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Clinical Benefits of Talking Therapy

Clinical Benefits of Talking Therapy

What are the benefits of talking therapy and explain why a psychologist is best qualified to carry out talking therapy.

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The Big 5 Personality Traits

The Big 5 Personality Traits

What personality do you have? How to answer personality questionnaires to help you get a job?

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Trauma Focused CBT

Trauma Focused CBT

In the intricate tapestry of human experience, trauma stands out as a profoundly disruptive thread, capable of altering the very fabric of our lives.

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What is Psychological Executive Coaching?

What is Psychological Executive Coaching?

How executive coaching by a psychologist can help you regain the edge

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Trauma-Based Addiction and Mental Health

Trauma-Based Addiction and Mental Health

Mental illness and addiction and the links with trauma

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Make your Psychological Health a Priority

Make your Psychological Health a Priority

How and when to seek help for your psychological health. How important is psychological health. How can a psychologist help you!

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Workplace Stress and Burnout

Workplace Stress and Burnout

The causes and symptoms of burnout and workplace anxiety

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Navigating the Aftermath of a Motor Vehicle Accident

Navigating the Aftermath of a Motor Vehicle Accident

How a psychologist can help in the aftermath of a car crash

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Understanding Loneliness

Understanding Loneliness

Understanding loneliness and how it leads to depression

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Psychological Impact of Online Dating Scams

Psychological Impact of Online Dating Scams

This article considers the psychological harm caused by online romance scammers

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February Blues

February Blues

What to do about SAD Seasonal Adjustment Disorder

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Little Known Traits of ADHD

Little Known Traits of ADHD

Oversharing is a little known trait of ADHD

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Safeguard your inner tranquility in the face of the internet's storm

Safeguard your inner tranquility in the face of the internet's storm

This article explains the importance of being vigilant as to the perils of the internet and how it can affect our mental health.

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How the Fear of Redundancy Impacts Physical and Psychological Health

How the Fear of Redundancy Impacts Physical and Psychological Health

How to cope with the threat of redundancy in the workplace

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The Hidden Struggles of Executive Expats

The Hidden Struggles of Executive Expats

An article explaining the importance of seeking professional help from Harley Street therapist if you are an expat suffering with the pressure of living overseas

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The Broad Spectrum of PTSD

The Broad Spectrum of PTSD

Why are the public skeptical about PTSD claims from ballroom dancing

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The Role of Psychological Assessments in Student Success

The Role of Psychological Assessments in Student Success

How psychological assessments can provide evidence of a student's mental health battles and assist in keeping them in further education?

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Understanding Psychological Assessment

Understanding Psychological Assessment

How psychological assessments are carried out at the london psychologist clinic

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Understanding Therapy's Timeline

Understanding Therapy's Timeline

An article outlinning how quickly you will feel the benefits of therapy

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The Many Faces of New Year

The Many Faces of New Year

Examines the different ways we view new year especially those with mental health issues

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Exploring the Advantages of Online Group Therapy

Exploring the Advantages of Online Group Therapy

An article outlinning the benefits of group therapy

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Coping with Post Christmas Burnout

Coping with Post Christmas Burnout

This article explores the after effects of eating, drinking and relaxing over xmas and how this can lead to anxiety

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Perfection Pressure at Xmas

Perfection Pressure at Xmas

Why do we put ourselves under so much pressure at Xmas for the day to be perfect

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Coping with Christmas Hurdles

Coping with Christmas Hurdles

Learn how to come up with coping mechanisms to cope with the stress of hosting Xmas day and all the problems that can occur when people have conflicting ideas about what xmas should be

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Controlling Excessive Worry

Controlling Excessive Worry

introduction to controlling worry

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What is Imposter Syndrome?

What is Imposter Syndrome?

Does imposter syndrome even exist or is it just cognitive dissonance and poor self-esteem

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Unmasking the Challenges of ADHD

Unmasking the Challenges of ADHD

ADHD Symptoms and Case Study

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Fear of Abandanment

Fear of Abandanment

How abandonment in children can cause problems in adulthood

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Understanding Family Estrangement

Understanding Family Estrangement

A brief overview of the causes of family estrangement and how it is sometimes beneficial to both parties.

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The Resiliant Empath

The Resiliant Empath

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Mastering the Art of Mindfulness

Mastering the Art of Mindfulness

How mindfulness can help settle an anxious brain

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How Shocking World Events Effect Your Mental Health

How Shocking World Events Effect Your Mental Health

How news events can cause mental health distress

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Can Meditation Quiet Anxiety's Chatter?

