Counselling

Depression can be a difficult mountain to overcome. Due to symptoms such as extreme fatigue, difficulty concentrating, and a short attention span, those experiencing depression may face difficulties in not only seeking help but also maintaining actions that are beneficial. Alongside the help of trained professionals, such as doctors and therapists, there are certain techniques…

Anxiety and depression share many common characteristics such as irritability, sleeping problems, tiredness, and concentration challenges. It is therefore not surprising that depression and anxiety are often confused with each other. Although both conditions may have similarities, there are striking differences that, if understood, can help us get the right kind of help that is…

Today approximately three percent of the population in Canada and the United States of America suffer from one form of eating disorder or another. Eating disorders are far more common among females; only 10-15 % of those afflicted are men. Even though these disorders revolve around controlling food intake, they are not really about food.…

Approximately 20% of the general population in the United States and Canada will experience a mental illness in their lifetime. According to data compiled by the National Alliance on Mental Illness, NAMI, that number correlates to 43.8 million US Citizens or 1 in 5 adults. According to information on NAMI’s website, between 1.6 to 5.9…

After reviewing 10,000 studies on the effect of marijuana use, researchers, including Professor Robert Wallace, a professor of epidemiology at University of Iowa College of Public Health, concluded that the studies didn’t support many of the popular notions about the benefits of marijuana use. To the contrary, the research showed that there were some negative…

Research shows that viewing of tragic news stories can lead to fear, anxious feelings, and even physical ailments. In one such study researchers monitored the stress levels of children, grade 6 to 12 who had observed the Oklahoma City bombing. Children who “ reported that “most” or “all’ of their television viewing was bomb related,…

A spouse with Paranoid Personality Disorder may accuse you of flirting on the basis of seeing you talking to a member of the opposite sex in a church. However, a spouse with paranoid schizophrenia will be convinced that they heard or saw you do something sexually inappropriate during the conversation even though it never happened.…

Seven Tips on How to Get the Most Out of Counselling Many of us, before experiencing counselling with a professional, base our expectations on what we have seen on television. In these depictions, the therapist usually does or says something profound and clients are miraculously delivered from their problems after one session. Many people are…

Christian Counsellors Approach to Addiction: The Cognitive Behavioral Model Psychologist, Dr. Alan. Marlatt, director of the Addictive Behaviors Research Center, a branch of the University of Washington, and his colleagues studied relapse prevention treatment for several years and , their research has resulted in one of the most comprehensive theoretical and clinical models, the Cognitive…

Is Prayer Good for Your Mental Health? In the early years of psychology, particularly during the era of Freud, prayer and other spiritual disciplines were viewed negatively and were largely scoffed at by those in the field of mental health. Freud, in his well known work, The Future of an Illusion, described religion as a…