The Emotional Health Coach

  “It’s good to talk” or “a problem shared is a problem halved” will be familiar phrases to many of us and have been used as throw away lines, well-meant clichés or indeed as part of mental health campaigns. There has been much debate in the media recently over whether or not mental health is over diagnosed and we may well know people who talk about struggling from anxiety when in actual fact they are simply feeling anxious – a perfectly normal and reasonable feeling which is not a problem if named and managed well. We will also know people at the other end of the scale who suffer from crippling anxiety which stop them leaving the house or working or engaging with others in a meaningful way and require professional help to tackle it. Both are real, both are valid and both need support of different kinds and levels. A better understanding of what emotional health is and why it is important might be the answer to this polarised debate. In the Demos report Strong Foundations Why ...