'Given that right now 13 million of us in England and Wales visit our GP with a skin problem such as acne, rosacea or eczema each year*, quite frankly we’ll try anything.'
. How? She talked herself into it. “At 23 I began cognitive behavioural therapy to help me cope with anxiety after a bad car accident I was in. It gave me the tools to relax and restore my mindset, and my therapist and I were curious to see if it could help heal my skin in the same way. It really worked.”
What happened in those sessions is a phenomenon that experts are calling Psychodermatology: the field of medicine for treating the connection between the mind and the skin. By using psychotherapy, such as CBT, you can understand the way in which the skin responds to emotional and environmental stressors and learn new ways of thinking to stop the skin’s responses.
United Kingdom Latest News, United Kingdom Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Britain on flood alert with a month's rain set to fall in just 14 hoursThe Met Office has issued a severe weather warning, saying up to 80mm of rain is possible along with 40mph winds
Read more »
Boys, 14 to 17, arrested after man killed with SCREWDRIVER outside GreggsKIDS as young as 14 stabbed solicitor Peter Duncan to death when he rushed to break up a fight at a Newcastle shopping centre. The top lawyer, 52, had simply gone to help as he made his way home fr…
Read more »
Pupils chanted 'paedo' at jailed teacher who had sex with girl, 14Michael McCarthy was considered a 'creep' by pupils and was called a 'paedo' as he walked around school
Read more »
British girl, 14, raped in Corfu 'by hotel worker' during family holidayThe Foreign Office is offering support to the teenager and her family after the alleged rape in Dassai Corfu
Read more »
British girl, 14, 'raped by Albanian hotel worker' on family holiday in CorfuAN ALBANIAN hotel worker has been accused of raping a 14-year-old British girl holidaying with family in Corfu. The man, 32, was arrested yesterday and has reportedly confessed to the alleged sex a…
Read more »
Ewan McGregor 'is set to return to Star Wars' - 14 years after last appearing as Obi-Wan KenobiEWAN McGregor is “set to return to Star Wars” – 14 years after he last appeared as Obi-Wan Kenobi in the franchise. The 48-year-old actor made his debut as Anakin Skywalker’…
Read more »