All Entries Tagged With: "Mental Health"
Why you should practise proactive counselling
Thomas Goenczi Lookout contributor The common notion about counselling is that taking care of your mental health must be reactive. There’s a sense that we have to wait until we find ourselves groping our way through the darkness of a depressive episode or throbbing with anxiety before we can seek help. For one reason or another, […]
Recognizing ineffective therapy
Thomas Goenczi, Lookout contributor — The American Psychological Association (2016) estimates that 75 per cent of individuals who seek any form of psychotherapy find benefit in it. The study quantified a benefit as showing improved emotional and psychological well-being, fewer sick days, fewer medical issues, and increased work satisfaction. Even though this statistic is […]
The First Therapy Session
Thomas Goenczi, Lookout contributor — There is something genuinely palpable and ineffable about embarking on something for the first time. Stepping forward and embracing uncertainty, a willful deployment into the oceans of the unknown. In essence, to go into direct combat with fears. Often before the first therapy session, the individual becomes aware of a particular area […]
