Carol Speed-Zeyen Counselling Services

12/22/2025

11/25/2025

So Depression is not CAUSED by low Serotonin apparently:

The serotonin hypothesis of depression is still influential. We aimed to synthesise and evaluate evidence on whether depression is associated with lowered serotonin concentration or activity in a systematic umbrella review of the principal relevant areas of research. PubMed, EMBASE and PsycINFO were...

11/21/2025

11/09/2025

People Pleasing

10/11/2025

https://hbr.org/2025/01/how-to-keep-up-with-the-news-without-getting-overwhelmed

Studies suggest that increased exposure to news, whether through traditional media or social media platforms, can negatively impact mental health. In other words, more news correlates with higher anxiety. But the answer is not to check out altogether. In this article, the author shares advice from t...

09/21/2025

Therapy … was never meant to be a weekly dose of happiness.
It was meant to wake you up.

To help you see the truth of who you are.
To make you aware enough to choose your next step, not just stumble into it.

Good therapy isn’t here to just make you feel better.
It’s here to make you see better.
And seeing clearly is what changes everything.

Nandita Menon

08/03/2025

https://apple.news/AkjSLyWnfQzG1ZoBRELM6FQ

Neuroscience may have finally uncovered the secrets of self-belief August 02, 2025 Somehow, we've seriously underestimated confidence. While most of likely want more of it (only 16 per cent of us describe ourselves as 'very confident', according to a YouGov survey), many of us don't realise just how...

06/07/2025

Is AI an effective substitute for Psychotherapy?

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05/01/2025

Research on the Benefits of deep Diaphragmatic breathing

Hypertension is a major contributor to cardiovascular disease and daily deep breathing exercise (DBE) is a promising intervention to reduce blood pressure and stress in adults. DBE is simple, time-efficient, and does not require specialized ...

04/23/2025

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK470241/

In the 1960s, Aaron Beck developed cognitive behavior therapy (CBT) or cognitive therapy. Since then, it has been extensively researched and found to be effective in a large number of outcome studies for some psychiatric disorders, including depression, anxiety disorders, eating disorders, substance...

03/17/2025

Thank you for the recognition!

11/19/2024

SAD Lamps

Since the first description of Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) by Rosenthal et al. in the 1980s, treatment with daily administration of light, or Bright Light Therapy (BLT), has been proven effective and is now recognized as a first-line ...