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About 'Help-For'
Help-For was set up in Dec 2000 by Terry Dixon (after obtaining a degree in Psychology but unable to follow clinical
psychology training because of family commitments) to help increase awareness about anxiety disorders and depression.
Initially a bare bones website, people were so interested in the information it provided that a booklet 'UNDERSTANDING CONTROL AND CHANGE',
was produced and distributed by Help-For. It sold tens of thousands of physical copies and changed many people's lives.
The booklet was based on a couple of chapters of a then planned book 'EVOLVING SELF CONFIDENCE', which was eventually released in 2008 after
taking 10 years to write.
Written, published and distributed by Help-For, 'EVOLVING SELF CONFIDENCE' offers a totally new way to understand (and deal with) severe
anxiety-related problems and has helped thousands and thousands of people often when nothing else could.
The information on this website and in the books is based on over thirty years experience and research involving anxiety disorders,
depression, psychoanalytic and behaviour therapy, relaxation and hypnotherapy.
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Philosophy
Excessive anxiety, constant worrying, panic attacks that come out of the blue, unstoppable obsessive thoughts and compulsions,
irrational fears and phobias (particularly social phobia), post trauma fear, severe depression...
The current worldview of these problems is based on the medical model which views them as (mental) illnesses where something goes wrong in our brain and the
answer lies in 'fixing' the thing that has gone wrong.
At 'Help-For' we don't believe this at all.
How many 'normal' people...
 Say 'Touch Wood' so as not to tempt fate?
Repeatedly check doors, windows, switches?
Take a drink before social functions?
Avoid public speaking at all costs?
Almost everyone displays behaviours associated with anxiety disorders (and depression) such as disturbing thoughts, ritualistic checking, the need for
perfection, increased anxiety, panic and despair at some time in their lives – more so in times of stress – for these problems reflect the subconscious ways
that humans have evolved to protect themselves.
These aren't some awful illness we were just unfortunate to catch (a belief that consigns us to feelings of helplessness and hopelessness)
they are the result of learning and conditioning from our life experiences.
When we can understand and accept this, everything changes.
And so, all that you read from 'Help-For' is based on the premise:
Not diseases, disorders or mental illness, anxiety and
depression problems involve natural survival instincts common to us all – normal self-protective thoughts, feelings and behaviours that become over-sensitive and intensified,
grossly exaggerated and out of control.
They develop from experiencing too many (or too severe) stressful, negative life issues and events... ones that make us feel weak and vulnerable.
In essence, these problems come from our subconscious trying to protect us when life has made us afraid. And they start, strengthen and grow from our mind's attempts to explain and
resolve the intangible fear we feel inside.
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Contact Us
In the first instance, please contact 'Help-For' by email, using:-
For comments/questions about the website or books, use:
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Important Notice
The information on this website is not intended to be used for self-diagnosis nor to be taken as a substitute for good
individual personal professional medical attention. The only intent of the author is to offer information to help you in your quest for
well-being and no responsibility can be taken by 'Help-For' for the way this information is used.
It is strongly recommended that anyone who is thinking, feeling or behaving in a way that they don't understand, any way that is causing
pain or unhappiness, should consult a medical professional and that a medical doctor should always be consulted for any persistent physical
or bodily function problem, in the first instance, to rule out possible physical causes before psychological reasons are explored. And that,
under no circumstances, should anybody stop taking prescribed medication without fully qualified medical supervision.
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are no cookies on the www.help-for.com website. There are also no adverts. We do not collect or store any information about you or
your use of this website.
(Legal Notices)
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