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20Jan

Beat Blue Monday

Lucy Beresford

depression, stress

Therapists

As if Mondays didn’t always get a bad press for being the most miserable day of the week, now apparently we need to be alert for the fact that today is Blue Monday – the most depressing day of the year. Although not actually proven by science, anecdotally it would seem that the perfect storm of bad weather, post-Christmas family angst, a flurry of credit card statements, and the dawning realisation that we’re wobbling on our New Year’s resolutions, can make even the most glass-half-full person feel bleak. To some extent, the idea of one day of the year being worse than...
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15Jan

What is EMDR Therapy?

anxiety, depression, emdr, PTSD, trauma, typesoftherapy

Therapists

EMDR is a relatively new kind of psychotherapy. Gillian Levy explains how EMDR can be used to treat trauma, with sometimes amazing results
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06Jan

When Depression Strikes in Your 20s

Anonymous

counselling, depression, experienceoftherapy, student, therapy, university

Mind

We're often told our twenties are meant to be the best years of our lives. What does it feel like to struggle with depression at this supposedly golden age?
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05Dec

10 Tips to Fight Depression

Rachel Kelly

depression, empathy, sleep, tips, wellbeing

Mind

Depression is a common issue but can be very hard to manage. Author Rachel Kelly advises us to call upon the power of breathing, of action, and of words to thrust us out of the darkness
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