Excelling Psychology

I, Jyotika Varmani, tutor students of Psychology at all levels. I reside in Mumbai and tutor students online. You can contact me personally on my e-mail id jyotikapsychology@gmail.com or call/message me on 9892507784 for enquiries. --- In this new series of posts, I discuss the necessity of routine health care, dispel some common myths about the nature of mental health and suggest a few measures, easily incorporated into everyday life for this end. In this first post of the series, I discuss why a preventive approach towards mental health care is an absolute must. --- The nature of depression and its treatment have become topics of popular concern since depression is today taken to be one of the leading causes of death. A lot of suggestions have emerged from mental health experts on how depression, in its initial phases, can be tackled by measures such as sharing problems with friends, adopting problem-solving strategies, taking professional consultation and counseling, etc., all of...

I read an article titled ' Seven Steps Beyond Fear ' by Michael Neill in ' Heart and Soul ' magazine issue 20 recently. The article can be: Read online/downloaded in the aforementioned issue here ; OR Purchased for offline reading here . I have read several articles and books on fear, anxiety, avoidance, and the like. No other piece has left such an indelible impression on my mind. The author presents - in such simple language - heartfelt guidelines that will surely change any reader's perspective on fear. The way that author Neill has brought down the giant called fear into focus with a conversational narrative is what makes the article appealing. And what makes this article worth treasuring is the solid content of advise that the author gives the reader, which makes not only for good reading, but motivates the reader to start making a change immediately. Seldom do we find ten-minute reads that actually present so much more than entire books do. Th...