Seasonal Affective Disorder: SAD
Seasonal affective disorder: SAD The change in weather and the amount of sunshine each day does effect peoples mood. A way person’s mood is impacted is determined by energy levels...
What is Schizophrenia?
What is Schizophrenia? Schizophrenia is a severe long-term mental health condition. Doctors refer to schizophrenia as a type of psychosis. This means that the person may not always be...
What is Love?
The above figure shows that different combinations characterize seven types of love (plus non-love which is the absence of all three). Let’s look at each one of these combinations more...
Stigma- Mental health
There is quite a fair amount of misunderstanding about various mental health disorders. A common misunderstanding of the diagnosis ‘schizophrenia’ is thought of having multiple personalities, however, this is an...
Ikiagi- “A Reason For Being”
Ikigai – (ee-key-guy) A new decade is upon us. Probably most of are trying to focus and keep our new year resolutions which involves a positive consequence on life. Perhaps...
THE IMPORTANCE OF CHILD THERAPY
Childhood is an important landmark in every person’s life. Anything that happens in that stage has a direct impact on how they behave later in adulthood. The quality of the...
How to make a speech under pressure!
We all have moments in our life where we need to perform under pressure. Sometimes it can be as small as speaking in a parents teacher conference, or getting your...
How to stay positive under pressure
We have moment of our lives where we are put under pressure. We want to perform our best and can self-disclose of a recent experience of being out under pressure,...
Managing stress
I often see patients and clients state that they are stressed. I always ask what does that mean? What is stress to them? So what I have learnt to each...
Smile Smile Smile
Smiling is something very important for your mental health The importance of smiling for wellbeing is essential. A smile can change your outlook in life, can change a persons mood...