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Are issues getting swept under the carpet at your home? Are you worried about your child or teenager’s emotional state or their behaviour when you are not around? Do you find yourself in constant conflict with your spouse or children?

If you look closely enough at a single pebble, if you hold it in front of your eye line, it can obscure the entire horizon. Soon it can seem like the rest of the world no longer exists, such is the magnitude of that pebble which obscures our view.

The National Youth Council of Ireland is very concerned by the latest report from the Mental Health Commission stating that 200 young people under 18 were admitted to adult mental health hospitals in 2007 while 113 young people have been admitted to adult units in the first half of 2008.

Bio-energy is a natural relaxing treatment. It works by balancing the energy of a person. If your energy is blocked it can cause physical pain or other problems.

Local Fine Fåil councillor John Coonan, has recently retired from almost four decades working as a psychiatric nurse with the HSE in Kikenny.

We are hearing it from every angle these days and never has it been more important to look after your mental health.

Strong emotions like depression, anxiety and anger are at the root of why so many people seek help from GPs, counsellors, psychotherapists or clinical psychologists. Despite their training many professionals are not good at dealing with the disruption that out of control emotions cause their clients. Some common forms of counselling, for example, are known to make depression and anxiety disorders worse. Conversely, the right type of counselling is known to be more effective than drug treatments for all of these conditions.

Are you interested in counselling/psychotherapy as a career? If so, a foundation level course being run in the city in January may appeal.

Nurses from Kilkenny travelling to Australia this year are being urged to avail of interviews taking place in the county early next month. ICE Group has been appointed by the New South Wales Department of Health to recruit 150 Irish registered psychiatric nurses for a new forensic hospital in Sydney.

A new health service, the first of its kind for young people in Ireland, will open in the city today (Thursday).