Stuart has documented his journey from living with long undiagnosed rapid-cycling bi-polar disorder, and after experiencing burnout in an urban corporate environment, he radically changed his lifestyle, and received help and support that enabled him to now live largely symptom free.
For World Suicide Prevention Day, Stuart brings us some tips and guidance on how to seek, or give, support for those who are struggling.
York St John’s, Counselling and Mental Health Centre is teaming up with Treasure Chest to bring new parents in our community a breastfeeding support group that will be based on YSJ’s campus in the chapel.
Sophie-May, a Psychology and Counselling Student at York St John University, joined the Centre’s new Cuppa and Conversation group in May, and has come back to CMHC to not only join our blog team, but also speak to us about her experience joining our new emotional support programme.
What is self-care, and why is it important?
Most of us have heard the term ‘self-care’, but what actually is it and why is it important? Every week we’re going to delve into this topic a bit more, and specifically the things we can do to support ourselves in our own self-care. So we thought it would be best to start at the beginning.
As you may know, the Counselling and Mental Health Centre is expanding to meet the increasing need for mental health services in York. We’re moving to a new home on Clarence Street and would love you to be involved.
Our new Centre needs a new name, and we thought who better to ask than the people who make the Centre what it is – that’s YOU.
On behalf of all of us at CMHC, we would love to wish you a happy Pride month! This blog post is one I’ve been so excited to write as it’s a topic that’s close to my heart. With this in mind, this post has been created with the incentive to provide the opportunity to support and provide resources and information for the LGBTQIA+ community in the York area and beyond.
Too often it’s the case that Dads’ mental health is overlooked in the challenging months after welcoming a child into the family. There has been research into same-sex and adoptive parents experiencing depression in the post-partum as well, but these situations often go under the radar. Fathers’ Mental Health Day is setting out to change this worldwide, and provide father figures everywhere with the information, resources and support needed to maintain positive mental wellbeing.
At CMHC, we specialise in counselling. But what is counselling? And what can it do for you? Our aim is to help you to find your own solutions and focusses on your experiences to help you move forward.