Anxiety including social and health anxiety
Pat Hart
United KingdomBelfastNorthern IrelandBT6 9SDMy aim is to teach clients calming techniques and develop positive coping mechanisms using tools that are based on current neuroscience. To help them change distress into decisions, plan a way forward whilst facing challenging circumstances, develop achievable goals and have a fulfilling life that works.
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To advise or not advise: that is the ethical question
Sam Gerrard throws new light on the case for directive or non-directive counselling.
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USE of illicit drugs is common in schizophrenia, with a recent meta-analysis showing that as many as one in four patients had ‘cannabis use disorder’.
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