It’s Mental Health Awareness Month. That means we’re doubling down on raising awareness about mental health conditions and on addressing the more subtle aspects of mental health stigma. One of the most challenging forms is internalised stigma. “Self-stigmas or internalised stigmas are the judgments and negative evaluations wehold about ourselves. They are psychological in that
There are many different kinds of psychotherapy: some more practical, focused on changing your thinking and behavior; some more reflective, focusing on personal insight; some more supportive, focused on emotional growth. Whatever the therapy or therapist you choose, personal change is seldom simple or easy. Effective psychotherapy is demanding, but with the right attitude you
When the industry of online therapy was scaled up to provide superfast matching, we lost a bit of humanity in the process. The key component of what drives successful therapy was also lost in the rise of BetterHelp and its alternatives: the therapeutic alliance. So what does it take to find the therapist with whom