Here are 9 tips for helping a young person who has some obsessive or repetitive tendencies in how they behave. Whilst this is not a video specifically for OCD, it may still have some benefits. Often we use the term OCD without a diagnosis and to describe repetitive[…]

I’m talking here about how to take full responsibility for how you think in your brain. This is important to do because it will help you to become more in control of how you think. Remember your thoughts and feelings are connected to each other.  This is the[…]

Some friendships can go a little out of balance resulting in you feeling as if you need your friends more than they need you. Part of the challenge when this happens is to avoid making things worse by trying too hard and appearing needy.  We tend to have[…]

Before working with any kind of practitioner or reaching out to an organisation to ask for mental health support for a young person, it’s a really good idea to properly define what the problem is.  The benefit of doing so will enable the practitioner to offer the right[…]

Emetophobia is the fear of being sick. Sometimes people develop this phobia because they were once ill in the past and their brain keeps thinking about that old memory. Sometimes people develop emetophobia because they witness someone else being vomiting and this is a scary and unexpected thing[…]

We’ve made a few other videos about anxiety in the past: Stop your anxiety: https://youtu.be/QUmF-4b-3TU Stop Coronavirus worries and Anxiety: https://youtu.be/NhXkRtcP6Qg  Today’s video is all about the longer-term strategies for getting rid of anxiety. These include: Telling yourself a different story: Start to focus on what else you[…]

Tips for talking about your problems include: Start with the facts. Don’t worry about getting into your emotions if you feel uncomfortable. Utilise the NLP strategy of ‘submodalities’ – this is fully explained in the video. Do some research on other people’s embarrassing stories – chances are they’re[…]

Sometimes we know what the problem is but are just too tired or distracted by other things to be able to do anything much about it. The problem with putting things off (and hoping eventually they’ll just sort themselves out) is that it is costing you more energy[…]