by Gemma Healey | Dec 19, 2022 | Adult therapy, Child and Adolescent Mental Health, Uncategorized
Supporting yourself or a loved one through Christmas when there is an eating disorder in the midst Christmas can be a very difficult and challenging time for people with eating disorders or difficult relationships with food. Whilst for some, the relaxing time that...
by Gemma Healey | Dec 12, 2022 | Adult therapy, Child and Adolescent Mental Health, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, Uncategorized
What is metacognition and what does it have to do with worry and rumination? Worry and rumination are common ‘repetitive negative thinking’ styles that are often experienced as spiralling or racing thoughts, and overthinking. ‘Worry’ usually refers to thinking on...
by Gemma Healey | Nov 4, 2022 | Adult therapy, Child and Adolescent Mental Health, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, Uncategorized
Anxious intrusive thoughts and how to manage them When you read this sentence, try as hard as you can not to think of a white polar bear. You just thought about a white bear, didn’t you? Congratulations!! This small thought experiment, devised by cognitive scientists...
by Gemma Healey | Aug 12, 2022 | Adult therapy, Child and Adolescent Mental Health, Uncategorized
Stigma can be detrimental, so don’t let it stick: Part 2 If you are the parent of a child with mental health difficulties and you have found yourself thinking pretty unhelpful things like “I’m to blame for my child’s problems” or...
by Gemma Healey | Jul 11, 2022 | Adult therapy, Child and Adolescent Mental Health, Uncategorized
Stigma can be detrimental, so don’t let it stick: Part 1 I recall being in a grocery store and seeing a child shift from a few tears about something relatively minor to an all-out emotional meltdown. I recall the mother’s embarrassment as she looked down at her...
by Gemma Healey | Jun 24, 2022 | Adult therapy, Child and Adolescent Mental Health, Uncategorized
Tricky, sticky habits: what are body-focused repetitive behaviours? We’ve all heard the phrase “pulling their hair out” used to describe someone who is particularly stressed, or “splitting hairs” to refer to being overly fussy. But you might not realise that these...