In my day to day work as a clinical psychologist, I deal with many relationship issues. Relationships with family, friends and partners. In maintaining a healthy relationship with your partner, we all face the possibility of being rejected. It is important to be confident enough to reach out to those around us and risk the …
This article was first published for the Mail & Guardian’s Thought Leader page in July 2015. By Hameeda Bassa-Suleman I have learnt a lot about mothers and mothering in the past seven years of studying, training and then practicing as a psychologist. For the most part, I knew what would theoretically make a “good enough …
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Today it is common for us to hear people discussing depression and how most people within our communities have become depressed. Whether it is due to the stresses of trying to earn a decent living within a dire economic climate, or because of a family problem that hasn’t been resolved, people have become depressed for …
Why should I spend time bonding with my children? It is imperative for families to spend time together in order to facilitate bonding. This is essentially due to the fact that children learn how to behave socially by watching their parents who become their first role models. By spending QUALITY time with your children, you …
How do you make love last? How do you stay happy with the same person for 10 years? 20 years? 50 years?! The answer is simple. You have to work really hard. Often people take their loved ones for granted. So much so that we get lazy, we assume the other person can read our …
Anxiety is a term that is used to describe certain disorders that cause nervousness, apprehension and worry. Anxiety can sometimes have a negative impact on how we feel and behave and can lead to physical symptoms, with no specific organic cause. Often in life, due to the difficulties we experience on a day-to-day basis, we …
