Many think they have to manage Depression for life A larger proportion of the population than ever are diagnosed with depression. Many take medication and seek counselling or support groups and many other types of therapeutic help and may be in and out of treatment or...
Many people suffer with depression. It’s almost like an epidemic. My question is what causes depression and is it possible to come out of it and if so how? Medical people will tell you that clinically depressed people have a specific marker in their blood, but...
Those of you who are not in the counselling psychotherapy industry may wonder “what is supervision and why it is necessary?” People who help people often have a big heart and are very susceptible to ‘burn out’. We take on a lot and have a tendency to carry others and...
Is supervision necessary? If you are a counsellor, psychotherapist or hypnotherapist you are required to receive regular supervision for the whole of your professional life. This is necessary if you are to be insured and registered with an approved counselling...
We live at a time where it is increasingly acceptable for people to reveal their suffering of anxiety or depression. Many would say that at last there is a movement to erase the stigma of mental illness. You would think that such a problem recognised would be a...
There is a belief coming largely from the medical model of mental health that little can be done with many mental health conditions other than symptom management with Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and medication. While I agree that a system of management is preferable...
