Category: Depression
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Depression is not a feeling
Depression is the second biggest health concern world wide according to the World Health Organisation (WHO). Heart disease being number one. Major life stressors and losses can trigger depression in all of us. Being clinically depressed is not about “pulling yourself together”. It is about being ill. People often fall into extreme phases of low…
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Client’s reflection on depression
A client of mine kindly provided some feedback on his counselling process with me and what he thinks of medication: How counselling helped you during the past months? Looking back, it’s difficult to remember how I got myself into such a mess. At the time, though, it was very real, destructive and dark. My sessions…
