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Mental health affects how we think, feel, and respond to the challenges of everyday life. Everyone experiences changes in their mental wellbeing at different times, and understanding what’s happening can be an important first step towards feeling better. In this section you’ll find a collection of articles exploring common mental health conditions, emotional wellbeing, self-care, coping strategies, relationships, and practical advice to help you better understand and support your mental health. If you’re looking for professional support, use the links below to learn more about our mental health counselling services or book a free consultation.
If a teacher, GP, or friend has mentioned CAMHS, you might have nodded along while quietly wondering what it actually is. When you’re worried about your teenager, a new acronym is the last thing you need, especially one that seems … Read more
It’s a familiar sight: a strip of light under the bedroom door at midnight, a phone still glowing, and a teenager who can barely surface the next morning. If you’ve wondered how much sleep should a teenager get, and why … Read more
The slammed doors. The snapped replies. The way a simple question about homework can detonate into a row you didn’t see coming. If your teenager’s anger seems to land hardest on you, you’re not imagining it, and you’re not alone. … Read more
When a teenager goes quiet, irritable, or withdrawn, it’s hard to know whether you’re seeing ordinary adolescence or something more serious. Depression in young people is more common than many parents realise, and it doesn’t always look the way we … Read more
If you have lived with PMDD for years and something has started to feel different — symptoms shifting in timing or intensity, new experiences arriving alongside familiar ones, a sense that the pattern you thought you understood has changed — … Read more
The morning battle. The stomach aches that appear at 8am and ease by mid-morning. The teenager who was managing fine, and now can’t get through the school gates, or won’t leave their room. Read more
Every parent of a teenager knows the ground shifts constantly, moods, sleep, friendships, the lot. So how do you tell the ordinary turbulence of growing up from a sign that something is genuinely wrong? It’s one of the hardest judgement … Read more
Watching your teenager struggle, and not knowing the first thing to do about it, is one of the hardest places a parent can be. Read more
If your child’s results were not what they hoped for, the most useful thing you can do in the first hour is considerably less than you probably want to do. The instinct is to move straight to solutions — clearing, … Read more
If your exam results brought disappointment rather than the news you needed, the first thing worth saying is that nothing has to be decided today. Clearing will still be open this afternoon. Appeals and resits will still exist next week. … Read more