5 Benefits You Can Get Out Of Family Counselling
In a perfect world, families are cohesive units bound by loyalty, shared experiences, values and beliefs. But unfortunately, we don’t live in a perfect world. Families are often made up of different people with differing views, affecting their loyalties, beliefs, actions and opinions. These differences can enrich a family in good times but can create tension in bad times. When a family is facing a serious life-changing event or even just a rough patch, family counselling may be the only way to save these precious relationships. Here are five benefits you can get out of family counselling: Better, more open…
How To Identify The Early Signs Of Depression
Everyone feels a little down from time to time. You might not feel like seeing anyone for a day or two and might not be interested in your food and doing the hobbies you love. If it lasts a day or two, that’s fairly normal. But if you’ve been feeling miserable and lethargic for a long time and struggle to find the energy to wash your hair or call your best friend, you may be in the early stages of feeling depressed. It’s important to be able to identify the early signs of depression so that you can seek help,…
3 Signs That You Have Anger Management Issues
Anger is a natural human emotion, but when it becomes all-consuming and flairs up at the smallest and often most insignificant triggers, it stops being just an emotion and becomes a problem. If you have anger management issues, in all likelihood you’re sitting on a ticking time bomb that could quickly destroy relationships with family, friends and colleagues, not to mention land you in trouble with the law or ruin your career. Explosive anger issues are not isolated to any particular gender. And those with anger management issues may not always be aware that they have them. How often do…
How A Life Coach Can Get You Unstuck
More and more people are relying on the services of life coaches to help them manage their lives and succeed in their goals. This is because people want to be more – and do more – than ever before. If you’re struggling to accomplish your goals, need new insights on a particular situation, find balance in your life or believe that you’re stuck in a career that’s going nowhere, you need a life coach. A life coach is professionally trained to assist you in managing your life and career, helping you to move forward and to overcome challenges that come…
5 Tips For Parents Responding To Online Harm
The digital age has added to the responsibilities of good parenting. There is no doubt that the internet has improved the way we live, but it is also unwise to ignore the potential dangers it poses – especially for children. There are numerous approaches to solving this problem, with some parents going as far as banning their children from going online. But this extreme approach is not always practical as we don’t live in a vacuum and your kids will be exposed to the internet through friends or other family members. There is no way to avoid the online sphere.…
How Internet Addiction Is Affecting Your Sleep
Using your phone close to bedtime either to browse the internet, shop or chat to friends can lead to poor sleep quality. What’s more, and perhaps more disturbing, is that sleep deprivation can lead to depression and ADHD, especially in children, and other psychological and behavioural problems. Below are some of the reasons how the internet affects your sleep: Cognitive problems Responding to a message or playing a game on the internet can lead to a surge of adrenaline in our body. This extra energy will not be helping you out when you finally put your head on the pillow.…
Small Things You Can Do To Overcome Low Self-Esteem
If you have low self-esteem or a poor self-image, it can affect every aspect of your life, preventing you from doing the things in life that would otherwise give you joy and a sense of wellbeing. It is difficult to overcome feelings of lowness and self-loathing, but there is help out there, and it is recommended to seek out support to overcome these negative feelings. What you can do to cope on your own is to implement some self-esteem building techniques that you can do every. Over time, these will become habitual until they are engrained in your psyche and you…
The Most Common Signs Of Workplace Stress
Stress at the workplace has become almost a phenomenon among Australians, costing the government almost 134 million dollars in workers’ compensation due to stress-related issues occurring on the job. Alarmingly, 90% of workers’ compensation claims from 2009 to 2013 were attributed to mental disorders due to stress at work, according to Safe Work Australia. Studies have also shown that work-related stress can lead to mental health issues such as anxiety and depression. There are three major signs to look out for that may be caused by workplace stress: Psychological signs Psychological symptoms caused by workplace stress may often go unnoticed…
Why Mindfulness Can Be A More Effective Depression Treatment Than Medication
For those suffering from depression or anxiety (or both), psychiatrists throughout Australia often prescribe anti-depression medication, but recently many counsellors have introduced patients to ‘Mindfulness Therapy’. What is Mindfulness Therapy? Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) is a treatment option for people suffering with depression in which it teaches both mindfulness skills, as well as explores cognitive therapy. Since those suffering with depression can also be sufferers of anxiety, MBCT can be a successful method in treating people because it forces people to think in the ‘now’ and not in the context of yesterday or tomorrow. This is especially helpful for people…
The Impact Of Social Media Use On Children’s Mental Health
Social media and online chatrooms have been around now for decades, and seem to be growing in the dependency of its use among youngsters today. With the growing number of social media platforms and online gaming, youngsters have become emerged in the world of cyberspace far more than what any other generation has. The benefits of the internet are boundless. Instant information is educational and beneficial for your children – there’s no doubt about that. However, have you considered what the effects social media and other online forums have on the behaviour of your children? Several studies have shown a…
The Biggest Barriers To Overcome In Your Relationship
Australian couples who are struggling with their relationship seem to all be affected by the same barrier: Communication. If you fail in this area, your relationship can break down over time and eventually lead to splitting or divorce. Here is how the lack of effective communicatin can lead to huge barriers in your relationship. The only way to overcome these barriers is to learn how to better communicate – often successfully achieved by visiting professional couples counselling. What is Communication? Ask yourself, are you communicating according to what psychologists deem appropriate? In other words, are you talking to your partner…
How Your Parental Conflict Could Actually Be Hurting Your Child Instead
Could your once-loving relationship have taken a hit in the past years since the kids came around? Is your in-fighting, your bickering and your nasty comments actually be affecting your little ones – as well as your partner? Research suggests that children know, interpret and understand far more than we think. Even your whispered insults are felt, as well as heard. This is what you should know if you want the absolute best for your children in spite of the strains on your parental relationship: Reactive behaviour When you argue with your partner, it will have a ripple effect on…