Can Meditation Quiet Anxiety's Chatter?

how meditation helps anxiety

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Are you only as happy as your unhappiest child?

Are you only as happy as your unhappiest child?

This article explores family dynamics, and the thought that some parents feel the suffering of their children more than others.

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Taming Overthinking with the Help of a Psychologist

Taming Overthinking with the Help of a Psychologist

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Childhood Trauma's Link to Adult Depression

Childhood Trauma's Link to Adult Depression

How does childhood trauma lead to depression in adults

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Battling Workplace Bullying

Battling Workplace Bullying

How psychologists can help individuals cope with workplace bullying

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The Psychological Impact of Internet Drama on Youngsters

The Psychological Impact of Internet Drama on Youngsters

What effect does internet drama have on young minds?

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The Thought Diary

The Thought Diary

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Obsessions Overwhelm Compulsions Paralyse

Obsessions Overwhelm Compulsions Paralyse

Obsessions and Compulsions

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Cognitive Dissonance and Backfire Effect

Cognitive Dissonance and Backfire Effect

What is cognitive dissonance and the backfire effect?

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Identifying and Understanding Hindsight Bias

Identifying and Understanding Hindsight Bias

Identifying and Understanding Hindsight Bias and cognitive biases

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What is Cyberchondria?

What is Cyberchondria?

Links between health anxiety and the internet.

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Scared of Dying or Scared of living?

Scared of Dying or Scared of living?

Are we afraid of enjoying life that's why we reduce enjoyment by spending time ruminating over death

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Can FaceTune and Photoshop affect your Mental Health?

Can FaceTune and Photoshop affect your Mental Health?

Can FaceTune cause body dysmorphia?

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Private Medical Insurance and Mental Health Services

Private Medical Insurance and Mental Health Services

BUPA Global, Cigna International

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Fear can be a Friend and an Enemy

Fear can be a Friend and an Enemy

When fear becomes excessive it can become an enemy.

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Understanding Trauma and the Importance of Empathy

Understanding Trauma and the Importance of Empathy

How trauma affects different people and how pet loss can lead to PTSD.

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Navigating Shyness and Complexities of Social Anxiety

Navigating Shyness and Complexities of Social Anxiety

How to cope with chronic shyness.

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BPD or Complex PTSD? Potential for Misdiagnosis?

BPD or Complex PTSD? Potential for Misdiagnosis?

Can BPD be misdiagnosed with complex PTSD?

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Can Psychological Therapy Treat Sleep Disorders?

Can Psychological Therapy Treat Sleep Disorders?

What causes sleep disorders and how can they be treated without medication?

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Why Choose Group Therapy?

Why Choose Group Therapy?

What are the benefits of group therapy?

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When do helpful thinking habits become unhelpful?

When do helpful thinking habits become unhelpful?

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What is Emotional Intelligence?

What is Emotional Intelligence?

Facts and arguments surrounding the topic of emotional intelligence.

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Can Psychotherapy Help Treat Childhood ADHD?

Can Psychotherapy Help Treat Childhood ADHD?

Does CBT help ADHD sufferers?

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Difference between Low Mood and Depression

Difference between Low Mood and Depression

When does low mood become depression?

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What is Positive Psychology?

What is Positive Psychology?

Does positive psychology work?

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Mental Health and Social Media

Mental Health and Social Media

Does social media affect mental health?

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Treatment for Social Anxiety

Treatment for Social Anxiety

What is social anxiety and how can CBT treat it?

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Drug Use and Declining Mental Health

Drug Use and Declining Mental Health

How drugs can affect mental health issues.

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Why Talking Therapy Works

Why Talking Therapy Works

Why people benefit from talking therapy

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Treat Depression without Drugs

Treat Depression without Drugs

What are the options for treating depression without drugs?

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Yes, the weather can affect your mood

Yes, the weather can affect your mood

Explores the interaction between the weather and low mood

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Why do we worry?

Why do we worry?

Tips to help stop worrying

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Assertiveness Training and CBT

Assertiveness Training and CBT

How assertiveness training is incorporated into CBT

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What is Psychology?

What is Psychology?

How psychology was established. How it works and famous psychologists.

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How CBT Works

How CBT Works

Outline of CBT course

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Negative Intrusive Thoughts

Negative Intrusive Thoughts

What are negative intrusive thoughts?

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Anxiety Disorders

Anxiety Disorders

What are anxiety disorders?

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Comparing Famous Psychologist Quotes

Comparing Famous Psychologist Quotes

Comparing quotes from different renowned psychologists.

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Psychotherapy or Psychoanalysis?

Psychotherapy or Psychoanalysis?

