The experience of hearing voices can be very different from person to person, and can change over time. They can be comforting or very distressing.
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Responses to a toll-free hotline offering advice on mental health issues showed demand was high.
Therapists may have strong feelings about a conflict, but they can work with people affected by either side.
Scientists need safe spaces to understand and process “climate emotions”. Group therapy helps people find the strength and resilience to continue their important work, without harming their health.
Grief is a natural response to loss, but if it significantly affects your ability to function, it may be time to seek professional help.
Psychological debriefing usually involves counsellors providing survivors with a single counselling session soon after an event. But ‘talking through’ trauma can over-consolidate painful memories.
Around one current or former emergency services worker dies from suicide every month. For military veterans, that rate is one every single week. Their families need support.
The death of the Queen may turn people’s minds to the loss of their own grandparents, or how the younger royals will cope.
What good is asking someone if they are OK if we are just performing empathy? And what do we do if they are really not OK?
There are many ways to reduce or quit alcohol. What works best for you will depend on your situation.
People who had high genetic sensitivity were more likely to see long-term benefit from a relationship help course.
During COVID, many therapists took their sessions online. But others went outside with their clients, taking a leisurely stroll through a near-by park.
Many people with PTSD also have depression, anxiety or some other mental health issue. This treatment might help where other treatments haven’t.
An architect and a therapist share tips for improving your home without sacrificing your relationship.
In the wake of high-profile allegations of sexual assault, it is important people know there are informal avenues for survivors to report their stories.
While coronavirus restrictions are easing, you may still be feeling a strain on your relationship. This crisis has thrown a variety of challenges at couples.
Participants of both virtual reality-based and Skype-based therapy sessions voted greatly in favour of using VR, reporting high levels of engagement and realism.
Many Aboriginal survivors of sexual abuse find mainstream counselling inappropriate. But there is a way to help them heal that respects a collective culture, with strong community ties.
Untreated trauma is dangerous as it may develop into other mental health complications that lead to drug abuse, depression, anger and hatred.
Regular home visits by community health workers helped to increase breastfeeding rates in Kenya.
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Honorary Research Fellow, Director of Bereavement Services Counselling & Mental Health Clinic, York St John University
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Counseling Psychologist, Catholic University of Eastern Africa
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Addiction Medicine Specialist & Adjunct Senior Lecturer, Department of Psychology & Psychiatry, Monash University
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Professor in Social Psychology / Relationship Science, Deakin University
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Senior Lecturer in Counselling and Psychotherapy, University of Salford
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Reader in Psychology, Psychotherapy and Counselling, University of Bolton
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Associate Professor, Mental Health and Addiction, Rural Health Research Institute, Charles Sturt University
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