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27Apr

Your Mum and Dad: When Unspoken Pain is Passed Down the Generations

Alice McGurran

childhood, family, film, racism, society, trauma

Relationships

Documentary Your Mum and Dad explores how unresolved pain can be passed down from parents to children. Alice McGurran talks to director Klaartje Quirijns and psychoanalyst Michael Moskowitz about their family stories of grief and trauma.
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20Apr

What Will Be the Lasting Impact of Trauma for Refugees Fleeing Ukraine?

Sue Cowan-Jenssen

childhood, family, society, trauma

Therapists

Epigenetics tells us how trauma can be passed down the generations. As huge numbers of Ukrainians are forced to flee their country, therapist Sue Cowan-Jenssen reflects on the lasting mental health impact.
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11Apr

Family Estrangement: When Parent-Child Bonds Break

Sue Cowan-Jenssen

books, childhood, family, parenting

Therapists

Most parents might do the best they can, but this doesn't mean their children won't feel hurt or let down by the relationship. Therapist Sue Cowan-Jenssen explores family estrangement, and what it takes to heal parent-child rifts.
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03Mar

Be Mindful of the Story You Tell Yourself

Natalie Kennedy

attachment, childhood, identity, self

Therapists

In childhood we form certain beliefs about ourselves that can carry on through into adulthood, limiting our relationships and self-development. Therapist Natalie Kennedy explores the power of these stories.
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10Jan

Jo Love: Therapy Helped Me Find Compassion for My Inner Child

Jo Love

childhood, experienceoftherapy, perfectionism

Mind

Jo Love started therapy to help with severe mental health challenges, now she sees it as a tool for growth and self-development. She has shared her experiences and tips for others in her book Therapy is...Magic.
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15Dec

Why Do I Feel Like a Child Again When I Go Home for Christmas?

Yasmin Rashid

childhood, Christmas, family, identity, psychology

Therapists

No one can get under our skin like family and at Christmas you might find yourself acting like the child you thought you had left behind. Therapist Yasmin Rashid explains this tendency to regress and offers some tips to foster self-compassion.
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28Jun

Like Bennifer, Why Do We Struggle to Find and Keep the Right Partner?

Graham Johnston

attachment, childhood, identity, parenting, self

Therapists

Our attachment style, laid down in childhood, affects our relationships into adulthood. Therapists Graham Johnston and Matt Wotton explore what it takes to have a successful relationship.
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19May

Prince Harry, Therapy, and Intergenerational Trauma

Sue Cowan-Jenssen

childhood, family, society, trauma

Therapists

Prince Harry has recently given an interview in which he spoke of wanting to break the cycle of pain he experienced in his own childhood. Therapist Sue Cowan-Jenssen explores the concept of intergenerational trauma and the role therapy plays in healing.
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26Apr

Adoption, Childhood Trauma, and Parenting: What I've Learned

Louise Allen

adoption, childhood, family, identity, parenting

Relationships

Louise Allen has personal experience of the care system, and now she is a foster carer herself. Here she shares her advice for others seeking to adopt and the importance of working through your own childhood trauma before becoming a parent.
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12Apr

How Has Your Childhood Affected Your Experience of the Pandemic?

Dawn Ojo

childhood, coronavirus, trauma

Therapists

In times of stress, we might be dragged into past coping mechanisms or experience feelings that we don't quite understand but that relate to our childhood. Counsellor Dawn Ojo explores this in the context of the Coronavirus pandemic.
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