“Art enables you to express when you are unable to muster the words to do so.” – Neil Winter
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Artists and Therapists Share Their Greatest Learning Curves
“I have been working as an artist for many reasons. Not all of them noble. But somehow, the pressure from the outside world made me realise the most important thing about making art for me. And that is joy.” – Wayne Horse
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Oded Reitten | Therapist Interview Series
“Fragility (and strength), like vulnerability, is relative, as the soft sponge will be like a mountain for the ant, and it could be annihilated by the softest touch.”
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Enrica Tifatino | Therapist Interview Series
“Creating, interpreting and listening to music has always been a human need… When we create music, when we listen, when we dance, we are shaping our inner world,”
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Interview with Sex Therapist, Silva Neves
The topic of sex still remains taboo throughout society today, with the resulting problem of people experiencing sex-related issues, yet not seeking out or having adequate access to support. In this interview, I talk with Silva Neves, a psychotherapist specialising in psychosexual and relationship therapy, couples therapy, and the treatment of compulsive sexual behaviours. I…
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The Friendship Bench: Zimbabwe’s Answer to a Need for Safe Spaces
Responding to widespread mental health problems in Zimbabwe, Professor Dixon Chibanda took to unusual methods – training a team of grandmothers in creating safe spaces for people to talk. ‘Friendship Bench’ is a result of their teamwork – organised around culturally embedded concepts surrounding wellbeing and belonging. In this interview, ‘Friendship Bench’ share with me the full story and meaning behind their project, and what message they ultimately wish to spread.
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Letting Feelings Flow: A Psychotherapist’s Thoughts on Mental Health
“I believe [negative thoughts] can be recognised as the sometimes random ticker tape message of the brain” In this interview, I ask a psychotherapist named Dan about his ideas surrounding issues in mental health. He responds with his own understanding and experience as well as some views on how they might be tackled – through…
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Mindfump: On Depression
Paul Green (Mindfump) writes witty, thought-provoking and uplifting articles on mental health.
After reading many of these, including The Secret History of Depression, Mental Illness Has No Chance and When Depression Was Your Friend, I became interested in knowing more of Paul’s story and his perspectives.
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Viktor Frankl on the Meaning of Suffering
Viktor Frankl was an Austrian neurologist, psychiatrist and Holocaust survivor. In ‘Man’s Search for Meaning’, he writes on how he survived through finding meaning in suffering. Here is a short excerpt from that book, where he speaks in the context of suffering loss.
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“Being Happy is a Generous Act”: An Interview on Mental Health
The first interview in a series of articles aiming to enlighten stories as well as strategies related to mental health.
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