Bulimia Bulimia is just about the best known, and most common, of all the eating disorders. It has no less impact than any of the others however and the common side effects of bulimia are dental erosion, gastric reflux, digestive problems, ulcers, oral trauma, enlarged glands in the neck, infertility, irregular periods, the list goes…
Guilt and Shame – the emotions we all hide from. St Albans, Hertfordshire
Feelings of guilt and shame – help available in St Albans, Hertfordshire Feeling guilty or shameful after doing something we don’t think we should have done is perfectly normal, but for a small number of people these feelings take over their lives. Guilt and shame are things that are with us from toddler age. Research…
Help for a Shy Bladder, also known as Paruresis in St Albans, Hertfordshire
Shy-Bladder – Paruresis in St Albans, Hertfordshire If you, or somebody you know, has difficulties when it comes to using public toilets, then the cause could be paruresis, or shy-bladder. This social anxiety disorder can first present itself at any age, and very young children not long out of nappies offer suffer a mild form….
PTSD or Post Traumatic Stress Disorder in St Albans, Hertfordshire
Help for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder in St Albans, Hertfordshire. PTSD, or post traumatic stress disorder, is an anxiety disorder that is brought on by a person suffering extremely stressful, distressful or frightening events. Back in World War 1 this was known as shell shock, when soldiers who returned from the front could not get over…
Do you have Emetophobia? The fear of being sick!
Help for Emetophobia in St Albans Hertfordshire. Unless you are a sufferer of emetophobia you will have no idea of how debilitating and life controlling it can be. The actual word an be broken down as there are 2 key components; its root in from emesis which is the act of vomiting then ‘phobia’, usually defined…
Anorexia Nervosa help
Anorexia help.. Anorexia Nervosa is a far too common neuropsychological disorder that is way too often dismissed as an ‘eating disorder’. It goes way beyond the boundaries of this as suffers can develop numerous addictive traits and actual phobias which relate to food and their belief that they are fat. It has hit the headlines…
Improve self confidence with Personal Development Coaching
Coaching – be the best version of yourself. Coaching is a much used phrase and is often misconstrued by those who don’t actually know what it entails. In short, personal development is a route to take to improve your well being through behaviour modification and self improvement. In a nutshell it is a path towards…
Do you suffer from normative discontent?
Normative Discontent There are many who will never have heard of the term normative discontent, even though it was first coined back in the ’80s. Researchers into BDD, or Body Dysmorphic Disorder, first starting using the phrase when they started to break down BDD into smaller segments in order to treat sufferers. Those suffering from…
The Perils of Procrastination.
Procrastination. Everybody thinks they know what procrastination is but there are several definitions in terms of how it affects people. The sad thing is that way too many people identify and associate themselves with this and as it is basically a form of avoiding situations or making decisions it is a very negative emotion. The…
The Evidence in Evidence Based Psychotherapy.
Evidence based Psychotherapy. Even though it is now somewhat of a buzz phrase evidence based psychotherapy is not a new concept. There are two main ways to define ‘evidence based’ the first one being that the approach to a therapy is emphasised by pursuing the evidence on which the techniques and theories of the therapy…