Emotional Health & Wellbeing Blog
Health Anxiety In Pregnancy & After Birth
May 17, 2022 | Perinatal Mental Health
What Does Health Anxiety Look Like? Health Anxiety occurs when an individual is preoccupied with being ...
Read More → Let’s Doula This! The Power of Doula Support
April 14, 2022 | Parenting
Let’s Doula This – Recognising The Power of Doula Support By Robyn @mightybirthtribe As I sit ...
Read More → Intrusive Thoughts In Parenthood
March 15, 2022 | Parenting
We spend a hell of a lot of time each day thinking about things. The average ...
Read More → All You Need To Know About EMDR Therapy
February 8, 2022 | Therapy
What Is EMDR? EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing) is a psychological therapy that was developed ...
Read More → Is Paying For Private Therapy Worth It?
December 29, 2021 | Therapy
What is Private Therapy? It may come as no surprise to you that private therapy is ...
Read More → How To Survive The Fourth Trimester
November 13, 2021 | Parenting
What Is The Fourth Trimester? We typically hear about the first, second and third trimester of ...
Read More → What Is Birth Trauma?
October 17, 2021 | Perinatal Mental Health
According to SAMHSA, 2014, individual trauma results from an event, or series of events, or set ...
Read More → Excessive reassurance seeking & anxiety
August 27, 2021 | Therapy
Seeking excessive reassurance is a very common coping strategy for those that get anxious about things. ...
Read More → How can CBT help with Postnatal Depression?
July 27, 2021 | Perinatal Mental Health
It is thought that 10-20% of new parents develop Postnatal Depression. Research has even found that ...
Read More → International Father’s Mental Health Day
June 27, 2021 | Perinatal Mental Health
On 21st June 2021, it was International Father's Mental Health Day, a day founded by Mark ...
Read More → What is Low Self-Esteem?
May 22, 2021 | Mental Health
What Is Low-Self Esteem? Low self-esteem is something that I see very commonly in clinical practice. ...
Read More → How to manage excessive worrying
April 15, 2021 | Mental Health
What is Generalised Anxiety Disorder? Have you always been a bit of a worrier? Do you ...
Read More → Baby Blues or Postnatal Depression?
March 15, 2021 | Perinatal Mental Health
Lots of new mums may wonder whether the change in how they are feeling after having ...
Read More → Can Childhood Adversity Cause Anxiety?
February 21, 2021 | Mental Health
What Are Adverse Childhood Experiences? I was asked recently whether childhood adversity can contribute to problems ...
Read More → Homework in CBT
January 8, 2021 | Therapy
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) is a very practical therapy that involves homework as a huge part ...
Read More → Anxiety in The Body
December 4, 2020 | Mental Health
Can Anxiety Cause Physical Symptoms? Many people who I have worked with in therapy are so ...
Read More → Anti-depressants in Pregnancy
November 23, 2020 | Perinatal Mental Health
What You Need to Know About Anti-depressants in Pregnancy Medication has its place in the treatment ...
Read More → Coronavirus and OCD
November 16, 2020 | Mental Health
OCD is an anxiety disorder that is characterised by unwanted intrusive thoughts which create intense distress, ...
Read More → Counselling or CBT?
November 10, 2020 | Therapy
What is The Difference Between CBT & Counselling? The two most common types of psychological treatments ...
Read More → What is perinatal mental health?
November 3, 2020 | Perinatal Mental Health
What is Perinatal Mental Health? The term "perinatal," refers to the period from conception up until ...
Read More → Post-natal Depression in men/partners
October 29, 2020 | Perinatal Mental Health
We often hear about women experiencing Postnatal Depression after the birth of a child. This illness ...
Read More → How effective is online therapy?
October 25, 2020 | Therapy
How effective is online therapy? Over the years, psychological therapies such as Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), ...
Read More → What is Cognitive Behavioural Therapy?
October 22, 2020 | Therapy
What is Cognitive Behavioural Therapy? Cognitive Behavioural Therapy is a NICE approved psychotherapy used to treat ...
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