Face with joining a dreadfully long National Health Service waiting list, worried parents opted for online counselling instead. The reason? Increasingly more teenagers felt that they couldn’t wait any longer – they were motivated and ready to deal with their issues and quite loved the idea of doing so in the comfort of their homes. …
What is Family Therapy? Family therapy (otherwise known as Family and Systemic Psychotherapy) enables family members, couples and others who care about each other to explore difficult thoughts and emotions in a safe environment. Its main aim is to allow you to better understand each other’s experiences and make useful and meaningful changes to …
We often think of childhood as a time of carefree play and enjoyment. Whilst this is true for the most part, many children are also vulnerable to the same emotional and mental health issues that adults face. Research indicates that as many as one in five children and adolescents currently live with an identifiable mental …
Child psychology focuses on the mind and behaviour of children from prenatal development right the way through to adolescence. This particular branch of psychology deals not only with how children develop physically but also with how they grow mentally, emotionally and socially as well. Because child psychology is so vast, researchers tend to separate children’s …
A recent report by the NSPCC has revealed that the number of young people in Britain seeking counselling specifically over exam stress has increased by 200% in recent years, a truly staggering amount. These figures have come primarily from the NSPCC’s ChildLine service, a wonderful helpline where children can all express their concerns about whatever …
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In my work as a psychotherapist and my life as a mother, I have witnessed the long and short term effects of bullying. At least 70 % of my clients have experienced bullying at some point in their lives, often for the first time at school. I used to be surprised that bullying was a …
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