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How Relationship Counselling Can Benefit You

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Relationship counselling with a professional therapist or psychologist can help improve the way you relate to your partner, assist in changing patterns of behaviour and help negotiate difficult periods. Relationship counselling may help you resolve a current problem or prevent an issue from getting worse.

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How to Choose a Therapist: Tips and Fits

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“Therapy” is often used interchangeably with the terms “counseling” and “psychotherapy.” What areas do counseling and therapy address? Counseling and psychotherapy are used with virtually all types of mental illness including: . Bipolar disorder. Trauma or abuse history or PTSD. Eating disorders.

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Maternal Mental Health Matters: A Neglected but Vital Issue

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Maternal mental health disorders can have serious consequences, such as impaired mother-infant bonding, poor child development, and increased risk of death from suicide or other causes. The EPDS can also detect other mental disorders, such as anxiety, bipolar disorder, and post-traumatic stress disorder.

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Am I Depressed? Depression Symptoms, Causes, Therapy

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According to the Mayo Clinic , “depression is a mood disorder that causes a persistent feeling of sadness and loss of interest…it affects how you feel, think, and behave, and can lead to a variety of emotional and physical problems.” . Clinical Depression (AKA Major Depressive Disorder). Manic Depression (AKA Bipolar Disorder).

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September is National Recovery Month: Supporting the Journey to Recovery 

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Social workers provide counseling and psychotherapy services to patients in recovery. Social workers help patients eliminate psychosocial stressors such as homelessness, loss of job, divorce, and loneliness that may have led to their use of substances.

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September is National Recovery Month: Supporting the Journey to Recovery 

Social Work Blog

Social workers provide counseling and psychotherapy services to patients in recovery. Social workers help patients eliminate psychosocial stressors such as homelessness, loss of job, divorce, and loneliness that may have led to their use of substances.

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When and How to Consult a Psychologist

Psychological Health Care

Occasional grief, stress, and sadness are normal feelings and not necessarily signs that you need psychological counselling. Uncontrollable substance abuse, drug addiction or alcoholism. Anxiety disorders. Eating disorders. Personality and identity disorders. Behavioural disorders.