Knowledge
Breaking the Cycle of Boom-and-Bust in Chronic Pain
Chronic pain can trap us in a frustrating cycle of overexertion and forced rest, but breaking that cycle is possible.
Psychology Articles
Articles and Guides To Help.
Learn more about the way our psychologists can help by reading our articles. We specialise in helping children, teenagers, and young adults understand the obstacles in their lives and build the skills needed to overcome them.
Knowledge
The Psychology of Pain
Pain can be debilitating. But as it is processed by the brain, can psychological support and strategies help you lessen its impact on your life?
Self Improvement
Three Tips for Better Sleep Health
For readers of the other blog I have written on sleep, you may have heard me use the term Sleep Hygiene as a treatment for some types of sleep disturbance. Today, I’ll be discussing what sleep hygiene is and how we can make use of it to achieve a more restful night’s sleep!
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Why can’t I sleep? Two common causes of sleep disturbance.
Sleep is one of the few universal human experiences – we all need it, we all do it, and most of us wish we did it a bit more often than we do.
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Core Human Needs
We all have needs, not just for basic survival but for quality living. These needs range from basic physiological needs like food, water, and shelter to more complex psychological needs like belongingness, self-esteem, and self-actualization. Everything else, like love, connection, intimacy, recognition, social and emotional security, employment, health, freedom, etc., comes in between.
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Chairing is Caring. Questions and Answers about Chairwork.
Chairwork is a so-called “experiential” therapy technique. Chairwork can be used as one element of therapy, but there are also therapists who use it as a stand-alone approach.
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Schema Therapy. Getting to know your modes.
In our last blog post, we learnt more about Schema Therapy and some of the tools schema-trained therapists may use to help you to heal ‘maladaptive’ (unhelpful) schema. If you haven’t read that post, then it might be worthwhile, as it will help to make sense of the rest of this post by giving you the background information you need.
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Schema Therapy Explained
Everyone Needs.
Everyone, including you and me, have basic needs. The need to connect, the need to feel loved, the need to feel cared for, the need to feel “normal”, and a sense of belonging with others.
Parenting
I Get Frustrated with My Children. Is It Normal?
Parenting is one of the most challenging and rewarding experiences in life. While raising children can bring extreme joy, it can also be incredibly frustrating.
Parenting
Teaching Children Body Autonomy And Consent
It’s a common fallacy that concepts like permission and physical autonomy belong in the same category as sex education in schools.
Parenting
Using Empathy With Your School Refusing Teenager
I can’t begin to explain the stress that a parent can experience when their teenager refuses to attend school. It’s even a term – “school refusal”, and it’s often tinged with a feeling of failure and judgement for both the teens themselves as well as their parents and caregivers, who are just trying to get them there.
