Insights & Articles
Practical thoughts on anxiety, trauma, and understanding yourself — for young people, adults, and the people who support them.
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Why Staff Burnout in Children’s Homes Is a Safeguarding Issue
Staff wellbeing in residential children’s homes tends to get filed under “nice to have” — something to address once budgets…
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Screen Time and Teenagers: What the Research Actually Says
Ask five people about teenagers and screens and you’ll get five confident, contradictory opinions — it’s rotting their brains, or…
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What to Say (and Not Say) to a Friend Who’s Struggling
Someone you care about is struggling, and you want to help — but you’re scared of saying the wrong thing,…
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Attachment Styles Explained: Why Some Relationships Feel Harder Than Others
Why does one relationship feel easy — safe, steady, uncomplicated — while another feels like a permanent low-grade exam? Attachment…
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Why “Just Relax” Doesn’t Work — What Actually Calms an Anxious Body
If telling an anxious person to “just relax” worked, I’d be out of a job. It doesn’t — and there’s…
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What “Trauma-Informed” Actually Means — Explained Simply
“Trauma-informed” might be the most used — and most misunderstood — phrase in care, education and workplace wellbeing right now.…
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How to Support a Young Person Who Won’t Open Up
“I know something’s wrong, but they won’t talk to me.” If I had to pick the sentence I hear most…
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Is Your Phone Making Your Anxiety Worse?
Here’s a pattern I see constantly in the therapy room. Someone comes in feeling anxious — wired, restless, struggling to…
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What Actually Happens in a First Counselling Session
Almost everyone is nervous before their first counselling session. I mean that literally — in years of practice, I can…
