Gossip can be good for you!
Dr Fran Vertue
Gossip is practiced everywhere in the world. Unfortunately, gossip has acquired a decidedly shady reputation.
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Step-parenting
Prue Fanselow-Brown
However well it goes, there are times when step-parenting presents a significant challenge, especially in the early years.
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Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
In recent times, there appears to have been an increasing number of natural disasters occurring, such as the earthquakes in Haiti, Chile, China, and the tsunami experienced in Samoa last year.
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Always Late!
Dr Fran Vertue
Nine-year old James is never ready for school on time. It doesn’t matter how much his parents nag or threaten, he is always late.
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Eating disorders: Does thinness make you happy?
This is a question that clinical psychologists ask their clients with eating disorders to think about on a regular basis, alongside “Does thinness make you likeable? and “Does thinness make you successful?”
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Depression: Prevention and Treatment
Dr Fran Vertue
More people are suffering from depression than ever before. Life is getting more challenging all the time, with increased demands on our time and our energy for work and other commitments,
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Depression: What it’s like
Alan Prosser
As adults, feeling a little “off colour”, feeling a little “blue”, is a normal part of life, something we are all likely to experience from time to time.
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Sex therapy
Here are some recommended books on the topic of sexual relationships
The New Male Sexuality by Bernie Zilbergeld
Resurrecting Sex by David Schnarch & James Maddock
The Sex-Starved Marriage by Michele Weiner-Davis
Rekindling Desire by Barry McCarthy & Emily McCarthy
Getting It Right The First Time – Creating a Healthy Marriage by Barry McCarthy & Emily McCarthy
Becoming Orgasmic by Heiman & LoPiccolo
Sexual Awareness by Barry McCarthy & Emily McCarthy
The New Love and Sex After Sixty by Butler & Lewis
Sex-Life Solutions by Janet Hall
The New Joy of Sex by Alex Comfort and Susan Quillan
When Your Sex Drives Don’t Match by Dr Sandra Pertot
Coping with Erectile Dysfunction by Michael Metz & B McCarthy
Women’s Sexual Health by Gilly Andrews
Depression: Post-natal
There is a myth that motherhood is always wonderful, and that all other mothers cope magnificently. Unfortunately, there is a stigma attached to not coping, and mothers are reluctant to say when things are not going well.
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Anxiety: Social anxiety
Most of us at some point may feel self-conscious and anxious during social situations. Perhaps when talking to someone who appears very confident or to the good-looking person at the local coffee shop. However, some people can experience continuous self-consciousness and anxiety before and during social interactions.
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