Mental health is still a very taboo and stigmatized concept in many places, especially in the Caribbean. Many people have some misconstrued ideas of what therapy entails and who should or should not attend therapy. In this post, Guiding Lanes will be dispelling a few myths that we have come across during our practice, as well as others our colleagues…
For many of us, growing up you would tend to hear that if you’re feeling sad or upset, you should just suck it up and do what you have to do. But how can we “do what we have to do” if we don’t know what to do? How we get what we want to get done if we’re not…
In my practice, as well as my personal life, I have spoken to many people who want to start taking their mental health seriously. Now, this doesn’t mean that they have to go and see a mental health practitioner; this means that they want to start doing little things for themselves that will help to improve their mental health and…