My mind is always blown away when we speak to healthcare professionals about their private practices and how they manage them. In a recent episode of our Moulding Health Show, we spoke to Samantha Harding, a physiotherapist based in Empangeni, South Africa. Managing a private practice is no small feat, but Samantha explains her approach […]
Hypnotherapy – Pseudoscience or not?
How does hypnotherapy fit into the therapeutic space. Okay, so hypnotherapy is a modality of psychotherapy that uses the natural neurocognitive, the phenomenon of trance, or hypnosis, to alleviate presenting complaints and reach therapeutic goals. So in hypnosis, we take advantage of the fact that a person’s brain is programmed. And inclined to go into […]
Mental Health and Mental Illness in The Workplace
How People confuse mental heath and mental illness I run a series of workshops, and they all relate to the subject of mental health in the workplace. And I’ve tried to explain this to so many people, but if you can think of it as an umbrella. I refer to my workshops as mental health […]
Anxiety in Children and Teenagers
What made you specialize in anxiety in children and teenagers I love to obviously help children. I think something that makes me really excited about it is anxiety can be really treatable. And it’s so nice to see the difference in the child when I see them for a first session, versus when we kind […]
How Occupational Therapists Assist with Mental Health Issues
Helen Gatley discusses the relationship between occupational therapy and mental health and wellness with the Moulding Health Team. How does an Occupational Therapist find themself in the mental health and wellness setting. Essentially, as occupational therapists, our big concern is, how are people managing to function in the day to day lives. And I don’t […]
Discussing Phobias and Trauma with Phillip Louw Counselling Psychologist.
Could you explain the topic to us in a little more detail. I think that’s a very interesting thing that sometimes we think that trauma and phobias are kind of very specific to specific nations or areas of the world. I was back in South Africa a few years ago to do a refresher on […]