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’.
There is, currently, a mental health crisis among young people in the UK – with or without the additional impact of COVID-19. Given that the majority of mental health problems develop by the age of 24, university students are already a group at high risk of having mental health problems. British universities are experiencing a surge in student anxiety, mental…
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…