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Participants of both virtual reality-based and Skype-based therapy sessions voted greatly in favour of using VR, reporting high levels of engagement and realism.
Many Aboriginal survivors of sexual abuse find mainstream counselling inappropriate. But there is a way to help them heal that respects a collective culture, with strong community ties.
Untreated trauma is dangerous as it may develop into other mental health complications that lead to drug abuse, depression, anger and hatred.
Regular home visits by community health workers helped to increase breastfeeding rates in Kenya.
Coming to live in Australia on your own and studying in an unfamiliar education system is extremely hard. There are ways to make it a bit easier.
Why psychoanalysis and children shouldn’t mix.
Economists have used their monetary methodologies to work out how visiting a therapist affects labour income.
How to talk to people who are experiencing suicidal thoughts.
Giving children counselling at school saves money in the long term because it equips them with the tools they need in adolescence and adulthood.
Many women experience emotional responses to an abortion, which are normal reactions to a significant event. These are not to be confused with ongoing, serious mental health issues such as PTSD.
Today’s students are at increasingly high risk for mental health diagnoses. Universities need to step up.
Taxpayers’ money would be better spent on therapies that are proven to work.
Lay workers are being trained to help Zimbabwe manage mental issues in communities. So far it’s proving successful.
Professionals in rural and regional Australia such as hairdressers, accountants and bank managers often play the role of counsellors too.
Thousands of Australians go to residential drug and alcohol rehab programs every year. But is there evidence rehabs, as well as the group therapy they often rely on, actually work?
It makes no sense to continue relationship counselling in a therapist’s office – it is far better to do it in the more natural environment of the home.
The cultures of silence and denial that surround child sexualised behaviours mean that adults often lack the information they need to respond appropriately.
Social services minister Kevin Andrews claims his A$20 million Stronger Relationships Trial will save the government money in the long run by reducing family breakdown. But will it work? The trial, which…
Having a baby with a first cousin more than doubles the risk of congenital problems such as heart and lung defects, cleft palettes and extra fingers, according to the largest study of its kind in the UK…
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Honorary Research Fellow, Director of Bereavement Services Counselling & Mental Health Clinic, York St John University
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Counseling Psychologist, Catholic University of Eastern Africa
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Professor of Educational Psychology, University of Pretoria
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Addiction Medicine Specialist & Adjunct Senior Lecturer, Department of Psychology & Psychiatry, Monash University
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