Counselling Topics For Discussion
Grieving – Our Heartfelt Response to a Major Loss Grieving is a process of experiencing our reactions to loss. It is similar to mourning. The term bereavement means the state, not the process, of suffering from a loss. Normal grieving is an expected part of the process of recuperating from a loss. The intensity of … Read more
Everyone feels sad from time to time. It’s only natural. Most people go through blue days or normal periods of feeling down, especially after they experience a loss. But what specialists call clinical depression is different from just being “down in the dumps”. The main difference is that the sad or empty mood does not … Read more
Shyness and other forms of social anxiety are common – and they prevent people from fulling experiencing life. Ask people what they fear the most and many of them will say “speaking in public”. In surveys which ask people about their fears, about one person in five reports extreme fear of public speaking. Social anxiety, … Read more
The thoughts we have about ourselves, or how we define ourselves, contribute to our self-image. The feelings we have about these thoughts, whether these feelings are good or bad, are the building blocks of our self-esteem. Our self-image, and gradually our self-esteem, can be molded by our parents, family, friends, physical or intellectual abilities, education, and jobs. Just as we have … Read more
The Nature of Forgiveness Forgiveness is not a way of forgetting the past. Indeed, if we have been harmed, we should not forget it. We can learn from the past about how to avoid being harmed in the future. Nor is forgiveness a way of exonerating the perpetrator. When we forgive, we are not sacrificing … Read more
Body image refers to your personal relationship with your body. This includes all of the beliefs, attitudes, thoughts, feelings, and perceptions you have about your body. It does not refer to what your body actually looks like. Our body is one of many aspects of who we are, but for many of us it is the dominating source of our sense … Read more