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19Jan

Beating 'Blue Monday'

Rachel Kelly

depression, stress, therapy

Soul

Today is allegedly ‘Blue Monday’, the gloomiest day of the year. Workers are being asked to dress in flamboyant colours in their offices to help them overcome the January blues. Mental Health Research UK says we should let loose with bright patterns and fabrics on 'Blue Monday', renamed 'Blooming Monday' by the campaigners - a spot of ‘wearapy’ as some therapists call it. The idea is to lift our collective mood and raise awareness of depression and seasonal affective disorder (SAD), as well as raise money to combat mental health issues. SAD is a...
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19Dec

9 Tips to Help with Seasonal Affective Disorder

Alice McGurran

depression, self, tips, wellbeing

Mind

What is Seasonal Affective Disorder and what can you do to make the winter easier for yourself? We have 9 tips to help you cope
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15Dec

Why is Christmas Depressing?

Saff Mitten

anxiety, Christmas, counselling, depression, loneliness, therapy

Therapists

Christmas can be a difficult time for many people. A counsellor explains why so many people seek counselling at this time of year.
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11Dec

5 reasons anti-depressants are not the answer to women’s problems

Louise Chunn

depression, society, women

Mind

One in 10 women in England take anti-depressants, according to a report released this week by the Health Survey for England. This shockingly high figure - nearly twice the level for men, and higher than figures for Europe overall – should make us pause for thought. Does this mean that 10 percent of women in England are suffering from severe depression? Because that is what NICE recommends anti-depressants for. Whereas, for mild to moderate depression, the advice is not pills, but talking therapy, which is not nearly so easy to get hold of as an easy-to-write...
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08Dec

What is Dynamic Running Therapy?

william pullen

depression, exercise, mental health, therapy

Therapists

Dynamic Running Therapy: linking movement and traditional talking therapy
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14Nov

Movember Moves Men's Health into Spotlight

Louise Chunn

depression, men, mensmentalhealth, society, suicide

Mind

For the past few years November has lost its harried run-up to Christmas feel and become a must-do month. Why? Movember, of course, when any self-respecting man forgoes a razor to grow a moustache (and only a moustache, no other beardy bits allowed). The money raised (by getting friends, colleagues and family to sponsor him) goes to men’s health - but more all these moustachioed men tell others what they’re doing, and - man to man - they talk about things that men rarely talk about. This week, at the Good Day at Work Conference which focused on wellbeing in...
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14Nov

Depression: What it is and How to Deal With it

Saff Mitten

counselling, depression, psychotherapy, therapy

Therapists

What is depression? Have you or a loved one suffered from depression? Tips on how you can help yourself beat it, and the benefits of seeing a therapist.
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10Nov

Student: Coping with Depression at University

John Servante

counselling, depression, mental health, student, therapy, university

Work

A personal account of suffering from depression at university and what you can do to help.
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09Oct

How Words Healed Me

Rachel Kelly

counselling, depression, poetry, therapy

Mind

Rachel Kelly shares her experience of therapy in her own words and encourages others to find out what the Welldoing directory can do for them.
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04Sep

How the Alexander Technique Saved my Life

Daska Hatton

body, complementaryhealth, depression

Body

How the Alexander Technique helped Daska Hatton overcome depression, and what it could potentially do for you
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