This week is Mental Health Week in Ireland and today is World Mental Health Day. The theme this year is “Young People and Mental Health in a Changing World”. In order to help raise awareness of this important topic, the Centre’s...
Read moreWe’re back with another LGBTQ-focused article in this week’s #ThursdayThoughts blog. Teyhou Smyth, one of our therapists, looks at how people identifying with the GSM (gay or a gender or sexual minority) view themselves and can...
Read moreThis blog post is the second in our LGBTQ-focused series by Centre therapist, Teyhou Smyth. In this article she looks at the causes and results of discrimination against people identifying as part of the LGBTQIA+ community. Perhaps you can...
Read moreCentre therapist, Teyhou Smyth, has written a blog series focused on the mental health of the LGBTQ community. Her first article focuses on the issues that make letting others know about their LGBTQ identity so difficult for people, and she gives...
Read moreThis week we are disrupting our usual blogging routine with a special feature for all our students writing Junior Certificate and Leaving Certificate exams. We know that it can be a challenging, stressful time for teenagers and their parents, so...
Read moreIn today’s #ThursdayThoughts we are pleased to publish the second article in our “Therapists Thoughts” series. This time the theme is Biofeedback and how it can be used in therapy to control anxiety. This guest post is by Centre...
Read moreToday’s #ThursdayThoughts blog post considers a serious issue that affects many families, sometimes unbeknown to outsiders. The use and misuse of alcohol has been covered in great deal over the years by media in Ireland and much progress...
Read moreWe are starting a new series here on our blog called “Therapists’ Thoughts” which will run once a month with an article contributed by one of the Connolly Counselling Centre’s therapists. To kick this series off...
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