Mandy Kloppers ------Cognitive Behavioural Psychotherapist-------Therapy in Guildford, Surrey.UK
Do you have a goal of improving your mental health? It’s a great goal to have, regardless of how happy or unhappy you are right now. Improving your mental health offers many benefits. You can reduce your anxiety, improve your self-esteem, decrease your risk of depression, …
Most people have felt some kind of anxiety at some point in their life. For many of these people, that anxiety will disappear as soon as the situation causing it does. However, for many others, that feeling will linger. Being in a constant state of …
Autistic children are different from other children. In the last 20 years, the number of autistic children in schools has been rising like never. Autism is a developmental disorder on a spectrum in which the child suffers problems communicating and interacting with others. Also, they …
MMI news: Mind Matters celebrates different ways of thinking with Neurodiversity Celebration Week events! The Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (RCVS) Mind Matters Initiative (MMI) will be holding interactive online sessions on autism and dyslexia in the veterinary professions this month as part of …
Having an active lifestyle brings many benefits. These include increased fitness, stamina, health, and also self-esteem. Studies have shown there is a direct link between physical activity and self-esteem but how does being active affect this area? Wishing to be physically active doesn’t have …
There are certain situations in your life where you might know without question that alcohol is causing problems in your life. In these instances, you may realize you need help to stop drinking. An example might be if you’re arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol. Depending …
There comes a time in the life, when rude words, taunts, threatening tone, and disturbing past events, pinches your heart and soul, which you try not to think of, but you couldn’t. You feel a need for someone to listen but without judging you. Sometimes, …
The worst part of depression is that you cannot clearly express what you’re feeling. The anger, helplessness, loneliness, emptiness, there’s no way of snapping out of it. A study by the National Network of Depression Centers found that depression impacts one in every five Americans …
Common Confessions I’ve been working as a counsellor for so long that being privy to people’s secrets almost seems normal to me. When I get a new client phoning up and asking me what goes on in a counselling session, it reminds me how alien …
What is your method of escape? We learn ways to escape from a young age. When the stress/distress becomes too much, we seek ways to release the pressure. Sometimes these methods of escape are positive and healthy but more often than not, they aren’t …