EMMA LEVINSON
Depression - more than sad
Being depressed is extremely different from just feeling sad. You cannot just ‘snap out of it’. It is the same as having a broken leg...
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Emma Levinson MBACP
Integrative Therapist
“Courage doesn’t happen when you have all the answers. It happens when you are ready to face the questions you have been avoiding your whole life.” (Shannon L. Alder)
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EMMA LEVINSON
Jul 16, 20212 min read
Anxiety - it's not the same as being nervous
Anxiety is not just feeling nervous. Multiply feeling nervous by 1000 you are somewhat close. It is paralyzing, you freeze, like a...
Emma Levinson
Jun 29, 20213 min read
Haileybury Turnford School Q&A
We asked the pupils at Haileybury Turnford School to submit any questions they had about mental health. Here are my answers to their...
Emma Levinson
Jun 14, 20213 min read
How to help someone struggling
Knowing how to help a loved one who is struggling with their mental health is hard to navigate. You can feel you are either driving...
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Jan 19, 20213 min read
Guest Blog - The Look Of Recovery
During a breakdown no-one ever tells you how hard recovering is. People do not realise recovering is just as hard as when you are in the...
Emma Levinson
Sep 22, 20202 min read
Diagnoses are NOT Adjectives
“today is so depressing”…”you are so OCD”… “you are such a psycho”… “the weather is so bipolar”… “I’d rather slit my wrists than do...
Emma Levinson
Mar 3, 20202 min read
The Asthma Analogy
People often compare mental health to a broken leg. However really it could not be more different. Breaking a leg can be pinpointed to...
Emma Levinson
Feb 23, 20192 min read
Medication
For some reason taking antidepressants comes with so much stigma. People think you are weak. Giving in. Not strong enough to cope....
Emma Levinson
Apr 1, 20181 min read
Short But Sweet...helping someone through MH difficulties can be as simple as this
Let them know you have noticed a change in them Let them know you are there if and when they want to talk Be there Sit with them even if...
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Nov 1, 20173 min read
Guest Blog - Living With Mental Health Issues Is A Balancing Act
I don’t know about you but I just can’t seem to get a balance. In life generally. It drives me crazy – literally! Life with a mental...
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Jun 21, 20172 min read
Guest Blog - Psychiatric nurses' View; Why Its Important To Laugh
Psychiatric nurse turned stand up poet Rob Gee on why it’s important to laugh at ourselves... Pranks in mental health are very common:...
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Apr 23, 20173 min read
GUEST POST The Next Table by @SoviDreams
Lovely blog by @SoviDreams I’m at another lunch with a friend who also struggles with their mental health and we have a new set of...
EMMA LEVINSON
Jan 26, 20171 min read
My Post For The Guardian
Click here to read my article for the Guardian
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Oct 18, 20163 min read
Guest Blog by Charles Marshall
Hello everyone. My names Charles Marshall, I run the mental health website www.authenticmentalhealth.com Twitter - @Autmentalhealth A...
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