Tuesday Talks: Forgiveness

The information provided here should never be used as an alternative to professional care. This post is merely intended as an informational guide. If you would like to speak with one of our counsellors, please call 222-7692 and we will be glad to assist you.

It's the holiday season and 2013 is drawing to a close. This Tuesday Talks post is going to be our last post on the blog for the year and we wanted to leave you with a little insight into forgiveness.

The new year is always associated with resolutions. The usual list is made up of promises to lose weight or spend less. Sometimes people make resolutions that regard changing an aspect about themselves, such as a promise to be more charitable or more spiritual. Have you ever considered, however, making a resolution to forgive?

Fact Friday: We Use 100% of Our Brains

There are a lot of myths about psychology, but none of them are as popular as the idea that people only use 10% of their brains. Although it's nice to think that humans have the capacity to be 90% better, the truth is that we use 100% of our functional brain capacity, although not always at the same time.

Tuesday Talks: Depression

The information provided here should never be used as an alternative to professional care. This post is merely intended as an informational guide. If you would like to speak with one of our counsellors, please call 222-7692 and we will be glad to assist you.

Depression is perhaps the most common of all mental health problems. It affects approximately 5% of the Caribbean and Latin American population. At a seminar on depression in the workplace, Dr. Fuad Khan spoke about the need to reduce stigma when dealing with challenges like depression, which can have a profound effect on multiple areas of a person's life.

Fact Friday: Psychology ISN'T Mind Reading

You've heard it a thousand times; you've probably even said it yourself: "So, you're a psychologist? Do you know what I'm thinking right now? What am I thinking? Tell me what I'm thinking!"

While this might be a useful thing while playing All-Fours or trying to figure out why your girlfriend is giving you cut-eye, psychology can't help you read someone's thoughts.

Did you do something? Did you forget to do something?
We wish we could help you out, but we really don't know how.

Tuesday Talks: Stigma

The information provided here should never be used as an alternative to professional care. This post is merely intended as an informational guide. If you would like to speak with one of our counsellors, please call 222-7692 and we will be glad to assist you.


Tuesday Talks is a series aimed at discussing mental health in the Caribbean, with a focus on Trinidad and Tobago. The Alive Child and Family Counselling Centre hopes that through these posts, people can get a better understanding of what mental health and mental illness is, and that cultural taboos and stereotypes in the Caribbean region can begin to change as we strive towards developing a more accurate psychological perspective.

To begin this series, our first topic is stigma.