What Suicidal Ideation Really Feels Like
With thanks to our Organisational Member, Papyrus, for this blog. It’s not always easy to talk about suicidal thoughts, let alone describe what it feels like to live with them. But if we’re going to ...
Postnatal Depression In Men
Postnatal Depression is a horrible thing, which can turn what should be a happy (if tiring!) time for a family into a living nightmare. Over the last few years, awareness about postnatal depression ha...
Getting Bereavement Counselling
The loss of a loved one is one of the most harrowing things a human can experience. While it’s perfectly natural to feel overwhelmingly intense emotion following bereavement, it can be beneficial to s...
The Voice We Can’t Hear
With thanks to our member, Maria Kopec for this article. There’s a phrase I heard as a child that I can’t forget: “Children and fish have no voice.” It wasn’t cruel, not exactly. It was just how thing...
The Jingle Blues!
With thanks to our member Dafiny Alves for this article. I was about seventeen the first time I heard of “winter depression”. My father was driving me to school, and the man on the radio was talking a...
Support and Self-care for Service Providers During the Festive Season
With thanks to our Organisational Member Papyrus and the team at Hopeline for this article. Is Christmas always merry?Christmas is a time when we all come together with friends and family, share gift...
ADHD Awareness month: October 1 - October 31, 2023
From our Neurodiversity Ambassador, Claire Thompson I have previously written about my experiences as an autistic adult working with autistic clients in therapy. As this is ADHD awareness month, I was...
No Child Left Behind: Why every child needs access to the right kind of support for them
As the school bells ring again to signal the start of a new academic year, for many children and young people in the UK, this doesn't symbolise the anticipated return to a familiar routine. Instead, i...
Timely mental health support: A moral and economic imperative, supported by science
In a recent study by ieso Digital Health, conducted in partnership with Dorset HealthCare University NHS Trust and York Health Economics Consortium, data has emerged that lends robust support to somet...
