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17Sep

Why Relationship Counselling Needs Better Funding

Tavistock Relationships

couple, divorce, family, father, home, marriage, mother, society

Relationships

The cost of relationship and family breakdown to the UK is £47 billion, yet government funding for services to help is only £7.5 million. Tavistock Relationships, Relate and more than 70 other organisations (including welldoing.org) signed a letter calling for it to treble.
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12Sep

Culture Tip: Wolfpack

Jacqueline Palmer

abuse, culture, family, films, home

Therapists

Jacqueline Palmer reviews new documentary Wolfpack, a unique story about siblings kept locked away from the outside world by an abusive father, who found escape through movies.
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09Sep

Long-term Thinking for Young Minds

Chris Skellett

family, father, home, mother, self, wellbeing

Relationships

Chris Skellett offers five important questions you can ask your children to help them see the big picture clearly and help them make long-term decisions.
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07Sep

Saying Goodbye to Summer

Julia Bueno

counselling, depression, family, sad, self, stress, therapy, wellbeing

Therapists

Many of us mourn the end of summer. Therapist Julia Bueno on how self-compassion and taking things slow can help us through the September blues.
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04Sep

Life Beyond the Empty Nest

Julia Bueno

family, father, home, midlife, mother, society, wellbeing

Therapists

Claire Odeon Hershman urges parents to look at the bright side and embrace finally having an empty nest.
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02Sep

​What We Can Learn from ‘Inside Out’ about the Value of Our Emotions

Harriet Frew

culture, emotions, family, films, self, wellbeing

Therapists

Harriet Frew reviews new Disney Pixar movie 'Inside Out', a film about the importance of embracing our emotions, sadness and all.
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19Aug

When your Summer Holidays Don't go to Plan

Harriet Frew

family, father, mother, stress, travel, wellbeing

Therapists

Therapist Harriet Frew offers some words of advice if these summer holidays with the family aren't quite matching up to expectations.
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14Aug

All the Bright Places

Aaron Balick

depression, emotions, family, father, mother, suicide

Therapists

Aaron Balick reviews Jennifer Niven's All the Bright Places, a novel for young adults which deals with mental health and suicide.
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13Aug

How to Support Your Child this Exam Results Day

Eileen Wise

children, education, empathy, family, father, mother, parenting, school, stress, student, teenagers

Therapists

Exam results day is notoriously stressful, for teenagers and their parents, especially if disappointing results come through. Counsellor Eileen Wise offers her advice
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06Aug

​Digital Living - Help or Hindrance?

Owen Redahan

family, men, self, society, student, technology, women

Therapists

Therapist Owen Redahan looks at how technology has changed the landscape of our lives: family relationships, friendships and sexuality.
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