Lambeth and Southwark Mind

How do I find a therapist? A personal guide to navigating the system

Anouchka Grose is a writer and psychoanalyst, practising in London. She is a member of The Centre of Freudian Psychoanalysis, where she regularly lectures. Her...

Can yoga help anxiety? One sufferer shares her story

Alexandra (not her real name), who struggles with anxiety, talks about what therapies, medicines and activities that she’s tried in order to manage her long-term...

Should I depend on others?

CEO Dr Ajay Khandelwal explores the value of being dependent in the world of the individual The Japanese psychoanalyst Takeo Doi wrote the non-fiction book The...

Fever pitch: how the beautiful game can inspire millions

Jack Dixon (L&S Mind Trustee) reflects on the importance of openness and honesty around mental health in sport The world’s biggest international football tournament has...

Volunteers’ Week 2018: Helping out for mental health

The benefits of volunteering for mental health – as told by our volunteers, and Megan (Fundraising and Digital) It’s Volunteer’s Week! Here at L&S Mind,...

Fresh perspectives on stress

This Mental Health Awareness Week, Megan (Fundraising & Digital) is surprised to find out how our stress can help us out We’ve all been told...

The importance of altitude sickness: or how to survive in a dangerous world.

CEO, Ajay Khandelwal, tells of the unexpected life lessons he’d learnt from a ski trip in Italy. I recently fulfilled an ambition to go skiing...

Is Bradley Wiggins evil? An investigation into the human shadow.

CEO and cycling enthusiast, Ajay Khandelwal, gives his analysis of the recent Bradley Wiggins scandal. No of course not. He’s a mod, with a nice...

Running helped me cope with my dad passing away.

Amarjeet Khera explains how running helped him look after his mental wellbeing at a tough point in his life, and why he’s decided to run...

Is Facebook bad for our mental health?

When Justin Rosenstein – software programmer and former engineer for Facebook – declared in October that “It’s very common for humans to develop things with the best...

New Year’s resolution? Make sure it is a mindful one.

As the Christmas period winds down, many of our friends, colleagues and family members will be preparing for the coming months by making pledges to...

Why families are really intense on Christmas Day.

If two people meeting is, according to psychoanalyst Wilfred Bion, an “emotional storm” a whole family meeting over Christmas creates nothing short of an “emotional tornado.”...

6 easy things you can do for happy mental health this Christmas

I’ve always been a big lover of Christmas, but even so, I find there can be quite a lot of pressure to get it ‘right’....

“Mental health affects so many of us”

Posted 2nd August 2017 by Anna Stokes. Anna explains how she aims to help support Lambeth and Southwark Mind and why. The last time I ran...

“I arrived in London suicidal, lonely, weary and frightened”.

Posted on 27th June 2017 by Tony. We are respecting this person’s wish to keep their full identity undisclosed. Tony talks about his struggles with loneliness...

How I take care of myself

Posted 11th July 2017 by Ajay Khandelwal. Lambeth and Southwark Minds’ CEO and qualified psychotherapist, Ajay Khandelwal, explains how he manages to balance his work...

“My anxiety had reached a peak”

Posted on 29th June 2017 by Brenton Ettienne Brenton explains how his addiction was the cause to his anxiety and depression, and how he L&S Minds support...

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