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Psychiatric Hospitals in Ibadan: UCH and Where Else to Go

Where to get psychiatric care in Ibadan: UCH’s psychiatry clinic days, how to get seen, the state hospital unit, Aro in Abeokuta, costs and emergency help.

Therapy & Treatment

Saturday, November 07, 2026

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Can Stress Cause Ulcer? What Really Causes Stomach Ulcers

Not on its own. Most ulcers come from H. pylori or anti-inflammatory painkillers. How stress fits in, why pain gets called ulcer, and when to see a doctor.

Mental Health

Saturday, November 07, 2026

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Goals of Counselling: What Counselling Aims to Do

The goals of counselling: understanding yourself, coping, deciding, changing, relating better. Who sets them, how to word a useful goal, and why it matters.

Therapy & Treatment

Saturday, November 07, 2026

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Aro, Abeokuta: What to Expect at the Psychiatric Hospital

Aro is the Federal Neuropsychiatric Hospital in Abeokuta. Where it is, how to contact it, what it treats, what a first visit involves, costs and your rights.

Therapy & Treatment

Friday, November 06, 2026

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Guilt vs Shame: The Difference and Why It Matters

Guilt says “I did something bad”. Shame says “I am bad”. How to tell them apart, why shame does more harm, and what to do with each feeling in daily life.

Mental Health

Friday, November 06, 2026

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NDLEA: Full Meaning, What It Does and How It Treats Users

NDLEA means National Drug Law Enforcement Agency. What it does, its counselling centres and free helpline, drug tests for jobs, and your rights if arrested.

Life in Nigeria

Thursday, November 05, 2026

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Stages of Group Counselling: What Happens in Each

The stages of group counselling explained: Corey’s initial, transition, working and final stages, Tuckman’s forming to adjourning, and what members can expect.

Therapy & Treatment

Thursday, November 05, 2026

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Situationships: Why They Hurt and How to Decide

What a situationship is, why the uncertainty hurts, how to have the “what are we?” talk, and how to decide whether to stay, commit or walk away.

Relationships

Wednesday, November 04, 2026

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Counselling Jobs in Nigeria: Where to Find Them (2026)

Where counselling and therapy jobs are in Nigeria, from schools and NGOs to companies and online platforms, and what employers ask for, including the law.

Work & Money

Tuesday, November 03, 2026

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Dealing With In-Laws in Nigeria: Boundaries Without War

How to deal with difficult in-laws in Nigeria: facing them as a couple, what to say about visits, money and children, and what to do when it goes too far.

Relationships

Monday, November 02, 2026

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Problems of Guidance and Counselling in Nigeria: Solutions

Too few counsellors, other duties, no funds or rooms, little training: the problems Nigerian studies have found in school counselling, and what helps.

Guides & How-To

Sunday, November 01, 2026

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Why Do I Get Angry So Easily? 10 Possible Reasons

Snapping over small things, at your partner, or crying when you’re angry? Ten common reasons, from sleep and hunger to depression and trauma, and what helps.

Mental Health

Saturday, October 31, 2026

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Counselling Techniques and Skills: What Counsellors Do

The listening skills every counsellor uses, and the main techniques from person-centred, CBT and solution-focused work, with real examples of how they sound.

Therapy & Treatment

Friday, October 30, 2026

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Loan App Harassment in Nigeria: Rights and Where to Report

Loan app calling your contacts or threatening you? What Nigeria’s 2025 digital lending rules say, how to report to the FCCPC, and how to cope with the shame.

Work & Money

Thursday, October 29, 2026

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Importance of Guidance and Counselling in Nigerian Schools

Why guidance and counselling matters: better subject and career choices, early help with personal problems, and a route to specialist care. With the evidence.

Guides & How-To

Wednesday, October 28, 2026

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Introducing Pay for me and Sponsors: let someone else pay for your therapy

Someone else can now pay for your therapy on Mytherapist.ng without seeing your sessions. How Pay for me links and Sponsors work, and what to expect.

News & Updates

Tuesday, October 27, 2026

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Rebuilding Trust After Cheating: What Helps Both of You

Rebuilding trust after cheating takes honesty, time and work from both partners. What helps the hurt partner, what the one who cheated must do, and when to go.

Relationships

Tuesday, October 27, 2026

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CASSON: Membership, CCN, LPCN and How Counsellors Register

CASSON is Nigeria’s main counselling association. Its membership tiers, the CCN and LPCN credentials, how to register, and how it links to CPCN registration.

Guides & How-To

Monday, October 26, 2026

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Guidance and Counselling in Nigeria: History and Today

From 1959 career talks in Ibadan to CASSON, university departments and a 2022 Act: how guidance and counselling grew in Nigeria, and where it stands now.

