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Anorexia and Bulimia

Contrary to the way it is glamourized in the media, an eating disorder is a dangerous mental illness. Eating disorders are more than just a diet gone wrong or an extreme lifestyle choice. It has become difficult to define a healthy body image in today’s society. We are constantly being bombarded by contradicting messages in our environment about the social standards of food, nutrition and body image. On the one hand we are exposed to the “heroin-waif chic” look that has been … More...

Postnatal Depression

Postnatal depression affects 1 in 6 mothers and is a serious health condition. Along with depression many mothers experience anxiety and often trauma. Postnatal Depression often occurs when women have been depressed during their pregnancy, after a traumatic birth experience, low social support, financial difficulties, more than one young child, and when there are physical health problems. Women may experience negative emotions, cry more often, feel flat or unmotivated and after some … [Read More...]

Depression

What is depression? Depression is fairly common and occasionally people will experience it after a major change in their lives. One in four women and one in six males will be depressed at some stage of their life. Most people use the word depression as a way to describe a time when they feel down, lose interest in things that normally are fun and when they pull away from social events. Major depression is when those negative feelings become overwhelming and the person experiences … More...

Sex Therapy

What is sex therapy? Many people from all different walks, ages and stages of life have sexual problems, worries or concerns. Your sexuality is such an important part of who you are and has a profound effect on your overall happiness, health and well –being. Being comfortable with who you are as a sexual being and being able to express that safely and freely can enlighten you. Sexuality plays an important part in being at ease with the intimacy in a relationship, which plays an … More...

Fertility Counselling

Fertility Counselling We know that there can be a huge roller coaster of emotions for individuals and couples thinking about seeking assisted conception treatments such as Ovulation Induction or In Vitro Fertilisation . There can be a lot to find out and decisions to make, right at a time when people are commonly feeling vulnerable and uncertain about how their dreams for the future might work out. Many of the options available to assist with fertility, including egg, sperm or embryo … More...

Gay and Lesbian

In many ways it is becoming easier these days than it once was to live as a lesbian woman or a gay man. Acceptance is on the rise, more people are choosing to live openly in same-sex relationships, we are starting to see and hear more about the queer community in the media and to see different relationships and families being portrayed. There are specific support services being funded to reduce the risks associated with being gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender or intersex (GLBTI) … More...