5 Tips for Choosing a Psychiatrist

Making the decision to seek help with your relationships, behaviours, feelings and other struggles can be difficult. However, choosing a psychiatrist is one of the most important steps you can take towards overcoming these struggles. If psychiatry is new to you, you may find it difficult to find a provider that you are comfortable with. So how do you choose a psychiatrist? What qualifications should you look out for? Here are 5 tips to help you choose a psychiatrist who is right for you.

How to Cope with Anxiety

Anxiety is an emotional feeling characterised by a heightened sense of fear, thoughts of worry and body reactions such as sweating, increased blood pressure and body tremors. If you suffer from frequent anxiety attacks, the article below provides a few tips on how you can cope with the anxiety.  Identify your triggers.  To prevent anxiety attacks, identify your triggers and learn how to cope or avoid them. Some common causes of anxiety include the following:

Relationship Counselling: 2 Ways It Can Help a Couple Who Have a New Baby

Having a baby is a big deal. No matter how strong your relationship or marriage was before the baby arrived, it will be tested to the limit by the new addition to the family. Of course, new life is something which can bring great joy, but it can also bring with it sleep deprivation, dirty diapers and arguments about the best way to raise and look after a child. If you and your partner's relationship is going through a rough patch since the arrival of your child, you may wish to consider entering into relationship counselling.

The Common Signs of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

After experiencing a stressful event, it's natural to have lingering feelings of unease and perhaps trouble sleeping for a short time afterwards. In most cases, things return to normal after a little while, and even though memories of the event remain, people are able to get back to living their life without problems. In some cases, however, such an event can be the cause of a serious mental health condition: post-traumatic stress disorder, or PTSD.

Gender Reassignment: 2 Ways a Counsellor Can Help

Awareness of transgender issues is on the increase. Whether is it the coverage of people such as Caitlyn Jenner or the debate about mix-sex rest rooms, more and more people are now starting to understand what it means to be transgender. If you are considering gender reassignment, you may have been referred to counselling by your doctor. Not every transgender person sees the reason for this. However, counselling can be a great help.