Psychoeducation

When clients come to Marriage & Family Therapists, they should understand that, although they may speak one-to-one with the therapist, the therapy itself involves others with whom the clients interact. Key to successful intervention is communication, and that simply cannot happen if everyone is not using the same language. This…

“I think your topic is so important because we need more regular conversations on mental health struggles. In fact, I’m a suicide survivor…” It was two months ago when each student pitched their incredible project proposals to our supervisor. After presenting what I deemed a sufficient argument for my proposal…

And other mental illnesses for the most part — It all starts with Adri who’s enthralled by Carla, a girl who picks him up at a club and takes him out on the night of his life… at the start of a manic episode (but he doesn’t know that yet). Obsessed with getting her number, Adri gets himself “falsely”…

Why is the emotion that is meant to protect us destroying our lives? Anxiety is a useful emotion that is out of our control Anxiety may not be everyone’s favored emotion but is not actually bad; it may be uncomfortable or disordered sometimes however, it has its functions. Anxiety is designed to help us avoid danger. We are supposed to feel…

Most of us have heard of these disorders, but how many of us have an accurate understanding of them? (You may associate yourself with some of the symptoms on this list; rest assured — having such feeling is completely normal. This is just like how you surf medical websites and…

Schizophrenia Contrary to common depictions in pop culture (such as TV dramas and the story of Billy Milligan), schizophrenia is about having multiple personalities. Being diagnosed with schizophrenia does not equate with being insane — schizophrenia arises from chemical and physiological imbalances within the human brain, leading to obstructions in…

(Spoiler alert!) In Zootopia, some animals suddenly flows into a fit of rage — coincidentally, these rage-filled animals are all predators. In addition to that, the main character Judy Hopps, a rabbit has asserted about how “predators’ savagery may be caused by certain biological factors”, which only added towards the…

As the world moves through increasingly testing and trying times and the confronting reality that human beings have created a world in which they are unable to cope with the pressures of (Wax,2012). …