The safety of your child is a natural worry, wanting to protect your child from harm and so nothing bad happens. The worries range in their nature, perhaps you worry about them getting physically hurt in some way or their
Keeping them safe
Why I became a therapist …
As a little girl I did not sit pretending to be a therapist, in fact I wanted to be a teacher or vet. As the years went by, I fell into things more by accident than plan. After working many
Parents Mental Health
Parents Mental Health Day is on Friday 27th January 2023 and the theme this year is around building family resilience. I have a passion for supporting parents and carers and wanted to take a few moments to share some thoughts.
Moving forward …
Life does not stay still; time moves forward and with it brings different stages of life to navigate. Some of these will be brought about by age, stage of life, or events that bring about change. Some examples may include
Anxiety
It is natural to feel worried, tense or afraid at times. These feelings can become bigger when dealing with a stressful situation. If you are finding that your worries are impacting on your everyday life and the things you enjoy,
The caring balance
It is not easy to achieve a good balance in life, this is usually related to work and life. What happens when you put another element in, caring ? I noticed that it was highlighted over the pandemic lockdowns the
Loneliness
This month I am writing about the theme of loneliness. Loneliness has been chosen as the theme for Mental Health Awareness Week (9-15 May). Why loneliness ? Loneliness has been chosen as it is affecting more and more people. Since
I’m stressed !!!
It is not an uncommon phrase to hear, so how do we know when we are stressed and what can we do to ease it ? Like many things it is quite often not feeling ‘right’ that alerts us to
Time to talk
Today, is time to talk awareness day, 3rd February 2022. A day which aims to create supportive communities by having conversations with family, friends, or colleagues about mental health. Mental health can have a stigma within certain communities, families, and
I know what you are going to say !
I wanted to share a few thoughts on something a lot of us do …. Assume. Assumptions can become unhelpful, even paralysing. Assuming something can be feeding a worry, or perhaps it may stop us asking for support. Assumptions can