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How to build your child’s resilience

How to build your child’s resilience

Resilient children bounce back in the face of setbacks and difficulties. While adults often assume that childhood is a carefree and happy period of life, the reality is that children experience stress too. Though they don’t have the...

Pet Therapists

Pet Therapists

The Psych Professionals is thrilled to have been featured in an article lauding the health benefits of having pets by Bupa Pet Insurance. The recently published post, 'The Health Benefits of Having Pets ', provides our insight into the...

Parenting: STOP beating yourself up!

Parenting: STOP beating yourself up!

Following our last blog topic, I feel it is important to consider how "parenting" and our own expectations of parenting, can impact on our children’s behavior. As a parent myself who has worked therapeutically with children and parents...

Mindful Living

Mindful Living

  What is mindfulness? Mindfulness is defined as “moment to moment awareness…being fully awake…being here for the moments of our lives, without striving or judging”. By not striving, we remain present and stop searching for those...