Coping with Difficult Behaviour in Children
It can be exhausting when children are exhibiting “difficult” but common developmental behaviours. Some of these may include tantrums or meltdowns, whining, screaming, refusing to listen, bad language and fighting. It can also be emotionally and physically draining on...
Do You Have the Valentine’s Day Blues? It’s not always a bed of roses.
Valentine’s Day is upon us again and if we are to believe television shows, romantic comedies and especially advertisements, it is a happy occasion, filled with chocolates, roses and romantic dinners…but is this really the case? The constant bombardment of imagery...
Social Wellbeing
What is Social Wellbeing? Our health is multidimensional. Social wellbeing along with physical and mental wellbeing contribute to good health. Human beings are innately social creatures. We live together in groups, clustering in cities and towns with families or...
Spiritual Wellbeing
What is Spiritual Wellbeing? When we talk about spiritual wellbeing this involves our personal values, our beliefs and our search for meaning and purpose in life. Spiritual wellbeing is based on three areas of life experience: 1. Relationships (including self-esteem,...
Psychological Wellbeing
What is Psychological Wellbeing? Being healthy involves more than just having good physical health (although this is certainly an element) but also encompasses psychological health, which includes mental and emotional wellbeing. Psychological wellbeing has many...
Occupational Wellbeing
What is Occupational Wellbeing? Occupational (or career) wellbeing refers to feeling good about the work you do. It is answering “yes” to the question “Do you like what you do each day?” It has many facets, including achieving a balance between work and leisure,...
Intellectual Wellbeing
We are curious by nature, and benefit by feeding our minds with new knowledge and experiences. Healthy intellectual wellbeing Healthy intellectual wellbeing can look like many things depending on the individual. You may be the kind of person who is inspired by...
Physical Wellbeing
All things in the human body are connected; and as your physical health increases so does your experience of wellness across many of the other dimensions of wellbeing. A balance of mindfulness, exercise, sufficient sleep, periods of recovery or relaxation and good...
6 Effective Tips for Building Resiliency in Teenagers
Life is tough at times and adolescence brings with it much turbulence - small challenges like arguments with friends or moving schools through too much larger hurdles such as bullying or family breakdowns. The teenage years, the best years of your life, so they say!...
Massage Therapy and Mental Health
Massage Therapy and Mental Health Massage may assist with depression, anxiety, insomnia and trauma reactions. It is a physical approach to improving your mental wellbeing. Massage can help your body relax. Care has been taken to ensure that the room provides a space...
Financial Wellbeing
We are NOT financial advisors or accountants. We are, however, interested in offering insight with respect to your financial wellbeing. The more in control you feel of your financial situation the more likely it is that you will feel happy. Indeed, this is one key...
Frustrating Things All Kids Do
6 Frustrating Things All Kids Do (And then a few extra) Little known fact: The 26th of February is “For Pete’s Sake”, a day commemorating all things, situations and people that make you cry out in exasperation and annoyance. I thought, as it’s official and all, I...
Resilience and Children
What Is Resilience? Resilience is the ability to “bounce back” from different stressors, hardships, trauma and other personal challenges in life. If someone is resilient, it does not necessarily mean that they are unaffected by the event in their lives. It means that...
Understanding Problem Sexual Behaviour in Children
Sexual behaviour is developmentally normal, begins from birth and progresses into adulthood. In children (aged under 12) it will most often involve harmless curiosity and can also assist a child in exploring their body and understanding cultural and social norms....
Understanding Anxiety in Children
It’s normal for children to experience fear and anxiety in response to some different situations from a very early age. In many children the anxiety or fear response is very short term and may even assist in performing well if at a low-moderate level. However, anxiety...
Understanding Anger in Children
Is it normal for my child to get angry? Anger is an emotion that is healthy, normal and can be helpful in some situations as it lets us know that something is making us feel frustrated, scared or hurt. However, if the response to situations is aggressive and involves...
How Do You Choose the Right Psychologist?
OK so you’ve made the first step and you know you need to talk to someone – someone good, someone who can help – but how do you choose a psychologist? What should you look for? What’s important? Where do you start? Getting the right treatment and practitioner can help...