Teenage Mental Health
This week our 15 year old guest blogger, Michaela Dufour, writes about teenage mental health
Teenage mental health is a topic we have all heard about many times, but mostly from the perspective of adults. This is from my point of view, a 15-year-old who has a first hand look at what really causes mental…
School is out!
School is out, exams are over and the summer holidays begin. At Bramham Therapy we see lots of young clients for whom school is a struggle. The stress of exam season is huge. Combined with constant pressure from social media…
Dealing with a ‘domestic’
Domestic disputes are in the news this week thanks to intense scrutiny around the personal lives of current Tory leadership candidates. Raised voices are one thing, but full-blown domestic abuse is a very serious issue. It can affect both women…
Daddy issues
Fathers’ Day. My dad always said it was an excuse for the gift industry to make money. He refused point blank to celebrate or be celebrated. For a gregarious, friendly man this always seemed out of character to me. And…
If only I could sleep…
Insomnia affects 15 percent of adults in the UK and is a recurring issue for clients coming into therapy. But new research says it is possible to reset your body clock into a healthy sleep pattern – by going to…
Alcohol and me – an addict’s perspective
This week a guest blogger writes from a client perspective about addiction: What does addiction mean to me? Once you dip your toe in the Internet an infinity of theories present themselves, along with an equal number of treatment plans.…
What is it like to fail?
Whatever your politics it was hard not to feel sorry for the Prime Minister, Teresa May, last week, as she resigned having ‘failed to deliver Brexit’. Failure – facing it or fearing it – stalks the therapy room. Failed relationships,…
The Need to Feed…
It's Mental Health Awareness Week this week, focusing on body image, and we're delighted to welcome Bramham Therapy counsellors Rachel Cooper and Deb Burch as our guest bloggers, tackling the subject of food and the body: Hunger. Food. Longing. The need to feed…
How to survive exam season
Our work with children tells us that anxiety around exams is a huge cause of stress for young people and their parents. Helping kids through this tricky time requires a lot of courage on the part of their adult carers…
Is it ok to make mistakes?
Most of us have a voice in our heads that says an emphatic ‘no’! ‘You need to do better, be stronger, try harder,’ this part of ourselves might say. ‘Nothing less than perfect will do.’ From an evolutionary perspective this…
Teen with Asperger’s leads the world on climate change
Greta Thunberg, the 16 year-old Swedish schoolgirl who started the school strike movement as a protest against inaction on climate change, has Asperger's syndrome. I’m different, she told an interviewer this week, and that difference “allowed me to focus on…
Tips for managing anxiety
I came across a novel treatment for anxiety on social media this week - custard creams under the duvet! I love this for its compassionate approach to the self, but there are other strategies out there for helping ourselves when…