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27Oct

Therapy Has Been Invaluable in Learning to Live With My Diagnosis of Adult ADHD

Emma Mahony

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Emma Mahony was diagnosed with ADHD as an adult – here's how therapy helped her
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13Oct

Does Hoarding Relate to Childhood Experiences?

Stuart Large

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Hoarding disorder is thought to affect 2.5-5% of the population; it's characterised by a need to acquire and keep hold of objects. Stuart Large talks to researcher Jessica Barton about how hoarding disorder and childhood experiences may relate.
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12Oct

Sands Ambassador Genelle Aldred Shares Her Experience of Baby Loss

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bereavement, experienceoftherapy, grief, loss, miscarriage, PND, video

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For Baby Loss Awareness Week 2020, we speak to Sands ambassador Genelle Aldred about her own experience of baby loss and therapy
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07Oct

Andrea McLean on How Her Breakdown Led Her to Therapy

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Loose Women's Andrea McLean suffered a breakdown last year due to unprocessed trauma and stress. She talks to Louise Chunn about how therapy helped her recover her sense of wellbeing and optimism, even in the Covid period
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05Oct

The Impact of the Pandemic on Children's Mental Health

Place2Be

children, coronavirus, society

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Place2Be, a children's mental health charity, share their inside knowledge on how the pandemic has affected children and young people, as well as details of their new training programmes for teachers and mental health professionals
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30Sep

Sam Baker's Life-Saving Experience of EMDR Therapy

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Author of The Shift, Sam Baker has written about mid-life for women, and her own experience of an abusive relationship which she finally sought help with using EMDR therapy
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24Sep

The Neuroscience of Change: Why Changing Course is Painful for the Brain

Dr Helena Boschi

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Our brain, to some extent, dictates how we might respond to certain situations and stimuli. Dr Helena Boschi explores how uncertainty, neurological laziness, and our outcome expectations explain our resistance to change.
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21Sep

Why Are We So Addicted to Social Media?

Emma Kilburn

addiction, psychology, socialmedia, society, technology

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Social media has an undeniable presence in most of our lives – but why do we find it so addictive? Teacher and trainee psychotherapist Emma Kilburn explores three different psychological theories to explain why we're hooked.
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16Sep

How Sian Williams Mixes Counselling NHS Patients With News Reading

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Channel 5 newsreader Sian Williams is a familiar face on TV, but she is also a BACP-qualified psychological therapist employed by the NHS. She talks to Louise Chunn about her training and working during the Covid crisis
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14Sep

4 Ways to Encourage Healthy Body Image in Your Daughter

Dr Charlotte Markey

body, bodyimage, children, family, parenting, teenagers, tips, women

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While the issue affects boys too, many young girls unfortunately grow up with complicated body image issues. Dr Charlotte Markey offers 4 ways parents can encourage a healthy body image in their daughters.
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