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OPINION: Mental Health Commission's recent review reveals some news - and it's not good.
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ADVICE: Cutting off contact with a parent is more common than you might think.
Changes in lockdown levels spur anxiety, however, this is to be expected.
Mind Matters Psychotherapist Kyle MacDonald answers your mental health questions.
ADVICE: Leaving relationships that are abusive is hard.
Mind Matters Psychotherapist Kyle MacDonald answers your mental health questions.
Mind Matters Psychotherapist Kyle MacDonald answers your mental health questions.
ADVICE: "Toxic positivity", a friend with a problem, and coming off antidepressants.
ADVICE: Not all resolutions are created equal. Here's how to make lasting change.
Psychotherapist Kyle MacDonald answers your questions.
Psychotherapist Kyle MacDonald answers your questions.
Don't let the bubble-breaker blues get you down.
We are masters at adapting. But there comes a time when we need to "turn that off".
Let's get through this together.
Let's get through this together.
Let's get through this together.
Your questions answered about working from home, drinking, and low energy levels.
Let's get through this together.
We need to plan how we will respond to emotional distress once we move out of crisis mode.
Psychotherapist Kyle MacDonald answers your Covid-19 questions.
Let's get through this together.
Let's get through this tough time together.
COMMENT: It will come to define not just our lives but a whole generation.
The coronavirus pandemic is causing great anxiety. Here's some sensible advice.
Psychotherapist Kyle MacDonald on what's lacking from famed behavioural therapist.
These are the top five columns from psychotherapist and Nutters Club host Kyle MacDonald.
Our roads are overwhelmed and existing public transport is bursting at the seams.
At this time of year, for those it struggle with their drinking, it can be hell.
Psychotherapist reflects on the ease of access and impact of cannabis on his development.
COMMENT: Fear is a powerful motivator and politicians understand this.
Psychotherapist Kyle MacDonald on what's behind our intergenerational tensions.
And what it did for our collective neurosis as a nation.
Arming more police will only serve to guarantee one outcome: more people will be shot.
How did we reach a point where we need to force institutions to care via regulation?
Psychotherapist Kyle MacDonald on the real problem with illicit drugs.
People's responses provide a pretty clear litmus test, writes Kyle MacDonald.
COMMENT: Promoting "wellbeing" does nothing for those battling overwhelming depression.
This is what generational change looks like, writes Kyle MacDonald.
Angry about the measles outbreak? Be careful where you target it, writes Kyle MacDonald.
No one wants to own being "racist", but we need to talk about it, writes Kyle MacDonald.
It can be easy to take voting for granted when you've always had the option.
Psychotherapist Kyle MacDonald on why he's chosen not to take out health insurance.
Quietly, people have always practised all sorts of ethical non-monogamous relationships
Fracturing the bond causes deep and lasting harm, writes psychotherapist Kyle MacDonald.
Kyle MacDonald on the truth about creating our own successes, or failures.
Psychotherapist responds to a question that divides, sparks fear and sows misinformation.
Psychotherapist asks if interest in the Dunedin woman with OCD came from the right place.
Maybe it's time I started listening to Kanye, writes psychotherapist Kyle MacDonald.
Will we look back and say this is where the transformation started, asks Kyle MacDonald.
There's a problem with believing psychological pain is an illness in the first place.
We punish too easily in New Zealand, writes Kyle MacDonald.
It's a fact: you can't learn to talk from a screen. But is the advice out there helpful?
We know a lot less about why people kill themselves than anyone is comfortable admitting.
After spending his career taking a stance against suicide, Kyle MacDonald is worried.
Kyle MacDonald on overcoming inherent prejudice and the 'in-group' phenomenon.
When explaining mental health to kids, don't sugar-coat it, writes Kyle MacDonald.
Psychotherapist Kyle MacDonald on what you may be feeling and how to address it.
Kyle MacDonald asks: Are your morals more important than young people's lives?
Royal visits? Definitely okay. Family trips to Fiji or America's Cup parades? Sure.
Is the Portugal Model the best approach as New Zealand looks to legalise cannabis?
Kyle MacDonald on the science of keeping secrets.
While early birds get the worm, night owls a having more fun according to Kyle MacDonald.
We all have times when we could be a little kinder to ourselves.
Psychotherapist Kyle MacDonald on Parker's textbook "Public Relations Sorry".
Staunch ideas of how men and women "should behave" can cause serious damage.
COMMENT: What's really going on when we describe ourselves or others as self-destructive?
Taking time to "find yourself" makes me wonder: if you're lost, who's looking for you?
The vital element often forgotten when considering your personality type.
Comment: For many it really is the most wonderful time of the year. But not for all.
A psychotherapist imagines NZ if new mental health recommendations were implemented.
COMMENT: Time for Govt to deliver what we can truly call a People's Mental Health System.
Kiwi comedian tells Kyle MacDonald how he overcame his battles and found forgiveness.
That children should be excluded from public places is quite simply discrimination.