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The Tale of the Feather of a Bee Hummingbird and a Glacial Boulder

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...

Language & Mental Health

by Guest | May 19, 2020 | Anxiety

How Teenspeak Can Shut Down Conversations about Mental Health By Alice Gamble As an 18 year old, two of the most common phrases I hear in response to expressing something about your mental health are “same” and “mood”. For example: Teen A: “I feel so...

Weird Psychology? EMDR for Trauma

by Katie | Feb 14, 2017 | Mental Health & Therapies

It was about 10 years ago when I first heard, in passing, of a new therapy for psychological trauma which sounded more than a little strange. As far as I could understand, the main principles were that you waggled your fingers in front of your client’s face...