by Katie | Nov 21, 2022 | Anxiety, Mental Health & Therapies, Relationships, Trauma
Book Recommendation: ‘DBT skills workbook for teens: a fun guide to manage anxiety and stress, understand your emotions and learn effective communication skills’ By Teen Thrive: Foreword by Kristen Dahlin, DBT psychologist. History of DBT Dialectical...
by Katie | Aug 22, 2022 | ASD, Educational Difficulties, Relationships
It was that one moment: poetry and reflections on a life making relationships with children and young people by Dan Hughes Dan Hughes is the revered clinical psychologist and founder of Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy (DDP)- developed to treat children and young...
by Katie | Aug 18, 2022 | ASD, Educational Difficulties, Relationships
The London Eye Mystery by Siobhan Dowd (2007) At Purple House Clinic, we love reading and sharing children’s books, especially ones that offer positive, neurodiverse role-models. We know that through reading, children can explore identities, learn about different...
by Katie | Jun 28, 2022 | Attachment, Looked After & Adopted Children, Relationships
My Name is Leon is a powerful single-part TV drama, aired in June 2022 on BBC1 (now available on BBC iplayer.) It is based on the international-best selling book of the same name by Kit de Waal. Click to play BBC trailer (external link to YouTube): Warning:...
by Head Office | Mar 15, 2022 | Anxiety, ASD, Parenting, Relationships, Your Stories
The Tale of the Feather of a Bee Hummingbird and a Glacial Boulder By Anon During a recent phone conversation with a GP locum about my daughter’s depression, he said something bewildering: He apologised to me about her autism. Stephen Fry infamously said that, if...
by Katie | Apr 17, 2020 | Anxiety, COVID-19, Relationships
There’s no PLACE like home Lockdown, by nature of its social and economic implications, is putting unprecedented pressure on relationships of all kinds – personal and professional. There are families who are used to spending hours apart each day,...