Mental health Awareness for Children
This blog is not intended to try and force a conversation on children about mental health, and it is always the parents responsibility to...
Are you an Ambivert?
Whenever I meet a friend of mine I am always struck by how quiet and unassuming she is, almost with a slight shyness. Yet...
The Mind Body Connection
It has long been believed by mental health professionals that there is a strong link between poor mental health and poor physical health. Stress...
Fascination for Reality TV
If there was ever a case of shutting the stable door after the horse has bolted, it perhaps couldn't be more evident than...
Helicopter Parents
If I had to confess to something I think I would have to own up to being a little bit of a 'helicopter...
Schizophrenia, Shamans and Religious delusions
Schizophrenia, shamans and religious delusions
Reverse Seasonal Affective Disorder
Every winter as a child I used to wait in eager anticipation for Spring to arrive with its promise of new life blossoming, and...
Sextortion
Some time ago a small group of teenage schoolgirls had done something that we could never have known the ramifications of many years later....
What exactly is PTSD
I asked a friend, ‘what is post traumatic stress disorder?’ She is a fellow therapist and her reply was, ‘a normal response to an abnormal...
Separated at Birth
I have just finished watching ‘Three Identical Strangers’ on Channel 4. (Spoiler alert). It is a documentary which tells the dreadful story of triplets,...
When will my grief end
I was asked this question again last week and it seems to be a very common question asked of me. People want to know, ‘when...
International Women’s Day
As International Women’s Day approaches on Friday, I find myself reflecting on how far women have come in terms of equality. This is a...