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What is Cognitive Behavioural Therapy? Can Cognitive Behavioural Therapy help with anxiety and depression?
10 ways to increase happiness Accept responsibility for yourself When you accept that you are where you are in life due to your own choices and stop blaming others for your situation, you begin to feel back in control of your life. You, and …
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder: A Journey From Haven To Hell Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, or OCD is a subject that numerous individuals have a notion about, yet the expression is often misused or misunderstood. Fanatical Compulsive Disorder is portrayed by steady fixations (obsession), joined by impulses …
As the weather turns colder I’ve been noticing people are getting a hell of a lot grumpier. More car horns, more fights, more nitpicking. Covid-19 might also have something to do with it! Happy people accentuate misery Misery loves company, and it’s really no big …
People who suffer from depression tend to be introspective and don’t manage depression effectively. They attribute all failures to their own shortcomings/inadequacies and all successes are attributed externally. By this, I mean that they often do not give themselves credit for any success in …
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for trauma CBT can be used for all sorts of problems ranging from anxiety, depression to post-traumatic stress disorder. I found this brilliant summary of CBT and have copied it below: The Secret of Overcoming Verbal Abuse: Getting Off the …
There are many common problems that lead to counselling, and the reasons are as varied as the many predicaments and life circumstances that exist for all people. Everyone has something that is causing them some sort of distress. Relationships, a difficult boss, an inability to …
Lack of support for therapists leads to burnout. I believe that there is a flow of energy between people. When we feel irritated, we might project this on to someone else by snapping at them or being grumpy. Energy moves from person to person. That’s …
BetterHelp is one of the largest online counseling platforms that exist today. BetterHelp offers a wide variety and delivering a new way than old fashioned therapy. Many people have started using an online platform such as BetterHelp for their healthcare needs in times like these. …
The effect of trolling via social media on mental health is becoming a modern-day crisis. Social media is a convenient method of harrassing and bullying others in a non-direct way. You don’t have the face your victim directly yet you can express all of your …
Decision making When you are engaged in healthy functioning, your decisions tend to be based on reasonable and realistic variables. If you are depressed or anxious, it is highly likely that your thought processes are unhealthy and possibly even dysfunctional. At times when I have …