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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...
What is PTSD & How Can It Be Treated
WHAT IS POST TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER? Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is a mental health problem caused by exposure to either a single event, a series of events or prolonged exposure to traumatic events. You do not have to have directly experienced the event,...
A Parents Guide to Helping Your Child to Beat Exam Stress
We are very good at recognising how stressful exams can be for our children but sometimes it is hard to know what to do for the best. Advice can vary from the ‘leave them to it, you can take a horse to water but you can’t make them drink’ school of thought to the ‘if...
How exercise can benefit children’s mental health
The weather has been glorious over the past few weeks and it is so much easier to get out and about when it is lovely and sunny, but if you need that extra push to stay active in the cold and dreary months it is worth knowing that physical exercise could have a...
Laughter therapy really is the best medicine
When was the last time you had a good laugh? I don’t mean a little chuckle, I mean a really good belly laugh, tears streaming, jaw aching, uncontrollable laugh. Whenever it was I bet it felt good and that the feeling stayed with you long after the laughter had gone....
Brain awareness week: What is “Child Neuropsychology”?
Brain Awareness Week (BAW) is a global campaign, founded by The Dana Foundation, to engage and educate the public on the advances and advantages of research in this area in a worldwide celebration of the brain! To contribute to this, we wanted to talk about Child...
Eating Disorders: Understanding, Recognising, and Getting Support
This week is Eating Disorders Awareness Week, a campaign run by Beat – a leading UK charity supporting those affected by eating disorders. For this year’s focus the charity was asking the question ‘Why wait?’. According to Beat people are waiting 91 weeks before...