Behavioural Therapy and CBT
What is behavioural therapy? Behavioural therapy refers to a number of therapies or techniques used for treating mental health issues. The premise of behaviour therapy is that all behaviour is learned and, as such, any unhealthy or self-destructive behaviour can be...
Mindfulness and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
What is Mindfulness? Mindfulness, the term is everywhere at the moment, a hot topic so to speak. While relatively new to Western psychology, it is actually an ancient practice found in many spiritual traditions, including Buddhism, Hinduism, Taoism, martial arts, tai...
Play Therapy
Therapy That’s Child’s Play “You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation.” Plato (429-347 B.C.) We all know children like to play, but many people are not aware of how important and meaningful play is. Psychologists often use...
Hypnotherapy
Some of you may envision lying on a long couch in a trance as you relive past events. Others may recount experiences of friends who have lost weight or quit smoking after undergoing hypnotherapy. And I’m sure there are some of you who are picturing an exotic man...