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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...
Five Common Marriage Problems and How to Solve Them
Marriage and be exciting and fun, but often after the "honeymoon phase" has ended couples start noticing some problems within their marriage. Within any relationship or marriage when two different personality types come together as an entity, they have to learn to...
Can a Marriage Survive Infidelity?
This question is probably one of the most frequently asked questions I encounter in marriage counselling. The answer is often not a simple or straight forward one, but will require some form of behavourial changes from both spouses. The emotional impact of infidelity...