Holiday wishes to all the eMHPrac Online Community
It's been a busy year and like all years in general practice there has been a lot to do and a lot to learn. All this stuff about online metal health resources is the least of it!
I hope you all get some peaceful time at the end of the year to spend quietly (or otherwise) with friends or family or just by yourself - time to contemplate, regroup and make ready for another year.
The end of one year and the beginning of the next is always a good time to think about what we are doing to make our own lives as healthy and rich as possible and wonder whether there are any improvements we can make. Most of all, are we living our own lives according to our values and prioritising the things that are important to us?
You might recognise those last sentiments as coming straight from the heart of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT). If you want to know a little more about those ideas and how to "operationalise" them take a look at the new module for people with diabetes related distress on myCompass "Doing what really counts". The module's two case studies are of people with diabetes, but the ACT-based strategies in the module can be useful for anybody struggling to priorities the important things in their life - even you and I!
Wishing you all a happy and healthy holiday period from the eMHPrac team at Black Dog Institute and Medcast.
Gerhard is a full professor of Clinical Psychology at Linköping University, Sweden since 2003, an
d affiliated researcher at the Karolinska Institute, Sweden. Professor Andersson is an internationally recognized researcher in the field of CBT delivered through information and communication technology, as well as the author of the book “The Internet and CBT: a clinical guide”.
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