Sometimes, parents are a bit too wishy-washy, too soft and they need more backbone in their style of communicating, to get the best out of a young person. There is no one-size-fits-all when working with young people, the key is in your flexibility. How much you can change,[…]

When you are using counselling or CBT you must make sure that you are creating the best possible environment and circumstances for young people. In my therapy clinic, when I meet families for the first time, they might talk about different sorts of challenges that they’re having with[…]

Here are 8 top tips about how to let the children you care about make the most of their childhood and avoid somersaulting into the adult world too soon and the effects it can have if we do not proactively help children being over-exposed to adult content, material[…]

I often talk to parents, professionals in Hertfordshire about why it’s so important that you take the pressure off yourselves and take the pressure off of the young people that you are working with. Welcome to the modern Western world where you are constantly in a state of[…]

We all know that some parents and professionals end up being flaky, but I want to share with you some of the reasons why I think it happens. The challenge with this subject area is that there is a balancing act going on between the desire to gain[…]

If you want to have less arguments, more clear thinking and better understanding the key is in your communication and specifically the questions you ask. Using good quality questions you can begin to discover what is behind the behaviour and emotions of others for better understanding. ———————————————***———————————————- SNAPCHAT[…]

Why is it that sometimes we want to connect with others and at other times you want to be one of a kind? Is there a reason for this too and fro between wanting to be unique and wanting to connect? Yes, it turns out, it’s a natural[…]

The sunshine is here and that can mean one thing, the dreaded application of sun-cream to the child! Now, I’d like to say that it’s a bit like the scene from Mary Poppins and the ‘spoonful of sugar’ and we all sing and dance whilst happily applying the[…]