Amina Hassan, psychotherapist on her model of treating depression and anxiety

Portrait of a Londoner

In this episode we discuss:

• Her model of treating depression including:
• Beliefs that people have about themselves, beliefs that have been inherited and building a genogram (03.00)
• Depression can present with anger and can be a signal that life needs to change (06.00)
• Access to therapy: barriers
• Faith as a tool for support during mental health struggles (11.50)
• How to cope with feelings of helplessness associated with racism (13.30)
• How to cope with feelings triggered by the pandemic (18.00)
• Her inspirations including the family therapists who developed narrative therapy David Epston and Michael White
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Epston
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_White_(psychotherapist)
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narrative_therapy

If you need further support you can find a list of therapists here:

www.psychotherapy.org.uk

www.nhs.uk

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