Apr 1 2021

I’d like to share with you how we use behaviour plans and boundary setting and to some extent, discipline to really change and improve the quality of interaction that we’re having with our young people alongside the NLP for children interventions we offer. I’m going to be using[…]

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Mar 1 2021

I want to talk to you today about the label of slow learning. For some children, they do not keep up with their peers in aspect of their development and those children may be referred to as a slower learner or they may be given some other more[…]

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Feb 24 2021

I have a theory about anxiety and worry and it relates to the colour pink. NOTE: This video isn’t just for little girls. There are plenty of teenagers, boys and young men who also have a ‘pink’ attitude.  Being pink means that you can’t solve your own problems[…]

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Feb 1 2021

I am going to be asking you to do something that you might not want to do. I’m going to be asking you to stop what you are doing and take a step back. What I’m suggesting is quite hard to explain but it is to do with[…]

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Jan 21 2021

Self-reflection is the process of looking at how you are showing up in the world and how you are perceived by others. It gives you an opportunity to correct mistakes and to plan better ways of behaving in the future. However, if you are an over-thinker or serial[…]

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Jan 20 2021

Wow! I’m sure I’m not alone in finding parenting harder these days. At my therapy practice in Bath, I have been talking to parents and young children about the challenges they faced within the home. My children are 11 and 14 years so I feel very lucky that[…]

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Jan 1 2021

I’m talking to you today about investment and I don’t necessarily mean of the financial perspective. I was listening to a podcast recently with ‘Tony Robbins’. He’s very big in the personal development world. He is a quite tall American man who is very loud but very good[…]

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Dec 24 2020

When it comes to anxiety, depression and OCD we’re all keen to help children to get better as quickly as possible. CAMHS is often a long wait and young people are looking for speedier solutions.  Often a combination of prescribed medication and a CBT type of therapy is[…]

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Dec 1 2020

I often talk to parents in my Hertfordshire therapy space and professionals in Hertfordshire schools about creativity and rules. I personally think that there is a fine and interesting balance to be had between creativity and following the rules. But why am I thinking about this today? Well,[…]

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Nov 18 2020

If you are (or know of) a young person who is feeling: Overwhelmed Is struggling to prioritise Forgets important things Sets unrealistic expectations on their time Procrastinates Then they require a schedule! Particularly when young people begin to juggle their time between revision, exams, a more active social[…]

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