangerous habits that risk…
Finally, after 15 weeks in lock-down, people were allowed to go to the hairdressing salons and barber shops, to the pub and to restaurants again last Saturday, 4 July. This felt like a massive relief and a return to freedom and some kind of ‘normality’ again. However, we must not forget that, for many people who have been going without…
As a counsellor/psychotherapist working in private practice, I have seen a marked increase over the past year in the number of younger children and teenagers who have a variety of anxiety and other mental health issues. I am writing this article simply to point out that these children and young people need help straight away, when they have asked for…