This week is OCD week. OCD is the 5th most common mental health difficulty in the UK affecting around 1.2% of the population (around 750,000 people). Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) has two main parts: obsessions and compulsions. Obsessions are unwelcome thoughts, images, urges, worries or doubts that repeatedly appear in your mind, which can leave you feeling anxious. […]
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 February article on over-thinking negative thinking that is called ‘ruminative thinking’. We all worry to a greater or lesser extent and a factor in maintaining depression is the amount of repetitive thinking we engage in. Our problem-solving brain believes that going over difficulties in the past is helpful as it can enable […]
It is Child Mental Health week (1 to 7 February) so let’s talk about some of the reasons many children are struggling with their mental health. Equally important is how we can help young people express themselves safely. The theme this year is Express Yourself – www.childrensmentalhealthweek.org.uk. Professionals only see children if there is a […]
Our world is changing rapidly at the moment. Some of the news coverage makes it difficult not to worry about what it all means for you and for those you love. Most of our thoughts, emotions, and anxiety caused by worry are negative. We tend to imagine the worst-case scenarios, anticipated threats, which can lead […]