Looking at life through the prism of psychology, philosophy, mental health and more. Originally created by counsellor, psychotherapist and philosopher Dr Greg Mulhauser, this blog is now the work of an international team of contributors.
Due to the popularity of our online counselling and online therapy services, we have had to implement a brief waiting list for new clients to the service. The waiting list is designed to ensure that you can begin counselling work as quickly as possible.
A study in the Journal of Preventive Medicine indicates that exercising for half an hour per day, six days per week, offers significant mental health benefits — and for those suffering from depression, benefits are comparable to those of medication or cognitive behavioral therapy.
Our section on Building a Practice covers some of the basic market intelligence tools mental health practitioners in private practice can use to understand the competitive landscape of the markets they work within, and the opportunities for providing services that a good marketing strategy can help uncover.
The Mental Health Foundation today launched ‘Blood, Sweat, NO Tears’, an email campaign to spread the message that exercise is good for your mental health. This follows the UK charity’s activities during Mental Health Action Week 2005, which included the launch of a year-long campaign calling for patients with depression to be offered exercise on prescription.
Sudden changes in direction and mental focus caused by handling large volumes of emails can have a greater negative impact on IQ than taking canabis, according to a psychiatrist at London University.
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