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07Jul

3 Steps to Raising Resilient and Confident Girls

Jo Wimble-Groves

confidence, family, parenting, resilience, society, teenagers, tips

Relationships

Levels of confidence and self-esteem typically drop in young girls as they leave childhood. Jo Wimble-Groves offers 3 ways that parents can encourage continued confidence and resilience in their daughters.
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20Jun

Tips to Help Your Child Manage Big Emotions

Dr Anne Lane

children, emotions, family, fatherhood, motherhood, parenting, tips

Mind

Children might get overwhelmed by big emotions that they struggle to name and control; as a parent, this can be distressing. Dr Anne Lane offers 5 tips to help you help your child.
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14Jun

How Parents Can Manage Anxiety Around Teenagers Becoming Independent

Lisa Daitz

family, parenting, teenagers, teens

Therapists

After exams, teens might embark upon their first trips away from home; these rites of passage might trigger anxiety in parents. Therapist Lisa Daitz offers some tips for constructive conversations with your teenager.
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30May

Once a Mother, Always a Mother? The Challenges of Being a Mother of Adult Children

Annette Byford

family, motherhood, mothers, parenting, women

Therapists

Once a mother, always a mother, or so the saying goes. So how can mothers renegotiate their roles as their children grow up and leave home? Therapist Annette Byford explores.
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28Apr

Can You Change Your Attachment Style?

Ana Mootoosamy

attachment, childhood, family, relationships

Therapists

Do you feel secure in relationships, or are you deeply worried about losing the one you love? Psychotherapist Dr Ana Mootoosamy explains attachment theory and explores whether it is possible to change your attachment style.
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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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24Mar

5 Ways to Encourage Teamwork in Your Family

George Karseras

family, home, parenting

Relationships

Can you apply the same principles of successful workplace teamwork to your family unit? Psychologist George Karseras suggest five ways families can work best together.
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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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