Oct 31, 2020 | Uncategorised
This is a really difficult time for parents, children, teenagers and young people at the moment. As someone who has been worried about their child there are a few things that I can recommend. It is extremely difficult if your child is living away and does not have the...
Oct 18, 2020 | Uncategorised
The month of October has been declared Mental Health Awareness month with the objective of not only educating the public about mental health but also to reduce the stigma and discrimination that people with mental illness are often subjected to. One of the things I...
Oct 7, 2020 | Uncategorised
A few weeks ago I did some training on the polyvagal theory. I had never heard of it before the beginning of this year but have heard it mentioned often over the last few months. I was told it was particularly useful for those who had suffered trauma, PTSD, and for...
Sep 25, 2020 | Uncategorised
Last Saturday I did a CPD course in how to work with survivors of child sexual abuse. I was surprised to learn what the statistics were – 1 in 4 girls and 1 in 6 boys are victims of child sexual abuse. Many victims can often be confused as to whether they were in fact...
Sep 17, 2020 | Uncategorised
Pain can be really debilitating but hypnotherapy can help. Pain is the message from the brain that something is wrong so it is very important that if you are in pain that you seek advice from your doctor first. Once a diagnosis has been ascertained and you are told to...
Sep 4, 2020 | Uncategorised
Anger is a very normal emotion. Yet as children we can often be given the message that anger is not acceptable. We may have been made to feel bad for expressing our anger. That message would have come from teachers, parents, family and society. You may have been...
