Healing Journey for
Hopeful Minds

To address the emotional, social, work, school and physical health concerns people may have at different stages in their lives, focusing on typical life stresses and more severe issues with which people may struggle as individuals and as a part of families, groups and organizations. It helps people with emotional issues such as anxiety, sadness and depression to improve their sense of well‐being, alleviate feelings of distress and resolve crises.

Anger management is the process of learning to recognize signs that you're becoming angry, and taking action to calm down and deal with the situation in a productive way. Anger is a normal, healthy emotion when you know how to express it appropriately — anger management is about learning how to do this.

A specific approach to therapy that recognizes and emphasizes understanding how the traumatic experience impacts a child's mental, behavioral, emotional, physical, and spiritual well-being.

Depression is a serious, but common, condition. It often causes people to feel sad or empty for long periods of time. It can also affect one’s thinking patterns and physical health. In some cases, depression can lead people to consider suicide. Therapy for depression can help you recognize how depression is affecting your life and give you the coping mechanisms you need to manage your depressive symptoms safely. Your therapist might suggest lifestyle changes, a support group, or a combination of various treatments.

While feeling anxious is a natural response, suffering from anxiety long-term can be very intense. Anxiety will affect people differently and have many physical and psychological symptoms. Anxiety management aims to reduce symptoms and teach you coping methods - so that you can manage feelings before they become too severe.

Addiction is an inability to stop using a substance or engaging in a behavior even though it is causing psychological and physical harm. Addiction is more than a physical dependence on drugs or alcohol. Even after detox, when your body is no longer hooked, you’re at high risk for relapse. Counseling is a mainstay of substance abuse treatment for many people. Cognitive behavioral therapy, family counseling, and other types of therapy can help you stay clean. Psychotherapy can also treat other mental health conditions that often play a role in substance abuse.

Adolescence (ages 12 to 19 years) is a very crucial period for physical, emotional, mental and social well-being and development. Emotional highs and lows may persist and these new behaviours can go beyond boundary-pushing and start causing strain in parent-teen relationships, and can even cause anxiety or depression. These mental and physical changes underline the importance of meeting the emotional, physical and mental health needs of the adolescents, who are filled with queries and confusions. Counselling supports these growing kids with the mental and physical changes that they go through; and can help provide them with a safe space to process their thoughts and emotions, where they are treated with empathy, dignity and respect.

Study skills are an array of skills which tackle the process of organizing and taking in new information, retaining information, or dealing with assessments. Some examples are mnemonics, which aid the retention of lists of information; effective reading; concentration techniques; and efficient note taking. Goal setting, time management, motivation building and exam anxiety are predominant areas which are dealt with in study skills training.

Study skills are an array of skills which tackle the process of organizing and taking in new information, retaining information, or dealing with assessments. Some examples are mnemonics, which aid the retention of lists of information; effective reading; concentration techniques; and efficient note taking. Goal setting, time management, motivation building and exam anxiety are predominant areas which are dealt with in study skills training.