Seven Resources for Stress Awareness Day
November 2 is National Stress Awareness Day! Jessica Kingsley publishes tons of mental health resources each year, including stress, anxiety, and fear-related ones. Below are…
Tag: anxiety
“Share it with someone”– Q&A with Confronting Shame author Ilse Sand
“Share it with someone”– Q&A with Confronting Shame author Ilse Sand Ilse Sand, the author of Confronting Shame, talks us through exactly what shame is,…
Anxiety and Autism
Drawing on the author’s extensive clinical and research experience in the fields of anxiety and autism new book Helping Autistic Teens to Manage their Anxiety…
Don’t feed the trolls – an extract from ‘Things I Got Wrong So You Don’t Have To’ by Pooky Knightsmith
Don’t feed the trolls – an extract from ‘Things I Got Wrong So You Don’t Have To’ by Pooky Knightsmith As an internationally respected campaigner,…
There’s No Shame in Failure: Ilse Sand’s 7 Tips for Living a Life with Less Shame
There’s No Shame in Failure: Ilse Sand’s 7 Tips For Living a Life with Less Shame In this blog post, Ilse Sand, author of Confronting…
Why do some of us struggle with panic symptoms and some of us don’t?
Why do some of us struggle with panic symptoms and some of us don’t? Taken from the first and third chapters of Free From Panic…
Uncertainty: the root of anxiety in so many students with SpLDs
Clare Ward & James Galpin explain their theory behind why uncertainty is the root cause of anxiety for people universally, and especially for students with special educational needs.
Our Autistic Daughter’s Struggle to be Understood
Our Autistic Daughter’s Struggle to be Understood Why Can’t You Hear Me? is the story of Colette McCulloch, an extraordinary young woman, her struggles with…
Are you listening? The secret of Auditory Processing Disorder/APD
The questions I am often asked about APD are “Why?” “What?” and “How?” APD is known as an invisible disability which means that individuals with this condition do not look ill, or disabled; there are no outward signs until you speak to them.
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.