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 | Sep 30, 2022 | Adult therapy, Uncategorized
What to do if someone you know is feeling suicidal? With September marking the yearly R U OK Day and World Suicide Prevention Day, it seemed vital for us to provide some helpful tips for assisting those around us who may be experiencing suicidal thoughts. We can often...
by Gemma Healey | Sep 2, 2022 | Adult therapy, Uncategorized
The truth about diets and changing the language Diets and diet talk is everywhere. It only takes walking into a book store and searching the “health and wellbeing” section to see that there are many books promoting different diets. You may have already been exposed to...
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...