Beauty and well-being

Peer support is the exchange of knowledge and experience between people with similar experiences and offering practical and emotional support through it. A peer support counsellor can help you deal with mental health concerns, physical health concerns and life crises.

Seeking the help of a psychologist, or just talking about it, seems a bit taboo today. However, there is growing talk of people suffering from mental illness, depression and anxiety disorders, but people talking about their issues is still seen as a weakness. A change in attitude is needed here. The first step could be to be considerate of one’s own and others’ mental health.

Psychology has many different branches. Psychologists, clinical psychologists, psychologist-counsellors and psychotherapists are just some of these. Psychologists systematically study a person’s thinking patterns, feelings and behaviours and their causes, helping them cope better with their lives. The work of a clinical psychologist is aimed at the assessment, treatment and prevention of mental distress, mental and behavioural disorders and behaviours that endanger health. The psychologist-counsellor deals primarily with problems that do not directly require treatment and with people who have life or relationship problems that do not necessarily lead to a psychiatric diagnosis. A psychotherapist uses their own training-based methods to treat mental disorders, adapting the approach to the needs of the person and the problem.