Podcast: Why are men so lonely?
Listen to the latest UKCP/Psychologies Magazine podcast on why men are so lonely
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Dependence and addiction are often conflated in treatment and recovery circles
Physical dependence is not the same as addiction but the terms are often conflated in treatment and recovery circles. Physical dependence is a process that occurs when the brain adapts to the effects of a drug and develops the phenomenon of tolerance. In other words, an individual will require more and more of the particular
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How therapeutic services fail men
It has been an interesting exercise to read the submissions from various stakeholders to the Mental Health of Men and Boys Inquiry being conducted by the Women and Equalities Committee of the Houses of Parliament. This new Committee has been hearing evidence on the most pressing issues that affect men and boys’ mental health, and
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Greater consideration should be given to withdrawal effects by those prescribing antidepressants
It was interesting to hear today the Royal College of Psychiatrists calling on the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) to update its advice on antidepressant withdrawal with a policy statement that highlights the risk to some people of severe and long-lasting withdrawal effects from antidepressants, and the associated risks of over prescribing. My
Identify unconscious denied roles and manifest positive qualities
One of the first challenges for therapists with a new client can be to provide some psychoeducation around the unconscious. Quite often clients can believe that if they are not aware of certain feelings, scripts, wounds, blueprints and beliefs then they assume that the content must not exist. A person’s field of consciousness, or field
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Maintaining wellbeing in an age of accelerations
In spite of having had enough of the recent political shenanigans surrounding Westminster political decision-making I still switched on the BBC Politics Live show the other day. I was glad I did. On it, I heard Thomas L. Friedman discuss his latest book; Thank You For Being Late – An optimist’s guide to thriving in the
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Mindfulness is staying in the moment non judgmentally
Mindfulness can be a term commonly used in counselling and psychotherapy circles but often without any great explanation about what it actually means. It is, therefore, important to understand what mindfulness is, and what it is not. Simply put mindfulness is staying in the moment non judgmentally. That may sound simple enough, but do any
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Teenagers may have already passed a line when searching about suicide
The ills of social media platforms are in the spotlight again with news that Instagram is to introduce “sensitive screens” that will aim to hide images until users actively seek to reveal them on screen. This followed increased political pressure after the recent tragic case of the suicide of Molly Russell whose parents believe took her own
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Is social media causing mental health problems?
Is social media responsible for causing mental health problems?
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Getting out of my head and into my body
Drawing upon techniques from body psychotherapy, dance movement psychotherapy, mindfulness meditation and the creative arts.
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