UK eating disorder awareness week is 24 February to 2 March and we would like to take this opportunity to share information about this range of conditions that affect many people in the UK. Current research suggests that: Between 1.25 and 3.4 million people in the UK are affected by an eating disorder Around 25% […]
Welcome to our summer article on coping with transitions in education. Many children and young people will be moving from one school to another, moving to 6th form, college or university in the next few weeks. Coping with change is often a struggle for many people and even if it’s something we have anticipated positively […]
Welcome to our March article on mental health at University. Starting university can be a wonderful and exciting experience, but it can also bring its own unique challenges. It’s natural to feel nervous or overwhelmed during the first few weeks at university, and it can be a while before you feel like you’ve found your […]
What is anxiety?? Anxiety is a psychological, physiological state induced by a threat to our wellbeing, safety or survival. Whether that’s either the potential or actual. Anxiety is both a mental and physical state of negative expectation. Mentally it is characterized by increased arousal and apprehension which leads into distressing worry, and physically by unpleasant […]
On 27th June each year, the UK raises awareness of post traumatic stress disorder (“PTSD”) – let’s just call it trauma. Many clients we see come with symptoms of chronic ill health, anxiety, low mood/depression, OCD, eating disorders, intrusive thoughts, feeling disconnected from others, struggling to concentrate and remember things, addictions to food, alcohol, prescription […]