Dec 23, 2020 | Clinical Psychology, COVID-19, Uncategorized
Unfortunately, the holidays aren’t always the most wonderful time of the year – many people expect to feel happy over Christmas, yet holiday depression is a common experience. Christmas can be a pressure-filled season that can actually exacerbate mental health...
Oct 30, 2020 | Clinical Psychology, COVID-19, Uncategorized
The question “how to make friends during quarantine?” is crossing many people’s minds at the minute. The COVID-19 pandemic doesn’t look to be going anywhere fast; we’re already well into the second wave, resulting in many children being home-schooled and university...
Sep 30, 2020 | COVID-19, Uncategorized
These are challenging times; conflict, stress, and spending more time with your family may cause an increase in arguments, and it is difficult to protect children from these arguments when everyone is together for most of the day. Uncertainty regarding the management...
Aug 25, 2020 | Clinical Psychology, COVID-19, Uncategorized
How to manage back-to-school COVID anxiety is currently a concern for most parents of school-aged children. Returning to school after the summer months can be an anxiety inducing time regardless of a pandemic, however, in the aftermath of COVID-19, this year’s...
Jun 30, 2020 | COVID-19, Uncategorized
Social isolation and children’s mental health is a topic that may have gone under the radar in recent months, as it is difficult to predict the impact that COVID-19 may have had on the mental health of children and young people. However, recent research suggests that...
Apr 30, 2020 | Clinical Psychology, COVID-19, Uncategorized
COVID-19 is a challenge for us all and can therefore cause unprecedented levels of stress in our day-to-day lives. Positive social support can improve our capacity to cope with stress, but we are currently required to keep our distance from others in order to flatten...
