Autobiographical therapy, or writing about personally distressing experiences, can be very therapeutic. It is one of the most accessible mental health interventions as it is available to all of us… Read more »
Tag: Self-help
Discerning Our Stress Signature
Episode 36 – Discerning Our Stress Signature Understanding our own individual response to stressful situations is one of the best things we can do for our mental health. In this… Read more »
How to Access Online Mental Health Resources
There has never been a wider recognition of the universal importance of our mental health than over the past year. We’ve all been tested as a result of the pandemic…. Read more »
Identifying Signature Character Strengths
One of the most useful and widely used Positive Psychology strategies for promoting wellbeing is to identify and draw upon our signature character strengths, which relate to our enduring key… Read more »
Bilateral Stimulation – Anxiety Release App Demonstration
Chris Mackey demonstrates how he introduces a therapy intervention called “bilateral stimulation” to clients. According to Mackey, this technique is the single most helpful intervention he has yet encountered for… Read more »
Dealing with Burnout
“Burnout” is a term that relates to symptomatic distress we may experience after being in stressful circumstances associated with persistent demands placed on us. Burnout occurs when the demands on… Read more »
A Recipe for Mental Health
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… Read more »
Physical Exercise as a Mental Health Intervention
We tend to think of physical activity as mainly affecting our physical as opposed to our mental health. However, the more we understand the close connection of mind and body,… Read more »