Positive Media, Positive Psychology, Wellbeing
22 August 2018
Mainstream media, including TV, radio and newspapers can have a very important role in promoting positive physical and mental health. Conveying health messages through popula… Read more »
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Bullying, Clinical Handouts
13 August 2018
Bullying is a significant social problem, partly because of its harmful impact on mental health. I’m especially sensitized to this issue through my involvement in a discussio… Read more »
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Behaviour change, Clinical Handouts
31 May 2018
How can we best get unstuck from a problematic behaviour? It might be frequent procrastination or worry, or addictive behaviour, or angrily overreacting to a situation. Most… Read more »
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Clinical Handouts, Dissociation, Trauma
03 March 2018
Nature of Dissociative Symptoms Some of the most distressing symptoms that clients report include dissociative symptoms. These symptoms include persistent daydreaming, forget… Read more »
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Positive Psychology, Soul, Synchronicity
21 February 2018
One of the clearest emerging directions for mental health interventions in the 21st-century is the need to acknowledge a spiritual dimension in life. Spirituality partly invo… Read more »
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Elderly, Positive Psychology
09 January 2018
There is much we can learn from the elderly, and not just from their wisdom born of long experience, but the power of their intellect. To me this is never more evident than w… Read more »
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Depression, Suicidality
09 January 2018
Over recent years I’ve noticed an increase in depression amongst bright, creative and resourceful young men in early years of adulthood. I think it hints at deep social and c… Read more »
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Health, Positive Psychology
18 October 2017
One thing that strikes me about the term “mental health” is that we often use it as a euphemism for mental illness. For example, many events around the country in mental heal… Read more »
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Positive Psychology
08 October 2017
Individuals and workplaces around the world are increasingly drawing on scientifically supported strategies from the field of positive psychology to bolster mood, wellbeing,… Read more »
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Clinical Handouts, Depression, Positive Psychology
09 September 2017
Self-compassion is important for our mental health and wellbeing. Most of us will suffer from at least some form of mental distress at some point in our lives that could warr… Read more »
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