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

Portrait of a Londoner

English - January 07, 2021 07:54 - 24 minutes - 22.2 MB
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Previous Episode: Director Henry Blake and producer Victoria Bavister discuss County Lines, a film which portrays the vulnerability of the boys recruited to sell drugs in the UK.

Next Episode: Amina Hassan Psychotherapist discusses selecting a therapist and how she looks after her own mental health

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_Epstonhttps://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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