Guides & How-To

Saturday, October 24, 2026

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What Is Guidance and Counselling? Meaning and Types

Guidance helps you make choices; counselling helps you work through problems. What each means, how they differ, the types of guidance and its Nigerian roots.

Guides & How-To

Thursday, October 22, 2026

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What Is Group Therapy? How It Works and Who It Helps

Group therapy means a few people meeting regularly with a trained therapist. How sessions work, the main types, what research says, and how privacy works.

Therapy & Treatment

Wednesday, October 21, 2026

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How to Become a Therapist in Nigeria: 4 Routes (2026)

Counsellor, clinical psychologist, social worker or psychiatrist: the degrees, supervised practice and registration each route needs in Nigeria, explained.

Guides & How-To

Wednesday, October 21, 2026

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Earn rewards with bounties on Mytherapist.ng

Post about Mytherapist.ng, make a video or share your story, and earn wallet credit or free months of Prime. How bounties work, the rules and how to start.

News & Updates

Wednesday, October 14, 2026

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Group therapy sessions are here

Small groups led by a licensed therapist, every week or every two weeks, from ₦5,000 a month. Why we built group therapy, who it helps and how to join.

News & Updates

Wednesday, October 14, 2026

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Q3 2026, wrapped: everything that changed on Mytherapist.ng

Prime, a redesigned app, questionnaires from your therapist, more ways to pay and 80+ new articles. Everything that changed on Mytherapist.ng from July to September.

News & Updates

Tuesday, October 13, 2026

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Pricing Your Therapy Practice in Nigeria

What 116 Nigerian therapists charge per session, and how to set your own fee: your cost floor, fair benchmarks, couples and student rates, and raising fees.

Guides & How-To

Wednesday, October 07, 2026

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Losing a Spouse: Grief and What Comes After

What grief after losing a husband or wife can look like, when it needs help, your rights against harmful widowhood rites, and the paperwork that follows.

Life in Nigeria

Tuesday, September 29, 2026

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Islam and Therapy: Common Questions

Is therapy haram? What Islam teaches about seeking treatment, whether depression means weak iman, ruqyah alongside therapy, and choosing a therapist you trust.

Life in Nigeria

Monday, September 28, 2026

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Co-Parenting After Separation

How to co-parent after a separation in Nigeria: a written parenting plan, calmer messages, extended family, school fees, and what to do when it isn’t safe.

Relationships

Monday, September 28, 2026

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Living With a Partner Who Has Bipolar

What bipolar disorder means for your marriage, the early signs partners spot, how to plan for money, safety and pregnancy, and how to look after yourself.

Relationships

Sunday, September 27, 2026

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Binge Eating Disorder: Signs and Help

Binge eating disorder is more than overeating: repeated binges with a loss of control. The signs, how it differs from comfort eating, and treatment that works.

Mental Health

Sunday, September 27, 2026

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Cyclothymia: The Milder Mood Swing

Cyclothymia means years of highs and lows that are milder than bipolar disorder but real. The symptoms, how it differs from bipolar and BPD, and what helps.

Mental Health

Saturday, September 26, 2026

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Social Anxiety at Parties and Owambes

Why weddings, owambes and office parties fill some people with dread, why a drink doesn’t really help, and what does: before, during and after.

Life in Nigeria

Saturday, September 26, 2026

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Vaping, Nicotine and Your Mood

Why vaping feels calming but can keep you anxious, what research says about vaping and mood, the law in Nigeria, and how to cut down or quit.

Mental Health

Friday, September 25, 2026

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Leaving Your Parents Behind When You Japa

Guilty about leaving your parents behind when you japa? How to set up care before you go, stay close from abroad, share the load with siblings, and cope.

Life in Nigeria

Friday, September 25, 2026

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Starting Over After 40: Job Loss in Nigeria

Lost your job in your 40s or 50s? What makes it harder in Nigeria, the routes people actually take back to work, protecting your family, and your mind.

Work & Money

Thursday, September 24, 2026

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Will My Therapist Tell My Parents?

Whether a therapist can tell your parents depends mostly on your age. What Nigerian law says for under-18s and adults, when they’d share, and where to get help.

Therapy & Treatment

Thursday, September 24, 2026

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When Can a Therapist Break Confidentiality?

What a therapist in Nigeria can share and when: your consent, court orders, serious risk of harm and the few laws that require reporting a crime.

Therapy & Treatment

Wednesday, September 23, 2026

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Secondary Infertility: When Baby Two Won’t Come

Struggling to conceive after a previous pregnancy? What secondary infertility is, why it happens, why it hurts, when to see a doctor, and how to cope together.

Life in Nigeria

Wednesday, September 23, 2026

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Traditional Healers and Mental Illness

Why many families see a healer first, what healers do, where it goes wrong, what the law says about chaining, and how to use healing and medical care safely.

Life in Nigeria

Tuesday, September 22, 2026

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