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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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20Jul

​Perimenopause: Time to Take Stock?

Anna Storey

emotions, family, menopause, mother, self, women

Therapists

Therapist Anna Storey explains the huge psychological impact of going through perimenopause and says women should not to dismiss their feelings as 'just hormones'.
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13Mar

Celebrating Mother's Day When you Don't Get Along with your Mum

Kate Merrick

childhood, family, mother, mothersday

Relationships

If your biological mother doesn't quite fit the bill, why not start with yourself this Mother's Day?
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15Jan

Becoming a Mother

Grace Timothy

family, love, mother, motherhood

Relationships

You are an independent adult, a fully-functioning person with an agenda and expectations and goals. Then you have a baby and everything changes. Suddenly your focus is shifted - from your career, from your relationships, from the personal rituals that have become so integral to your sense of self, whether it’s the commute to work, a long soak in the bath, or something as simple as an uninterrupted wee. It’s a wonderful shift in many ways that negates a lot of your insecurities as this new responsibility consumes you whole. But still most of us are, at one time or...
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