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Johnny St. Tai

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Expertise

It is okay to feel down and out once every so often, as long as you know to reach out for the hands that will pull you back up. I can answer questions about self esteem improvement, relationship with others, depression, and sexuality. I will/cannot give medical advice without an actual examination of the person and his/her medical history, so for those issues, best to find a local specialist/doctor to be safe.

Experience in the area

Ten years of professional and volunteer counseling, and volunteering for the Crisis Center. Born of a conflict-laiden family, I've walked through violance, addiction, abuse, and more. I survived, scarred but still strong, and I will do my best to help others do the same.

Organizations

Richmond Chimo Crisis Center

Education/Credentials

Interpersonal/Social Relation Specialist, University of British Colombia Socialwork, 2005.

Past/Present Clients

over 500.

What do you like about this subject?

A human mind is like the ocean, it's never the same, and always powerful. human society is constructed of millions of thoughts and believes, therefore cannot always be calm and peaceful. However, if we overlook our own thoughts at times and look at those of others, we might just find that life's much more agreeable than we thought it to be.

What do you still hope to achieve/learn in this field?

I believe that life it self is a process of learning, therefore, I would like to learn as much as possible till the day my road ends, and what's more important to me, is to pass on what i've learned, so that others may have the same understanding that I have.

Something interesting about this subject that others may not know:

Being depressed is more serious than simply pissed off, sad, or blue. In simpler explaination, being depressed means that your negative emotions have reached the extreme in which they're controlling your daily life.

Something controversial or provocative about this subject

Once in a while we may all get the blue, but the question is how to face and live through those moments of darkness until you see the light again.

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Sherry	03/10/12	10	10	10
Jenny	03/07/12	10	10	10	Thank you very much for your quick .....
Nick	02/09/12	10	10	10	Thank you for your immidiate response !

Recent Answers from Johnny St. Tai

2012-03-15 depression,self esteem issues:

So there is the problem...you try and try and try to please other people, but all that does is make you more insecure. From now on, try pleasing your self first, be your own person, live for your self

2012-03-14 depression,self esteem issues:

You cannot depend on others to make you feel good- it is your responsibility alone. If you don't like or not sure about how you look, change it till you look good to yourself. Others do not run your life

2012-03-07 Depression with agressive mood swing.:

Before blaming it on depression, we need to know if his physical self is okay. What you're describing is almsot exactly the same as if a person's starting to develop mental issues do to brain tumors or

2012-01-28 Will I ever recover?:

Perhapse more important here is, why do you find things pointless? Obviously you didn't feel this way before the event took place, so, in your mind, how does what happened change how you look at things?

2012-01-05 dealing with depression:

Finding job's tough for everyone all over the world at the moment- so it's not only you. It's a tough start, but maybe you should look into working freelance-self employ, or go get a secondary training

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