July in Folkestone - how to help your teen's mental health On Saturday July 13th I'll be running a workshop for parents on how you can help your teenager's mental health. I'll be doing this in conjunction with Sunflower House, and the session will be at...
Therapist and speaker for teenagers, young people in Kent Are you looking for a speaker for teenagers and young people in Kent, or indeed, their parents? I'm a therapist and coach who works with young people as a therapist and coach. This is as a counsellor,...
How to Support Your Child Through Therapy Parents sometimes ask me how they can support their child through therapy. Indeed, some of my clients are parents whose children are getting therapy someplace else, perhaps through a school counselling service. They've often come to work on their...
What I say when asked why do teengers self-harm? I often get asked by parents who want to know why teenagers self-harm. I can give them a bit of a steer as to why, in general, teengagers self-harm, but every child is different. There are many...
EMDR is the latest buzz word in therapy. It is a method of dealing with trauma that uses eye movements to densensitise yourself to the event. However, not everyone gets on with the technique. For start, it can be expensive, and you may need up...
Helping teens with anxiety - advice from a therapist I see so many teenagers and young people who are coping with strong feelings of anxiety. There are many reasons for this - exam stress, relationship issues, gender and other types of identity questions, first relationships (and...
How online therapy works, and is it as good as face to face? I often speak to possible clients who ask me how does online therapy work, and does it work as well as in person counselling? While some of my clients are from Hythe or...
Living with Anxiety, one young woman's account I recently worked with a number of young people on the government's Kickstarter scheme. One of them is Elena Blidaru, who has very bravely volunteered to write here about living with anxiety and what she has found useful. Elena's Story...
Something that often comes up in my therapy room is whether to use HRT (hormone replacement therapy), or not. Clients may have been experiencing symptoms that are linked with the menopuase, such as anxiery, sleep issues and a drastic drop in confidence, often due to...
One sure sign that my clients are stressed, is that they have lost their ability to read. They tell me about a lack of focus, of not being able to sit still with a book and get into it. Not only is this a very...