From Hurt to Hope
From Hurt to Hope Mair Elliott reflects on the path to hopefulness, her role as a mental health advocate, and her inspiring new book ‘From…
Category: Self-help
Dry Drunk – an extract from ‘Help! I’m Addicted’ by Rhyannon Styles
In 2012, Rhyannon Styles began her gender transition, and attended her first 12-Step meeting – beginning two journeys which changed the course of her life.…
Creating a Calm and Connected Classroom
You Can Be Human With Me: Where Did The Teacher Toolbox for a Calm and Connected Classroom Come From? The Teacher Toolbox for a Calm…
How to Ride Out Post-Pandemic Anxiety
By Risa Williams, author of The Ultimate Anxiety Toolkit As a therapist who specializes in anxiety and stress reduction tools, this last year definitely made…
Why do we need to look beyond ‘mental disorders’ when handling intense emotions?
Here Bridie Gallagher writes about why we need to explore beyond the ‘illness narrative’ to understand why people might feel the way they do.
Autism, Bullying and Me
Dr Emily Lovegrove – aka The Bullying Doctor – has written this accessible guide for autistic children and teens, full of advice for coping successfully…
FREE RESOURCE: Creative Activities to Cope with Depression!
Jennifer Guest’s new activity book uses the principles of CBT as well as illustrated worksheets to help people understand and manage their symptoms of depression.…
Interview with Author Patricia Zurita Ona, Psy.D.
Can you briefly outline your history working with children and teens? My undergrad was in school psychology; I graduated in 1995 from the Catholic University…
Recognising the Compulsion Cycle
A helpful exercise taken from Stand up to OCD! Today marks the end of OCD Week of Action 2020, where the spotlight has been on…
2 Free Chapters from The ACT Workbook for Teens with OCD
We’re coming to the end of 2020’s OCD Week of Action, where the spotlight has been on accessing quality treatment for OCD. Over the last…