GAIN YOUR COUNSELLING PLACEMENT AND CLIENT HOURS!
Imagine knowing exactly where to find a placement that’s right for you. Trawling the internet for placement providers is a time-consuming task. While the stress of being rejected or not getting a response is quite a knock to your own sense of self. There’s also a...
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Therapeutic Value of Cooking Workshops: It’s Not Just A Meal!
Culinary Therapy: You’re Not Just Cooking A Meal! Cooking is alchemy. It’s one of the most fundamental ways that our outer world (what we can see, touch, and taste) communicates with our inner world (our physical body). It makes sense to think of cooking as therapy...
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Homeless Youth With Pets Are Less Depressed Than Those Without
Homeless Youth With Pets Are Less Depressed Than Those Without 23% of homeless youth have pets, according to research (reference below). The team surveyed 398 homeless youth at two drop-in centres in Los Angeles. While previous studies have shown that pets can be...
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Sport & Physical Activity Benefiting Mental Health
Everyone has mental health! Sport & Physical Activity Benefits Mental Health There is now clear evidence that physical activity reduces the risk of cognitive decline in adults and older adults with a 20–30% risk reduction in developing dementia for adults...
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UK’s (& The World’s) First Minister For Loneliness
Combat loneliness with 'social prescribing', says Theresa May Article written by Sarah Marsh for The Guardian on October 14th 2018 Doctors will be encouraged to refer patients to art groups, cookery classes and other activities GPs in England will be able to refer...
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UCL & Kings College London: New Research Unit for Mental Health
Research Unit to Bring Evidence to Forefront of Mental Health Policy UCL and King’s College London are leading the establishment of a new policy research unit, the NIHR Mental Health Policy Research Unit, which will bring mental health researchers, clinicians,...
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Social Prescribing by Practitioners for Mental Health
NHS Should Expand 'Social Prescribing', says Health Secretary This article was written by Dennis Campbell for The Guardian newspaper, Sept. 6th 2018 Doctors and nurses should routinely tell patients to take part in sports and social activities rather than...
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Sleepio App: From Sleeping Tablets To Digital Medicine
Sleepio App To Be Rolled Out Across The South of England Written by Hannah Crouch on October 2nd 2018 for Digital Health Those living in the south of England are to be given access to a digital treatment for insomnia. The Sleepio app, which has been part of...
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How understanding emotions can help with divorce or co-parenting
How understanding emotions can help with divorce or co-parenting From publication 'When Parents Separate:Getting it Right for the Children: A guide for parents' by Krisztina Glausius and Leezah Hertzmann. In this extract we take an overview of the process of...
read moreCo-op looks to Health Tech: Food for thought!
Co-op Looks to Health Tech Sector with Dimec Acquisition! This article was written by Hannah Crouch on September 25th 2018 for 'Digital Health' online news. Start-up company Dimec has been bought by the Co-op as the retailer sets its sights on the health...
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