by Poppy Sprague | Sep 29, 2016 | Focus Areas
Sexual trauma (ST) may include any sexual activity performed against one’s will, such as acts performed through physical force, threats of negative consequences, implied promotion, promises of favoured treatment, or intoxication’Read more
by Poppy Sprague | Sep 29, 2016 | Focus Areas
Fetishism or erotic Fetishism is a sexual focus on a non-living object or non-genital body part. The object of interest is called the fetish; the person who has a fetish for that object is a fetishist’Read more
by Poppy Sprague | Sep 29, 2016 | Focus Areas
Social anxiety is an emotion characterised by a discomfort or a fear when a person is in a social interaction that involves a concern of being judged or evaluated by others. It is typically characterised by an intense fear of what others’Read more
by Poppy Sprague | Sep 29, 2016 | Focus Areas
Suicidal thoughts and attempts concern thoughts about or an unusual preoccupation with suicide. The range of suicidal ideation varies greatly from fleeting thoughts, to extensive thoughts, to detailed’Read more
by Poppy Sprague | Sep 29, 2016 | Focus Areas
Substance abuse, also known as drug abuse, is a patterned use of a drug in which the user consumes the substance in amounts or with methods which are harmful to themselves or others, and is a form of substance-related disorder’Read more