Common Concerns
There are many reasons that people seek help from a psychologist. Just as you go see an accountant to get help with your tax, a personal trainer to get help getting fit, people come to see psychologist to improve their mental health. Some of the common reasons people come include:
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Anxiety and worry
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Depression
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Trauma and PTSD
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Grief and loss
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Low self esteem
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Coping with life transitions – retirement, redundancy, becoming a parent, empty nest…
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Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
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Phobias (fear of flying, spiders etc)
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Childhood behavioural and emotional difficulties including separation anxiety, children coping with parent divorce or separation, autism spectrum support, OCD and oppositional and defiant behaviour and self harm
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Parenting and relationship difficulties (with parents, partners, friends or siblings)
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Couple counselling
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Personality disorders
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Psychosis
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Suicidal feelings