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Here you can find advice from our therapists and those with lived experience on topics such as mental health, addictions and wellbeing.
How to build your self-esteem
Self-esteem is how we perceive and feel about ourselves. We all have times where we doubt ourselves and question our value. But if you find that this is happening frequently, this will understandably be having a very negative impact on your confidence and mood. Low...
How to get help for problem gambling
If problem gambling is affecting you or someone close to you, where can you turn for support and what will that support be like? As individuals we are often apprehensive about asking for help, we feel we should be able to manage alone, we think that seeking help may...
Tips to Help Manage Anxiety
We all experience anxiety at times, anxiety is a normal response to our perception of threat. What we perceive as threatening can vary, we would all feel anxious if we anticipate we are about to trip over or perhaps if we are going to a job interview, but we can also...
Food To Improve Your Mood: How Can Your Diet Affect Your Brain?
What we eat is vital to maintaining not only a healthy physical body, but a healthy mind too. In fact, many doctors and nutritionists call the gut our 'second brain'! A diet of foods that are high in sugar, refined carbs, unhealthy fats and processed food can...
Gambling and gaming: Is your or your child’s gaming problematic?
The World Health Organisation recognises gaming disorder as a medical condition which can affect children, teenagers and adults. Problem gaming refers to recurrent impaired control over playing digital or video games over a period of time. A person will prioritise...
Best Apps to Manage Stress and Anxiety
The idea of practicing mindfulness can be alien to many people who don’t know where to begin. If you like the idea of self care and improving your mental wellbeing by taking some time for you each day, then there are apps out there that can help. Here we...
How to support a friend or loved one with depression
If your friend or loved one is experiencing depression, you will want to try to help. If you haven’t experienced depression yourself, you may feel like you don’t know how to act and worry about what you should or shouldn’t say or do. If you're concerned that...
5 Podcasts for Mental Health and Wellbeing
Whether you’re suffering with your own mental health or want to understand more and support someone who is, podcasts can be an easy way to make sense of mental health and listen to stories from others experiencing similar issues. Research has shown that...
Post Quarantine Anxiety: How to Cope
How are you feeling about lockdown easing? There is no normal or right response to this, we are all individuals with our own way of thinking and processing circumstances and uncertainty. Some of us may feel relieved that there is a glimmer of returning to...
Find your focus: How to stop procrastinating
“I don’t procrastinate; I delegate things to my future self” Since the lockdown, whether you're working from home or not working at all, many of us are lacking motivation and feel tired and fatigued from doing barely anything. Our brains like to associate certain...
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