AboutJurriaan Plesman Expertise I have a degree in Psychology from the Sydney University and a Postgraduate Diploma in Clinical Nutrition.
I am also the author of “GETTING OFF THE HOOK” which deals with the nutritional and psychological treatment of personality disorders. It is freely available on the internet at Google Book Search.
I am interested in the relationship between nutrition and behaviour, and as a Probation ans Parole Officer facilitated groups for offenders, many of whom were alcoholics and drug addicts, sex offenders or compulsive gamblers, as well as the whole gamut of “personality disorders”.
I am also the editor of the Hypoglycemic Health Association of Australia Newsletter, a quarterly publication dealing with hypoglycemia and related health problems.
Its web site, together with a shortened course of PSYCHOTHERAPY can be visited at:
Degrees & Certifications:
BA (Psychology) Sydney University and Post Grad Dipl Clin Nutr
Web page:
http://www.hypoglycemia.asn.au
Experience Psychotherapist
Organizations The Hypoglycemic Health Association of Australia
Publications Book: GETTING OFF THE HOOK
Various articles in the Hypoglycemic Healh Association of Australia Newsletters
Education/Credentials BA (Psych), Post Grad Dip Clin Nutr
Question My boyfriend is 18 years old, and we've been going out for 8 months now. We both love each other dearly, and we are very intimate and close. Unfortunately, we argue a lot, and it's not always about important things. Last night we had a really bad argument, and he told me today that he had thoughts about ending his life, and he does when we got into arguments... I was absolutely shocked... I go to a therapist for cutting myself, but doing that is by no means a suicide attempt. I don't know what to do, I never knew he felt that way. I want to be with him, always, but I don't know if I can take care of him the way he needs, I obviously can't even take care of myself. So, what should I do?
Answer Dear Annette,
It often happens that two people who are suffering from depression find one another to help each other. This is because they know and understand how their partners feel.
You both can be helped if you are in the right hands of therapists who are aware that depression is not so much a "psychological" disorder as it is a physical disorder.
Most depressed people have hypoglycemia, which is a sugar handling problem and that interferes with the production of feel good neurotransmitters, such as serotonin. This can be overcome by nutritional way and by a change in diet in the hands of a Nutritional Doctor or as Clinical Nutritionist. There are many other nutritional disorders that can contribute to depression.
Please discuss with your therapist and ask to be referred to ma Nutritional Doctor.
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Jurriaan Plesman BA (Psych) Post Grad Dip Clin Nutr
Editor of
The Hypoglycemic Health Association of Australia.
www.hypoglycemia.asn.au
Author of "Getting off the Hook"
Freely available at Google Book Search
