Dr Helen Care
Moving out of your comfort zone
How to expand your comfort zone. This video contains a model to show how we can learn and develop when things are challenging.
We have collected together lots of information and advice on all aspects of psychology for children and young people. Scroll down to see our top tips and advice for children, young people and families.
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Dr Helen Care, Chartered Clinical Psychologist
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Before You Self-Harm - take 5 mins to BREATHE
This is a short exercise to prevent self-harm. "Before you do anything else, take 5 minutes to BREATHE". Clinical Psychologist shows you how
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You are not alone
Sources of help for young people dealing with mental health difficulties Sometimes it helps to feel that you are not alone in struggling...
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5 Steps to Supporting Someone Who Has Self-Harmed
It is tricky to know how to react when someone says they thinking about hurting themselves. Here are some ideas about how to support them.
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It’s a Nightmare: one way to help get a good night’s sleep!
Here's a handy guide to dealing with nightmares so that everyone can get a good night's sleep. It’s a Nightmare: one way to help get a...
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How to build a better connection
Do you want a better connection with your children? I'm guessing that we are all nodding at this point. Of course, we do! Here are some...
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Making Online Therapy Work
Young people do this already They talk about the next generation as being 'digital natives'. Our young people grew up with the internet,...
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Exercise gets rid of stress - that works for kids too!
You always knew exercise was good for you - but did you know how much it improves mental health? Fight or Flight Stress Reponse We...
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5 Ways to Tackle Anxiety
What is Anxiety? Anxiety is a feeling of fear or panic. Feeling anxious sometimes is normal. Most people worry about something - exams,...
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Isolating at home - how to manage
How to get through missing school and isolating at home.
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1 way to get teens to talk
“I thought there was something bothering her, but she wouldn’t talk about it..." Dr Helen Care shares a technique for getting teens to talk
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How to be Fearless and Daring about starting school….
Starting school for the first time is a big step for all children. Most will manage it smoothly. But even those that struggle can be...
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Starting school - preventing & fixing problems
Going to school for the first time is daunting because you don't know what to expect and don't really know what you are meant to do. So lots
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A bucket full of stress
How to understand and manage stress Life throws a lot of stresses at us. Sometimes that can feel like a challenge we can handle and...
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Look Who's Confident Now!
Body language that says it for you Looking confident and being confident are often very similar. No-one feels confident all the time in...
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When is a lie not a lie?
When is a lie not a lie? Have you heard of Julia Donaldson’s book, ‘Tiddler’ – the fish with the big imagination, "who blew small bubbles...
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Do play with your food!
“Play is the answer to the question, ‘How does anything new come about?’” ~ Jean Piaget I Don't like it! Have you spent an hour cooking...
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What names do you give your kids?
Can you imagine going through life with the worst name in the world? Now we've all met some people where we wonder what the parents were...
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Self-Harm - how and why we hope to help
When Frankie, then aged 11, spoke to us about a friend who had revealed she was thinking about self-harming, we were suddenly catapaulted...
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Reducing Anxiety in Teens
A bucket full of stress The charity Anxiety UK says: "One way of thinking about your anxiety is to imagine your stress levels as being...