Counselling Techniques for Working With Adolescents
Adolescence is the phase of life between childhood and adulthood, from ages 10 to 19. Adolescence is a crucial development ...
Mental Health
The Benefits of Animal-Assisted Therapy in Care
Animal Assisted Therapy (AAP), sometimes also referred to as pet therapy or simply animal therapy, is a form of alternative ...
Teaching Assistants and Student Mental Health: Strategies for Support and Care
Mental health is important at every stage of life. However, it is particularly important to develop a good attitude toward ...
Understanding Burnout In Counselling
Burnout is a very real concern among counsellors and therapists. Almost half (45%) of counsellors reported feeling burned out in ...
The Importance of Self-Care for Counsellors
Self-care has been defined as “the process of establishing behaviours to ensure holistic well-being of oneself, to promote health, and ...
What is Depression?
Depression is a major disorder that is thought to affect approximately 1 in every 10 people within the United Kingdom ...
What is Schizophrenia?
Schizophrenia is a very serious mental illness where individuals are unable to differentiate between reality and imagination. It is the ...
What is Postnatal Depression?
Postnatal depression is a condition that is thought to affect up to 1 in 10 women after the birth of ...
What are Phobias?
Phobias are linked directly to anxiety and can occur as either a result of anxiety or be the cause of ...
Stress causes and treatments
Stress can be an extremely debilitating condition; among the 12 million people who visit their GP each year with a ...
All about Dementia
Understanding the Term ‘Dementia’ Dementia is a term used to describe a group of symptoms which include loss of memory, ...
Anxiety causes and treatments
What is anxiety? Like related conditions such as stress, anxiety can be a very debilitating condition that can overcome people ...
All about eating disorders
An eating disorder is a mental illness, which means that an individual will have a very complex relationship with food ...
All about Bipolar Disorder
Understanding the Term ‘Bipolar Disorder’ Bipolar disorder, formerly known as ‘manic depression’, is a serious mental illness that is characterised ...
Online Counselling Courses – Everything You Need to Know
The UK is currently experiencing a chronic shortage of counsellors and mental health workers. According to government sources, NHS counselling ...