How is psychotherapy used by psychologists in therapy sessions.

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How can CBT be used to treat ADHD?

How can CBT be used to treat ADHD?

How CBT can be used in the treatment of ADHD

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Mindfulness and Meditation

Mindfulness and Meditation

How mindfulness can be used in psychotherapy.

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Healthy Habits Improve Mood

Healthy Habits Improve Mood

Tips for healthy living that improve mood

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Trauma or PTSD?

Trauma or PTSD?

How is trauma different from PTSD?

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What is Cognitive Restructuring?

What is Cognitive Restructuring?

How cognitive restructuring can help depression, anxiety and phobias?

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What is Death Anxiety?

What is Death Anxiety?

What is death anxiety, and how can it be treated?

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Dream Analysis and Psychotherapy

Dream Analysis and Psychotherapy

How is dream analysis incorporated into psychotherapy?

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Social Anxiety and Alcohol Consumption

Social Anxiety and Alcohol Consumption

What are the links between social anxiety and alcohol misuse?

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What is Psychological Projection?

What is Psychological Projection?

Projection and examples of projecting.

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How does CBT help treat depression?

How does CBT help treat depression?

How is depression be treated with Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)?

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What causes separation anxiety?

What causes separation anxiety?

Adult and childhood separation anxiety

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ADHD: Symptoms, Causes, Diagnosis and Medication

ADHD: Symptoms, Causes, Diagnosis and Medication

Fact about how individuals are diagnosed with ADHD, the causes, and the treatment.

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What to expect from a therapy session with a psychologist

What to expect from a therapy session with a psychologist

How your first meeting will be structured and will my insurance company cover the cost.

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Not so Happy New Year!

Not so Happy New Year!

Why the new year is not a happy time for a lot of people

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Is CBT right for you?

Is CBT right for you?

What is CBT and how could it help you?

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What's the difference between a psychologist, a councellor and a psychotherapist?

What's the difference between a psychologist, a councellor and a psychotherapist?

How to choose between a psychologist and a counsellor?

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How long does psychotherapy take to work?

How long does psychotherapy take to work?

What are the time scales for therapy results?

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We all feel grief differently

We all feel grief differently

Different types of grief

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How to help prevent stress this Christmas

How to help prevent stress this Christmas

The holiday season is extremely stressful for some people. Here are some tips to help.

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Using the ABC Model to challenge irrational beliefs

Using the ABC Model to challenge irrational beliefs

Using the ABC model

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Supporting a BPD sufferer at Xmas

Supporting a BPD sufferer at Xmas

How to plan for Xmas with a BPD sufferer.

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Histrionic Personality Disorder Possible Causes and Treatment

Histrionic Personality Disorder Possible Causes and Treatment

Personality Disorder

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Supporting a BPD sufferer

Supporting a BPD sufferer

Information about borderline personality disorder and how to support sufferers.

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Social Anxiety Disorder Checklist and Self Help Guide

Social Anxiety Disorder Checklist and Self Help Guide

Do you have social anxiety?

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Depression or Anxiety?

Depression or Anxiety?

What is the difference between depression and anxiety?

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Benefits of CBT

Benefits of CBT

How can CBT help with anxiety and depression.

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PTSD, Complex PTSD and Survivors Guilt

PTSD, Complex PTSD and Survivors Guilt

A quick guide to causes, symptoms, treatment options for PTSD, Complex PTSD and Survivors Guilt.

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Diagnosing Personality Disorders

Diagnosing Personality Disorders

An overview of personality disorders

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Identifying Emotions and Reflection

Identifying Emotions and Reflection

How identifying emotions helps individuals accurately reflect on situations and past interpersonal experiences.

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Male Depression

Male Depression

A brief outline of the causes of male depression.

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Dependent Personality Disorder

Dependent Personality Disorder

Abandonment Issues

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What is Body Dysmorphic Disorder (BDD)?

What is Body Dysmorphic Disorder (BDD)?

Brief Guide to BDD

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Depression and Childhood Trauma

Depression and Childhood Trauma

Depression and Childhood Trauma

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Phobias and Treatment

Phobias and Treatment

Treatment for Phobias

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What is Cross Addiction?

What is Cross Addiction?

Can sobriety lead to a new addiction?

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What is Embitterment?

What is Embitterment?

Considering whether embitterment really needs an individual classification in the DSM5

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Delusional Disorder

Delusional Disorder

Delusional disorder and treatment options.

