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Business News : We’ve Opened a Clinic in Sunderland
Mental health dominates many headlines in today’s media, which no doubt has had an impact on awareness of the issues that surround it, creating a surge of people looking for help. Select Psychology, a North East based private counselling and clinical psychology...
What Is Sex Addiction & Do I Have It?
What is sex addiction? The simplest definition for sex addiction is that it is any form of sexual behaviour that feels out of control and that is causing problems in someone’s life. There are many different types of sexual behaviour that people can become “addicted”...
How our emotions are affected by the brain
We all know that the brain is a powerful thing. But how exactly does it effect our emotions? Read on to find out.... Threat system Let us go back to the time when our ancestors lived in caves: it was important for survival and to avoid danger therefore our brains...
How To Approach Someone With Mental Health Problems
We all hear what NOT TO SAY to someone who we suspect is struggling with their mental health. But what about what we SHOULD SAY to someone we believe needs help? Start off with a simple "how are you"? Sometimes it can be hard to know what to say when speaking to...
Taking back your sex life after beating cancer
Beating the Big C isn’t just about getting the all clear from the medics – it’s also about getting quality back in all aspects of your life and relationships. As a psychosexual therapist, couples often tell me that the experience of going through cancer together has...
Is Social Media Lowering My Self Esteem?
This is the fourth part in our four part series about the impact of social media on mental health. This time we look at how it can effect our self esteem. We are all are bombarded with images of utopia and a life that is unattainable to us. People put the best of...
Is Scrolling Social Media Effecting My Sleep?
Read our third instalment on social media and the impact on mental health. This time we're taking a look at effect on sleep. Is your phone the last thing you look at before you go to bed at night and the 1st thing you check when you wake up in the morning? Do you even...
Social media and the effect on teens
This is part two of four in our series about social media and the effect on mental health. This particular article talks about social media and the effect on teens. I’m old enough to remember having to wait until after 6 o’clock to ring my friends because it was...
Am I Spending Too Long On Social Media Apps?
This is part one in our four-part series about the impact of social media on mental health. Part one – When is social media too much? Social media has dramatically changed the way that we communicate. It helps us to connect with the outside world, find like minded...
Starting school – Top tips to get off to a great start at school
It’s a time of big change for children and parents alike. Many of us will have snap shots of memories of starting school: the smell of the classrooms, the sound of the dinner bell, the feeling of new school shoes. Now we are parents how do we help our children to take...
Five winning tips to stop unsuccessful dieting
Many of us have been there…. ’the diet starts on Monday’ the dresses that hang in the wardrobe ‘just in case I lose those extra few pounds’ crash dieting to lose weight for the summer holiday …. only to put it all back on again plus, in most cases, additional pounds!...
What’s The Difference Between A Counsellor & A Psychologist
"What's the difference between a Counsellor and a Psychologist? Which do I need?" Counselling and psychology are related, with a focus on providing guidance and support to improve an individual’s mental health, but there are differences between the two in terms of...