Mindfulness Matters: how to seek treatment to achieve mental wellness
When you or a colleague is experiencing issues related to their mental wellbeing, what treatments are out there that can be sought out?
In this second installment of Mindfulness Matters, Kathleen Saxton, co-founder of psychoeducation consultancy Psyched Global and executive recruitment firm The Lighthouse, delivers her insights on what help is at hand for those who need it.
“There is a huge range of treatments that people can seek out when looking after your mental health,” explained Saxton who mentioned yoga, meditation and other holistic treatments as well as how to choose a therapist or a counselor.
“It’s a little bit like choosing a coach, you need to try and find someone that you can work with,” she continued, adding that it could be done through the National Health Service, a general practitioner, but she caveated: “Be careful as often within the NHS they will suggest cognitive behavioral therapists which are incredible therapies if you have an initial which needs to be addressed,” but if it involves ‘early life’ issues then it may need private professional help instead.
Private help can be sought the help of the BACP or the UK Council for Psychotherapy she added, before advising that choosing two or three potential therapists and meeting with them first would help the person choose who they felt they could built trust with most.
The series of five episodes that make up the Mindfulness Matters series will run over the course of this week on The Drum.