By Erich Schoeman | Clinical Psychologist Introduction Understanding depression is an important starting point. However, understanding alone is not enough. The next question is practical: how should one respond to it? Depression affects motivation, energy, thinking,...
By Erich Schoeman | Clinical Psychologist Introduction Depression is one of the most widely experienced, yet often misunderstood, human struggles. Most people have some awareness of what depression looks like. We recognise it in others. We may have experienced aspects...
By Erich Schoeman | Clinical Psychologist Introduction Suicide is one of the most difficult and painful realities to face. It is not a distant issue. It touches families, churches, leaders, and individuals in deeply personal ways. Many people, at some point in their...
A Christian perspective on suffering, faith, and emotional resilience By Erich Schoeman | Clinical Psychologist Trauma is one of the most difficult experiences a person can endure. It overwhelms our normal coping mechanisms and often shakes many of the assumptions we...
By Erich Schoeman | Clinical Psychologist Trauma is something most of us will encounter in some form during our lifetime. Not every day. Not constantly. But at some point in our lives, something happens that shakes us, something that unsettles our sense of safety,...
