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What Is Travel Anxiety & How To Manage It?
Travel anxiety is common. Summer holidays are highly anticipated but the planning and organisation that come with it can be a source of stress. Here are some of the main anxiety issues people often have surrounding holidays with some tips that can help… It’s all in...
Relationship Goals on your Summer Holiday
Summer holidays are a highly anticipated time; a break from the regular routine to spend quality time with our partner. But this can also highlight problems in our relationships. So what should your relationship goals be on your summer holiday? Put another way, how do...
How can Summer affect mental health?
Summer is meant to be everyone’s favourite season - a time when the sun is shining, our social calendar is chock-a-block and we’re all outdoors, sporting our new summer wardrobe and having fun. Right? This rose-tinted image of the season is greatly aided by the media,...
What Is Good Mental Health & Am I Ok?
We often only hear about mental health in a negative capacity, i.e. what isn’t good mental health. But, on the flipside, we don’t ever tend to hear about what constitutes good mental health. So how do you know when your mental health is good? According to the World...
Mental Health Awareness Week 2019 – We’re Expanding
The first half of 2019 has been a busy one which has seen us grow to offer our services at more clinic locations and recruit several new team members. We're also set to open two new therapy rooms at our flagship clinic this week. We thought what better time than...
Social Media & Mental Health: Is There a Link?
Did you know that there is a link between social media and your mental health. Social media has become a part of our everyday lives. Be it Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, Snapchat or TikTok; everyone uses some type of social media platform. In the UK alone, there are...
Social Media & Mental Health: Is It Affecting You?
Social media has become a part of our everyday lives. Be it Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, Snapchat or TikTok; everyone uses some type of social media platform. In the UK alone, there are approximately 57.6 million active social media users - that’s almost 85% of the...
Therapies for Stress Management
Identifying stress and remembering things that can help you to cope better is great. But what do you do when these self-care methods are no longer working? Unmanaged stress can lead to anxiety and depression. It is always better to seek help early to prevent things...
Our 3 Top Tips For Coping With Stress At Work
A recently report by Centre for Mental Health found that mental health problems cost employers £35 billion per year, the equivalent of £1300 for every employee. You might expect this cost to come from employees needing to take time away from work when it gets too...
Our 3 Top Tips On How To Manage Stress
Overwhelmed, irritable and generally ‘not yourself’? It may be time to stop and take a look at how you're managing stress. It is easy to get stuck into a spiral of negative coping strategies. "I'm too tired to go to the gym". "I need a glass of wine to wind down from...
Signs of stress and when to seek help
We all get stressed: it may be a deadline at work, relationship difficulties or problems juggling all of our day-to-day demands. Our levels of stress ebb and flow. Most of us identify a few things that we can do to keep it in check but how do we know when stress is...
What Should I Expect From My Therapy Sessions?
You may be starting therapy for the first time, or you have been before and didn’t find it as helpful as you had hoped. We know that starting therapy can be daunting and at Select Psychology we want you to feel prepared. We have come up with a guide that we hope will...