Supporting Mental Health and Emotional Well Being
With social distancing measures in place, face-to-face counselling and psychotherapy has had to stop for the time being. Jacob, 22, shares his experience of online counselling. Coronavirus and mental health Have a look at our tips, advice and guidance on where you can get support for your mental health during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Read …
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by Kevin Dunne Thanks to COVID-19, we are all now living in a world that was beyond imagination just a few short weeks ago. For most of us, nothing in our old lives could have prepared us adequately for lockdown. Yes, we are all caught in the same storm, but we are a long way …
Much of the discourse surrounding mental health over the last few years has focused on stigma: breaking down those unhelpful myths around mental illness that both prevent people seeking help and, sometimes, lead to outright discrimination. What part culture has to play in this mission is an interesting question. Both the “madman” and the asylum …
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Benefits of Dream Therapy You Might Not Know Benefits of Dream Therapy Since the time of the ancients, dreams have been thought of as vehicles for other worldly communication. They’ve also been used as lenses for better seeing life’s complexities in the waking state. As an integrative therapist with a cognitive bent, I’m a big fan of …
A blog from Pablo Reina A crisis is any situation where we perceive a threat that surpasses our current capacity/ resources to cope. We are living extraordinary and challenging times where, probably for the first in known history, the whole world is experiencing the same thread, the same crisis. Luckily there is already a lot …
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Gaining Positive Outcomes From Negative Emotions If you’re guilty, confess and make amends. Are you feeling guilty about something? Maybe you made a less than complimentary comment about one team member to another. Or perhaps you’re torn between the needs of home and work, and fear that you’re not giving enough time or attention to …
I am George Agathokleous, a Counselling Psychologist in the final year of Doctoral training at the University of Wolverhampton, supervised by Dr Alison Attrill-Smith and Dr Lisa Orchard. My research interests revolve around the practical applications and use of Online Therapy. In particular I am exploring potential factors that could help us understand and inform …
Why do we have bad days Now in order to understand bad days we need to look at the type of events that trigger this negative mood that affects us the whole day. Here are the most common causes of bad days: 1) Short term problems: If you had a fight with someone, broke your phone …
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The Museum cares for the archives of Bethlem Royal Hospital, the Maudsley Hospital and Warlingham Park Hospital. You can browse our archive catalogue to find out what records we hold, and view digital images of selected documents in the catalogue’s gallery section. Many of our historic staff and patient records have now been digitised and …
By Christian Jarrett Given how many of us listen to music while studying or doing other cerebral work, you’d think psychology would have a set of clear answers as to whether the practice is likely to help or hinder performance. In fact, the research literature is rather a mess (not that that has deterred some enterprising …
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