I receive many requests from people on Quora regarding how to improve their lives be it feeling depressed, overwhelmed, or feeling unmotivated to do those things that they need to do. One of the most important aspects of our lives is that of our environments including where we live and where we work. If we …
Tag: Mental Health
Apr 04 2024
Why Do People Believe They Have A Mental Illness Even if They Do Not? Vol. 668, April 4, 2024
A person on Quora asked this question , and this is how I answered it: This is an interesting question. Many people on Quora believe they have some mental illness. Yet, they have never been diagnosed by a licensed person. They go online take some so-called test and come up with the diagnosis themselves. Worse, …
Mar 28 2024
What Makes A Good Mental Health Provider? Vol. 668, March 28, 2024
I have been working in the world of mental health since 1993 and I can tell you that the most important aspect of being a counselor is to be able to get out of your own head and into the thinking of your client/patient. You see, the worst thing that a counselor can do is …
Feb 01 2024
Do Mental Health Providers Have to Deal With Their Own Problems in Counseling Sessions? Vol. 660, Feb. 1 ,2023
This is a question that many people on Quora have asked over the years and this is my answer: This is a very good question and one that I would hope counselors (therapists) would answer honestly. First, many people who enter the world of healthcare do so because they or someone close to them has …
Jan 25 2024
What Are Some Good Activities to Do Before and After a Therapy Session? Vol. 659, Jan. 25, 2024
This was a question that a person on Quora asked and this is how I answered it: Sessions go by very quickly when you have an agenda that you want to get through. They go very slowly if you have no idea what you want to talk about. So, do yourself and your therapist a …
Dec 28 2023
What Happens When a Person is Place on Psychotropic Medication They Do Not Need – A Case History? Vol. 658 – December 28, 2023
This client has been working with me for the past two years. Two years longer than my usual clients most of them healed within 3 to 4 longer sessions. However, you will see this is a special case. At a very young age, my client was placed in a figure ice skating competition. Her mother …
Sep 08 2014
Mental Disorders: The Sad Truth About Eating Disorder Treatment – Vol. 153, June 15
There is this idea in the majority of the eating disorder treatment centers that they have a better idea of how to heal eating disordered people than the eating disordered themselves. In many of these places it is thought that the main issue to be resolved is the ending of the compulsive behaviors that make …