Fight or Flight response
To explain the fight-or-flight response triggered by an upsetting experience with another metaphor, let’s consider the process as a...
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- Feb 13
- 3 min
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
Simply put, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is a condition that can develop after a person has been exposed to a traumatic event....
- Mar 15, 2023
- 2 min
Postnatal Depression - a family condition
Postnatal depression (PND) also known as postpartum depression, is a type of depression that affects both mothers and fathers after the...
- Jan 6, 2023
- 4 min
Understanding Depression
"I'm miserable, I'm depressed" - these are expressions we often use in our daily lives when we are not feeling well, feeling either sad,...
- Dec 9, 2022
- 2 min
Briefs - The Stress Bucket
It is a simple, elegant and smart metaphor that Brabban and Turkington introduced in 2002 to illustrate the concept of stress management:...
- Nov 6, 2022
- 5 min
Understanding Social Anxiety Disorder
Social anxiety and severe shyness make us worry, in an abysmal and painful way, about what other people think of us. Consulting with...
- Sep 14, 2022
- 6 min
Understanding OCD - Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) and the recommended treatment for it
According to the classification by the American Psychiatric Association (APA) (2002), OCD belongs to the group of anxiety disorders,...
- Sep 14, 2022
- 3 min
What is CBT (or what happens when we reach the end of our road)
We all have our ways. Our routines, perceptions, values and beliefs. Each person develops their view point over the years, led by what...
- Sep 14, 2022
- 4 min
Basic concepts: Anxiety, Fear, and Anxiety Disorders
Struggling with anxiety often feels like a very personal experience. The reality, however, is that it is not at all uncommon. In fact,...
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