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What is World Mental Health Day all about? Well, it aims to spread awareness, educate and reduce the stigma that is sadly still associated with mental health problems in society. The event provides a great opportunity for people to share knowledge, talk about how to take care of mental health, and also deal with society’s […]
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I’m excited to share that I have created a new blog which is dedicated to childrens’ mental health and wellbeing over on my Brighter Futures for Kids website. Its called ‘Creating Kids Who Can’ and it will be sharing weekly posts on topics parents frequently ask me about. You can visit the blog by clicking
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Back in May, there was a quote circulating on social media cautioning those of us desperate to ‘get back to normal’ to use the time of lockdown to consider which parts of normal were actually worth rushing back to. Judging from the amount of shares it received, It struck a chord with many people. As we
Will You Get Back on the Merry-Go-Round? Read More »
Are you starting to feel rather overloaded? I know I am. There seems to be so much ‘noise’ out there at the moment. Much of it is well-meaning advice and support via email and social media, adverts on TV, and news bulletins. And there all lots of people offering free performances, classes, trainings and meet
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I don’t know about you, but I feel Friday was a line in the sand kind of day. Life as we know it changed dramatically. After a week of gradual restrictions imposed upon us, Friday’s were the most stringent and while its absolutely right that these new restrictions are in place, it’s only natural that
Coming to terms with a new reality Read More »
I was delighted to be invited along to the studios of BBC Radio Derby recently to talk about Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD). You can listen to the interview here (its starts 1hr 15 minutes into the programme). http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p02gtsks Talking about it with Sally Pepper and the other contributors has prompted me into writing this
Tips for coping with SAD and the ‘Winter Blues’ Read More »
The Government’s new strategy ‘No Health Without Mental Health‘ was announced on Wednesday,with £400m being pledged over four years to extend the IAPT scheme (Improving Access to Psychological Therapies) so that talking therapies, including counselling, will be more widely available – especially to children and young people. Six objectives have been set out in the
Counselling in the News: Reaction to new government strategy on mental health Read More »
I was interested to see a piece in ‘Therapy Today’, the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy’s professional journal, yesterday complaining about the way fictional characters with mental health problems are portrayed on television. Having just seen the second part of BBC’s ‘Silent Witness’ a couple of nights before, I was already fuming about this
TV dramas unhelpful and misleading portrayal of mental illness Read More »
I had planned to write a long blog post today in protest at Janet Street Porter’s recent ignorant and offensive article in The Daily Mail, as I felt the need to defend the female and male sufferers of stress and depression she so insensitively derided. However, Diane Foy of Coming Out of the Dark beat
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