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02Jun

Are You OK: The Question I Needed to be Asked

Nina Phoenix

friendship, PTSD, therapist, trauma

Mind

The author has been diagnosed with PTSD and her distress is sometimes clear. But not many friends notice and think to say "Are you OK?"
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31May

What Philippa Perry Loves About Our Booking and Payment System

Louise Chunn

counselling, therapist, therapy

Mind

Therapy needs to come into the 21st century by making booking and payment easier and online. Philippa Perry's videos explain why welldoing.org's system is great for clients and therapists
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29May

How to Be Assertive and Set Healthy Boundaries

Jane McGregor

boundaries, family, friendship, relationships, self, work

Mind

Many people find it difficult to be assertive. Setting healthy boundaries can be the first steps to feeling you can take charge posts psychologist Jane McGregor
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26May

How Could I Have PTSD?

Nina Phoenix

anxiety, PTSD, trauma

Mind

A friend realised that Nina Phoenix was probably suffering from PTSD. This is how she chose to deal with the revelation, and where it led her
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25May

Is 'Follow Your Passion' Terrible Advice?

Angela Duckworth

career, resilience, self, student, work

Mind

To discover an adult role that will engage you, you first need to find out what really interests you, writes Angela Duckworth in an extract from Grit
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19May

Does Social Media Harm Teens' Mental Health?

Alice McGurran

anxiety, bodyimage, loneliness, parenting, socialmedia, society, technology, teenagers

Mind

Instagram and Snapchat have been identified as most harmful of the social media platforms in a survey of teens released by the Royal Society for Public Health
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19May

Managing Mental Health: The Small Things Make All the Difference

Rae Ritchie

anxiety, depression, home, self, stress, therapy, wellbeing

Mind

When dealing with her mental health problems, Rae Ritchie finds that small changes in behaviour and lifestyle can keep her feeling balanced
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18May

Understanding Trauma and Flashbacks

Fiona Kennedy and David Pearson

cbt, emdr, therapy, trauma

Mind

After a trauma, many people have flashbacks which can come as sounds, images or smells. Therapies such as EMDR can help with recovery
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16May

How Music Therapy can Treat the ‘Untreatable'

Dr Stella Compton

brain, creativity, musictherapy, neuroscience, society, therapy, violence

Mind

Music therapy has been shown to be effective with people who have been deemed untreatable in the past, posts music therapist, author and academic Dr Stella Compton
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12May

What Saved Me from Depression after Brain Injury

Michelle Munt

brain, counselling, depression, illness

Mind

Following a traumatic car accident, Michelle Munt struggled with brain injury. She outlines the people and treatments that helped her deal with the depression that followed
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