AI is changing many professions, including healthcare and mental health. But psychology is one field where human connection remains difficult to replace. AI can provide information, psychoeducation, structured exercises and even support with common psychological difficulties. However, effective therapy involves much more than knowing what intervention to use. A psychologist needs to notice subtle changes in a client's emotions, behaviour and communication, understand the relationship...

Grief is that horrible psychological and physiological experience when your mind and body have to update reality after a meaningful loss. It's not just sadness, it's so much more. One dimension to it, is that it has a huge element of learning.. painful learning that something important is gone… and you have to reorganize your world around that. "One of the hardest parts of loss isn’t just missing the person, but missing the version of you that existed when they were here. The life you had....

Fear is your brain’s “danger detector”. Think of it as your inner alarm system: it’s loud, persistent, and sometimes goes off when there’s literally nothing there. However, its main job is to keep you alive. Fear = Something is bad + I might not be able to handle it Fear is not an enemy, it's your friend. It helps you spot danger quickly (so you don’t get eaten by a bear - or metaphorical bears like traffic or deadlines). It also makes your body ready to fight, run, or freeze like a statue....