Insight Matters

Insight Matters

By Dil Wickremasinghe
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  • #2 | The Relationship Women Have With Alcohol

    Dry January—giving up alcohol for the first month of the
    year—for some, it’s an annual tradition/new year’s resolution to drink less,
    while for others it acts as a detox from drinking excessively over the
    holidays. On this episode of the Insight Matters Podcast, we are looking into
    the relationship between women and alcohol.

    Joining Dil and Anne Marie for this episode is Louise

    Currie, a counsellor and psychotherapist with Alba Psychotherapy. Louise works with
    a broad range of issues including depression, anxiety, stress, addiction and
    addictive behaviour, alcohol and substance abuse, low self-esteem, family and
    relationship issues, eating disorders and phobias. Louise explains how she got
    into psychotherapy, and opens up about her relationship with alcohol.

    Dil, Anne Marie and Louise discuss issues surrounding

    alcohol consumption in Ireland: conflicting lessons we are taught as kids, that
    alcohol is a good thing, but alcoholism is a bad thing; the power of alcohol as
    a stress reliever, how one glass of wine in the evening can become two, two can
    become three, and so on; the reticence of people to seek help, due to the
    stigma of addiction in this country; and the normalisation of regular drinking
    through memes on sites like Facebook.

    They seek answers to difficult questions: when do you know

    that you have a problem with alcohol? And if you know you have a problem, when
    do you do something about it? As well, from the therapist’s point of view, how
    does a therapist approach the issue of addiction?Find out more about Louise on her website: https://www.albapsychotherapy.ie
    If you need to talk to someone, call us
    now on 01-891 0703 or email [email protected]
    for a confidential discussion and initial assessment with one of our senior
    therapists. Alternatively please fill in the online booking form (www.insightmatters.ie/book-online/)
    and we will contact you within 24 hours.

    39 min
  • #1 | Mental Health at Christmas

    In this first episode of the Insight Matters podcast,

    Dil and Anne Marie discuss mental health at Christmas time from the
    point of view of the client and the therapist.

    They discuss

    problems that Christmas can create for people: the conflict between
    people's image of a perfect Christmas versus what actually happens, and
    the stress that this can cause, as well as the importance of being kind
    to yourself.

    Anne Marie emphasises the importance of being able to

    switch off and taking a long break over Christmas as a therapist; while
    Dil encourages us to not put any pressure on ourselves to join in
    Christmas traditions, such as shopping, and excessive eating and
    drinking, if we don't want to.

    If you need to talk to someone, call us now on 01-891 0703 or email [email protected]

    for a confidential discussion and initial assessment with one of our
    senior therapists. Alternatively please fill in the online booking form (www.insightmatters.ie/book-online/) and we will contact you within 24 hours.

    28 min

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