Here you will find a range of topics to explore. Counselling is an important component of the mental health industry. Counsellors deal with emotional and mental distress. They address many topics and use many forms of therapy. What’s more, counsellors have regulatory bodies with ethical standards.
And as well as being able to help you at your session, they can teach you self-help strategies . In fact, they want you to learn how to manage things on your own once you complete your sessions.
Therapy is not new
Although we might think of therapy as an invention of the 20th century, it has an ancient history. Indeed, all the ancient cultures developed ‘therapeutic’ beliefs and practices, from Greece, Asia, Egypt, India, South America and indigenous cultures across the world.
Socrates (at left) said he was a ‘midwife to the soul.’ Especially, song, dance, art and spiritual beliefs and practices were pre-cursors to the therapies we have today. And what we would now call ‘psychology’ was initially understood in spiritual terms. Similarly, healing the mind was healing the soul. Moreover, body and soul were united (in this life), and so how you treated one affected the other.
It was only as we became more ‘civilised’ that psychology and biology became separate disciplines. Although this makes sense from the point of view of analysing humans beings ‘under the microscope’, the problem with it is that we forgot to put body, mind and soul back together again. Treating mental illness has in large part meant treating the mind. Interestingly, psychotherapy has begun to redress this, with the introduction of ‘somatic’ (body-based) psychotherapy into the therapist’s tool box.
In addition, we are beginning to recognise the therapeutic value of dance, movement and spirituality. Click on the PDFs below to know more about how the mental health industry approaches problems today. Please note that as well as the information sheets under the heading ‘What You Can Do,’ many of those under ‘Common Problems’ also have self-help strategies.
Counselling Industry
Counselling in Australia
Counselling and Medicare
Psychiatrists, Psychologists and Counsellors
Common Problems
Abuse
Addictions
Anger
Anxiety
Cannabis
Complex Trauma
Critical Incident and Trauma
Depression
Emotional Abuse
Grief and Loss
Negative Re-enforcement and Punishment
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
Panic Conditions
Phobia
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
Smoking
Social Anxiety Disorder
Stress
Workplace Bullying
Major Therapies
Psychotherapy
Behaviour Therapy
Cognitive Therapy
Gestalt Therapy
MiCBT – Mindfulness Therapy
Person Centred Therapy
Solution Focused Therapy
Philosophical Counselling
What You Can Do
Activities to help you feel calm
Assertiveness Skills
Caring Actions
Centring and Grounding
Communication
Critical Incident and Trauma More Recovery Tips
Healing a Broken Relationship
Help and Support Lines
How to Focus
Managing Catastrophic Thoughts
Parenting Tips
Safeguarding Your Wellbeing after an Incident
Sleep Tips
Supporting Grieving Children
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