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22Dec

Revealing the Hidden Pain of Family Estrangement

Terri Apter

family, father, home, identity, mother, parenting

Relationships

What happens when you cut ties with your family, or your family cuts ties with you? Terri Apter explores the high emotional and psychological cost of family estrangement.
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26Oct

BACP: 'Parents Shouldn't Resist Counselling for Children'

BACP

anxiety, children, counselling, depression, family, father, mother, parenting, therapy

Mind

Karen Cromarty of the BACP on the current state of mental health amongst children and young people, and why parents should consider professional support from counsellors.
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16Oct

Your Parents' Divorce is Always Painful

Ian Argent

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

Therapists

Ian Argent was 38 when his parents divorced; being an adult did not protect him against feelings of grief and confusion as he was forced to reassess the narrative of his childhood.
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22Sep

Sorry Seems to be the Hardest Word

Sue Cowan-Jenssen

couple, divorce, emotions, empathy, family, father, love, mother, self, therapy

Therapists

Therapist Sue Cowan-Jenssen explores why saying sorry is so difficult and the positive power of a deeply felt apology.
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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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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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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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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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