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18Dec

Everything You Need for Christmas Wellbeing

Welldoing

Christmas, family, self

Soul

Happy, sad, in between: Christmas can bring up a range of feelings. We've collected some of our most popular Christmas-related content with expert advice on how to look after yourself during the festive season
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16Dec

On Surviving a Family Christmas, and Cooking Golden Potatoes

Ajay Khandelwal

Christmas, family, identity, self

Therapists

Just when you need them most --- Christmas -- therapists take a break. So psychoanalyst Ajay Khandelwal has tips for how to survive a full-scale family Christmas gathering
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15Dec

5 Ways You Can Support Someone Who Finds Christmas Difficult

Karen Pollock

Christmas, couples, family, friendship, tips

Therapists

Not everyone loves Christmas. Therapist Karen Pollock shares 5 tips for helping a friend with depression or other mental health issue get safely through the holiday period
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14Dec

Coping with Memories of Grief and Loss at Christmas

Lyn Reed

bereavement, Christmas, family, grief

Therapists

Christmas can stir up painful memories of grief and loss, old and new. Therapist Lyn Reed explores how you can best cope, through self-care and self-compassion
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13Dec

Nostalgia Hits Hard at Christmas, But It's Not All Sad

Lucy Cavendish

Christmas, family

Therapists

It may seem that we spend our adult lives living up to a nostalgic past that never existed. This is especially true at Christmas posts therapist Lucy Cavendish
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29Nov

Does My Child Need Therapy?

Lizzie Prince

children, counselling, family, father, mother, parenting, teenagers, therapy

Therapists

Parents of children who seem psychologically distressed often feel paralyzed. Should they seek professional help, or wait and see? Child and adolescent therapist Lizzie Prince has some tips
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21Nov

Why Do New Mothers Often Feel So Guilty?

family, guilt, mother, motherhood, parenting, PND, postnataldepression, pregnancy

Therapists

From the "perfect" birth to getting used to a hugely changed daily routine, new mothers can wrestle with guilt about their feelings posts therapist Holly Taylor
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10Nov

The Supermum Myth: Why Good Enough Should be the Goal in Motherhood

Bridget Hargreave

family, mother, motherhood, parenting, pregnancy, society, women

Relationships

Too many women feel that everything they do as a mother must be perfect. A new book, reveiwed by Bridget Hargreave, demystifies the Supermum myth
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02Nov

This is What Happens When You Visit a Family Therapist

Hugh Palmer

children, family, father, mother, parenting, therapy

Therapists

Family therapy can be a safe, containing space in which people can talk and listen to each other about painful and distressing experiences, posts Hugh Palmer
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06Oct

I Lost My Dad to Suicide: Now I'm Trying to Help Other Men with Depression

Fixers

bereavement, depression, family, father, grief, mensmentalhealth, suicide

Mind

When Emma and Toni's dad committed suicide, it came as a shock to the whole family. Now they are working to increase awareness of depression in men with Fixers
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