New Year’s Resolutions
While new year’s resolutions are seen by some people as a total cliché, if done correctly, it actually requires us to do some self-reflection that is of immense value. It takes courage to be honest with ourselves and carefully assess if our actions line up…
Effective Ways to Overcome Shame
Have you ever struggled to feel accepted? Do you constantly strive to have a stable sense of self-worth? Does it feel exhausting to be always trying to meet everyone’s expectations? Shame can creep in, start festering, and at times, can become incredibly overwhelming. Shame is…
First Therapy Session: What To Expect
If you’ve never been to therapy, you might be wondering how it goes. What is the first session like? From where do I begin or what do I say? Will the therapist diagnose me immediately? These are all valid questions and this article is written…
8 Steps to Enhance Your Wellbeing
January is the month of mental wellness, which gives us a chance to shed light on its importance. Various factors affect our mental wellbeing. Wellbeing is not merely the absence of illness. Rather, it involves a multitude of factors, including one’s social, mental, physical, and…
Psychiatric Drugs: Stigmatized No More
Modern medicine has made many impressive advancements in the treatment of physical health conditions such as cancer, diabetes, and heart disease. Similar progress has been made in the mental health field, where there are now various effective treatment options for different mental health conditions. However,…
Suicide Prevention Day: 40 Seconds of Action
*Trigger warning: Suicide. “To make the pain end” – *Salma, 23. “I was trapped in my pain. I was lonely. I was unendurably alone in my pain. There was no hope that it would never end as I still breathe. And it had to end….
What Is Social Media Addiction?
Social media is a double-edged sword… if one doesn’t learn how to use it well, it can cause more harm than good. Throughout this article, you will learn more about social media addiction and how social media is disguisedly affecting us in ways we might…
Hold the Reins: Anger Management
“That person just stole my parking spot!” “How dare you talk to me that way?!” We all get angry at times. It’s a completely normal emotion and anyone can experience it from time to time. Anger is an emotional state that is expressed as irritation…
Introducing Cross-cultural Psychotherapy
Have you ever noticed that the most famous psychologists come from a Western background? Freud, who introduced the ego theory (id, ego and supergeo), Pavlov, who discovered classical conditioning or Carl Jung, the psychoanalyst who introduced the concept of the collective unconscious all share a…
