When Tempers Flare: Understanding Your Child’s Aggression
Many parents I meet in my practice tell me the same thing: “My child’s aggression is the hardest behaviour to manage.” In those heated moments, it can feel exhausting, discouraging,
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Holding Big Feelings: The Power of Containment
As parents, we often find ourselves navigating our children’s big emotions, searching the internet, and reading countless books filled with parenting strategies. Yet, many of these techniques don’t seem to
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Why Won’t My Child Sleep? Understanding Insomnia and What Helps
It is eleven o’clock at night. You have been up and down the stairs three times. Your child is still awake, still calling out, still not settling. You are exhausted.
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Even Teens Have Separation Anxiety: Essential Advice for Parents
It is completely normal for teenagers to experience worry or anxiety. It is a typical part of growing up. However, many parents who come to my practice are often surprised
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Myth Busting Anxiety
Myth Busting Anxiety: What Every Parent Needs to Know There are many misconceptions about anxiety in children that make it harder for parents to understand what is happening and harder
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Why do children behave differently at home and school?
You collect your child from school. The teacher smiles and tells you they had a lovely day. Your child walks to the car and within ten minutes is in pieces.
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Is it all about the Relationship? Attachment Styles in Parenting
Everything in life is about relationship. Within ourselves, and between others. But more than anywhere else, it’s about the relationship between parents, or carers, and their children. That’s where it
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Does my Child have OCD?
Understanding Obsessive Compulsive Disorder in Children OCD is one of those conditions that is both frequently misunderstood and frequently missed. It is not about being tidy or a little bit
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