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Impulsive Urges

Impulsive Urges

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Psychodynamic Psychotherapy

Psychodynamic Psychotherapy

Psychodynamic Therapy

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The Meaning of Life

The Meaning of Life

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Benefits of Group Therapy

Benefits of Group Therapy

How group therapy can help you

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Mental Health Wellbeing Tips

Mental Health Wellbeing Tips

Mental Health Wellbeing

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The Power of Psychodynamic Therapy

The Power of Psychodynamic Therapy

How psychodynamic therapy can help you.

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Controlling Your Critical Inner Voice

Controlling Your Critical Inner Voice

How to control your critical inner voice.

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Mental Health and Cannabis

Mental Health and Cannabis

Don't underestimate the harmful effects of cannabis on mental health.

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Psychological Assessments

Psychological Assessments

Explores the therapeutic benefits gained from psychological assessments.

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Keeping a BACE Diary

Keeping a BACE Diary

Monitoring your mental health using a BACE diary.

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How to Spot the Warning Signs of Declining Mental Health

How to Spot the Warning Signs of Declining Mental Health

Stop short term mental health issues becoming long term issues.

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Cognitive Distortions and Unhelpful Thinking

Cognitive Distortions and Unhelpful Thinking

Brief guide to unhelpful thinking habits

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Black and White Thinking and Relationship Conflict

Black and White Thinking and Relationship Conflict

How Black and White Thinking Causes Relationship Conflict

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Magical Thinking

Magical Thinking

When do magical thoughts and superstitions stop being harmless?

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Overcoming OCD with CBT

Overcoming OCD with CBT

Break the chains of OCD

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Paranoid Personality Disorder

Paranoid Personality Disorder

PPD Paranoid Personality Disorder Spectrum

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Do you have anxiety overload? You could have GAD

Do you have anxiety overload? You could have GAD

GAD Diagnosis and Treatment

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Why communicating over Slack has got us all using language we’d never use in real life

Why communicating over Slack has got us all using language we’d never use in real life

Dr Smith takes part in a Q&A with London's Metro newspaper.

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New years aspirations and good mental health/wellbeing

New years aspirations and good mental health/wellbeing

New year aspirations?

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How having meaning in our lives positively affects a sense of well-being

How having meaning in our lives positively affects a sense of well-being

Finding meaning in our lives should be one of the central pillars of effective psychotherapy

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Overcoming depression

Overcoming depression

Some useful tips to addressing low mood

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Sleeping problems firmly associated with mental health issues by healthcare professionals

Sleeping problems firmly associated with mental health issues by healthcare professionals

A recent study, which surveyed 203 healthcare professionals and was conducted by Perrigo, found that 85% of the experts – including doctors and pharmacists – say poor sleep has a ‘significant impact’

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Suffering with insomnia?

Suffering with insomnia?

Tips to help overcome insomnia:

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Do I have depression or is it dysthymia?

Do I have depression or is it dysthymia?

Most people are familiar with the term depression but fewer people are aware of something called dysthymia. So what is the difference between the two?

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Early warning signs of depression, what should I look out for?

Early warning signs of depression, what should I look out for?

What should you look out for in yourself or in the behaviour of loved ones that may indicate depression is present?

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Can I overcome social anxiety?

Can I overcome social anxiety?

Can I overcome social anxiety? The answer is a resounding yes, but it normally requires 20 plus session of focused Cognitive Behavioural Therapy by an experienced Chartered Psychologist.

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Protecting your mental health through the 3rd Coronavirus Lockdown

5 steps to protecting your psychological well-being through the Coronavirus pandemic

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Covid-19 lockdown has contributed to "Chronophobia".

Covid-19 lockdown has contributed to "Chronophobia", fear of time slipping away.

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Therapy plus medication better than medication alone in bipolar disorder

A review of 39 randomized clinical trials has found that combining the use medication with psychoeducational therapy is more effective at preventing a recurrence of illness in bipolar disorder.

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Cannabis and poor mental health

Don't ignore depression and anxiety through self-medication with cannabis, address the underlying causes instead.

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Depression and how to tackle it.

Depression and how to tackle it.

6 top tips for beating depression

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Voices, visions and distressing beliefs

Working with psychosis: Voices, visions and distressing beliefs

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More "positive self-regard" improves well-being

Its often not fully appreciated how much an over-active self-criticism can have on self-esteem, positive sense of self and stable mood.

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Positive impact of being able to identify emotions supported.

Differentiate Their Negative Emotions Are More Prone To Stress-Induced Depression

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Overall time on social media is not related to teen anxiety and depression

New research found that the amount of time spent on social media is not directly increasing anxiety or depression in teenagers.

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Meaning in life positively affects health and well-being

The search for and presence of meaning in life appears to be important for health and well-being

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Managing emotions and student performance

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