Suffering in silence: The truth about mental health in the workplace
The new survey shows that huge numbers of employees in the UK are still hiding mental health conditions from their employers for fear of it affecting their job. 4 in […]
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Social Anxiety: why the mundane can be terrifying
Many people experience severe anxiety in mundane social situations, such as group introductions or paying bills. Why does this happen? And is there any useful purpose to it? http://www.theguardian.com/science/brain-flapping/2014/oct/16/social-anxiety-mundane-terrifying-psychology-stress
Childhood psychological abuse as harmful as sexual or physical abuse
Children who are emotionally abused and neglected face similar and sometimes worse mental health problems as children who are physically or sexually abused, yet psychological abuse is rarely addressed in […]
Breaking free from domestic abuse
Domestic abuse, also known as spousal abuse, occurs when one person in an intimate relationship or marriage tries to dominate and control the other person. Domestic abuse that includes physical violence is […]
Suicide and silence: why depressed men are dying for somebody to talk to
Suicide is the biggest killer of men between 20 and 49, eclipsing road accidents, cancer and coronary heart disease. It is also predominantly a male disorder. Of the 5,981 suicides in […]
The scandal of common mental illnesses left untreated
This is a scandal that tells us much about the lack of importance our society places on mental health. Were these individuals suffering from a serious and chronic physical ailment, […]
Self-harm rate triples in England
http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/27509051 The Health Behaviour in School-Aged Children (HBSC) report reveals that 20% of the 15-year-olds questioned had hurt themselves in the previous year.
Shock figures show extent of self-harm in English teenagers
The Health Behaviour in School-Aged Children (HBSC) report, due to be published in the autumn, will reveal that of the 6,000 young people aged 11, 13 and 15 surveyed across England – […]
Living with anxiety is hard, but there are coping mechanisms
What’s it like? It’s not unlike having a bit of food stuck in your throat. You can’t breathe. Your head is spinning. Your heart is pounding in your chest and soon […]
Is Self-Sabotaging holding you back?
The critical inner voice doesn’t represent a positive sense of self that you can entrust in. Rather, it epitomizes a cruel “anti-self,” a part inside us that is turned against us. It […]
Bracknell & Wokingham Counselling and Psychotherapy 