Stress,Trauma & Emotional Wellness for Women in Africa
Shibero (Ms) Akatsa:
Registered Clinical Therapist/Psychosocial Consultant & Life Coach. (UKRCP; IATA. RELATE.UK)
TREATMENT SPECIALITIES
MARRIAGE & FAMILY
Marital relationships and families are under attack. This is one of the major areas affecting women.
Did you know: Every 10 Kenyan women are likely to be single mothers by the time they reach 45.years. http://mobile.nation.co.ke/lifestyle/1950774-1958704-format-xhtml-uxl4y7/index.htmlivorce
RELATIONSHIPS
Intimate relationships play a very big role in women’s mental wellness. Because women tend to take on the responsibility of keeping the relationship afloat, when the relationship breaks down, most women slide into serious depression. We will talk about everything about your relationships like: Singleness, Loneliness,relationship difficulties; Cross cultural relationships challenges.
GRIEF & LOSS
When grief starts to include intrusive thoughts and images of the deceased person, denial of the death, wanting to die, imagining the deceased is still alive, or a physically painful yearning for his or her presence, you may be experiencing abnormal grief.When these symptoms of grief linger and become debilitating, normal grief may become complicated, unresolved, protracted, traumatic, or complicated grief
This form of grief has features of both post traumatic stress disorder and depression.
ABUSE, TRAUMA & POST TRAUMATIC STRESS
Trauma describes any situation where one’s emotional and/or physical well-being is violated through the stress of the circumstances e.g: * Rape *Sexual molestation * Childhood physical abuse,* Domestic violence, *Sudden death of a loved one *Assault * Financial abuse * Spiritual Abuse
There are many women who are victims of abuse, suffering from PTSD escalating into depression.
ADDICTIONS
More and more women are becoming dependant on alcohol as a means of coping with life’s challenges and stresses. If you’re struggling with an alcohol problem, but you don’t want to see someone face-to-face about it, then this could be the help you’re looking for.
If you’re worried about your drinking, then a few sessions with us, will help you look at where you are at with your drinking, if it has or is becoming a problem, your goals and the treatment options open to you.
WOMANHOOD & LIFE SEASONS
Women's lives are filled with many seasons that force us to move out of our comfort zones. e.g the birth of a new baby, suddenly becoming a single parent, going through divorce, starting a small business, going back to work, juggling work and home, children leaving home, becoming the main carer to an ill parent, going through menopause, having a miscarriage, getting married and so on. The changes are many. These times can be extremely confusing and challenging.