Take Control & Responsibility: Children and Young People

It might seem strange to think that taking responsibility would feel good. After all, who wants to do anything more than they have to?! But the reality is that when you are more responsible you have a greater sense of control and feel more powerful. Sometimes people confuse[…]

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Responsibility For Anxiety: Parents & Professionals

Whilst I’m an advocate for getting young people to take responsibility, I recognise how knowing a fair bit about mental health and anxiety-related issues make me want to jump in and problem-solve! I also notice (as I’m sure you have experienced yourselves in other aspects of life) that[…]

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Taking Charge of Your Brain: Children and Young People

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[…]

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Choice Theory – Does It Work?

Today I’m going to be talking to you about something called ‘Choice Theory’; you may have come across this before and I just want to give you a little refresher around it. I won’t be going into tons and tons of detail but I think reminding ourselves that[…]

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