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Does Loadshedding Create Anxiety? Part 2
DOES LOADSHEDDING CREATE UNDERLYING ANXIETY: EXPLORING A PSYCHOLOGICAL IMPACT OF LOADSHEDDING-PART 2 On a physical level loadshedding is adding to our anxiety as well. Every time that there is loadshedding, ort evbery time that a new loadshedding schedule is...
Does Loadshedding Create Underlying Anxiety?
Exploring the Psychological Impact of Loadshedding in South Africa Does Loadshedding cause Anxiety? To successfully answer this question one needs to understand what anxiety is. It is an intense, excessive and persistent worry and fear about everyday situations. It...
Talking about Sexual Intimacy’s with your Partner
Intimacy is an important aspect in the lives of people, Intimacy is vital in maintaining a healthy social life. People like to form meaningful and reciprocated relationships others whether they be romantic , family or friends. Although there are different types and...
The Role of Sex in a Relationship
Sex is an Important physical aspect of all romantic relationship, often times believed by society to be reserved for committed monogamous relationship. Sex has many benefits for the individual and your partner, with sex supporting a healthy relationship. The Role of...
The role of romance in a marriage
What is the role of romance in a marriage? When one thinks of romance in a marriage ,many thoughts can come to mind. One may have sweet and positive feelings towards their spouse or one may think “what romance?”. Romance can be said to be the glue that keeps the...
Cultural influence on perceptions of trauma
What is your perceptions of trauma? Individuals can experience trauma as a result of an event ,series of events ,or set of experiences experienced by an individual as physically or emotionally harmful or life-threatening and can have a lasting effect on the life of...
Surviving Rape Trauma
What causes rape trauma? Rape can be defined as engaging in a sexual activity such as intercourse without the consent of the other person, Rape often occurs in the presence of force and violence; threat of force and to individuals who cannot emotionally ,cognitively ...
Is trauma counseling for children needed?
How would you know if trauma counselling for children is needed? Often times when we talk about trauma, it is associated with adults because they may in most cases have the language to articulate their trauma as opposed to children who may not have the language to...
Overcoming past issues with Relationship Counselling
Relationship Counselling can help many relationships. Over a lifetime as individuals, we experience many things, some traumatic and some exceptional. It is these experiences that often times inform our trust in others, how we relate with people and form relationships...
Trauma counseling South Africa – Now is the time to heal
Do we need trauma counseling South Africa? As a country we surely can all agree that we have been through a tough time for the last year and a half, faced with a deadly virus much of societies institutions have battled under the pressure that is the pandemic. The loss...
The Fight Against Bullying
How to fight bullying Defining the phenomenon of bullying can be hard, however the broad definition of bullying is that it is an ongoing and deliberate misuse of power in relationships through repeated verbal, physical and or social behaviour that intends to cause...
What are the Benefits of Marriage Counselling?
What exactly are the benefits of marriage counselling? Marriage is a life-long commitment partners make to each, often with good intent it is a commitment made with sincerity and the thought of ending the relationship in divorce court can be daunting. Life has however...
Online Counselling & Covid19
Online Counselling The Pandemic that is COVID-19 has put a lot of strain emotionally and mentally on individuals, leaving many requiring mental and emotional support. While mental health services remain an essential service, navigating the new normal of lockdown has...
Understanding Trauma Counselling
Understanding Trauma Counselling At Life Counsel, we assist our clients with understanding trauma counselling. Trauma can be defined as a deep psychological wound triggered by traumatic experiences, it can have a profound and lingering effect on the emotional...
How to Keep Romance in a Marriage Going?
Portrayed in films and art, romance has been at the heart of every love story. From small gestures of chivalry to daring love declarations, our concept of romance has been shaped and defined by the ages. However, in modern society romance seems to be lacking more than...
Time to Heal from Trauma
First came the pandemic then the looting, now is the time to heal. As a country we surely can all agree that we have been through a tough time for the last year and a half, faced with a deadly virus much of society's institutions have battled under the pressure that...
Navigating the new normal of Covid19
Navigating our new normal: In the midst of health complications, losing loved one and people we know, losing our jobs and being confined at home by the pandemic that is covid-19. We have found ourselves navigating the new normal, the new normal for everyone is wearing...
The Three Pillars Of a Successful Marriage
Three Pillars of a Successful Marriage As with all relationships, romantic or not, there is a foundation which we lay on which we balance the dynamics of our relationships with people. But as we lay down our foundation, we need to be mindful that there are also...
The impact of covid-19 on marriages and family
Different definitions exist when it comes to defining “marriage’ and “family”. Although sociologist cannot seem to agree on one definition, for the purposes of this post marriage can be defined as a legally recognized social contract, traditionally based on a sexual...
What is Trauma and Trauma Counselling ?
Trauma can be defined as a deep psychological wound triggered by traumatic experiences, it can have a profound and lingering effect on the emotional well-being; everyday functioning of individuals and groups of individuals(e.g. family), community and society at large....
The Psychological Impact of The Covid-19 Pandemic
The Covid-19 pandemic has presented a stressful environment for everyone across the world. Research by the National Institute on Health concluded that the psychological Impact of Covid-19 has confronted us with the realities of unemployment, the loss of a family...
What is Mental Health?
Like the saying goes “It's not only black and white” and defining Mental Health is the same. I guess it is the grey shade within the broad definition of “Health”. However, if we are being specific about it, mental health can be defined as our emotional, psychological...
What are the Pro’s and Cons of Online Counselling?
What are the Pros and Cons of Online Counselling? Are you interested in online counselling? The advancement of technology has resulted in a selection of new ways to access mental health services. However, there are advantages and disadvantages to online therapy that...
Trusted Play Therapy Techniques
What is Play Therapy? Play therapy is a tried and trusted approach used by trained child psychologists and professional social workers to aid in expressing and processing traumatic events in a child’s life. Often children are unable to emotionally process or express...