Brad: Self care strategies for trauma symptoms
Welcome to my blog series, where I will discuss therapy from a client's viewpoint. It's important to mention that, while my insights are...
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hopepsychologyprac
Nov 54 min read
Sumaiya: Managing flashbacks and triggers using virtual therapy.
Welcome to my blog series, where I will discuss therapy from a client's viewpoint. It's important to mention that, while my insights are...
hopepsychologyprac
Oct 84 min read
Marissa: How the body holds stress. Somatic responses to to trauma.
Welcome to my blog series, where I will discuss therapy from a client's viewpoint. It's important to mention that, while my insights are...
hopepsychologyprac
Oct 13 min read
Daryl: How Therapy can help with PTSD. Understanding treatment options like CBT and EMDR.
Welcome to my blog series, where I will discuss therapy from a client's viewpoint. It's important to mention that, while my insights are...
hopepsychologyprac
Sep 243 min read
Alanna: Signs of unresolved trauma
Welcome to my blog series, in which I will be writing about therapy from the perspective of a client. Please note that, although inspired...
hopepsychologyprac
Sep 174 min read
Jennifer: Navigating the Impact of Trauma on Adolescent Mental Health
Welcome to my new blog series, in which I will be writing about therapy from the perspective of a client. Please note that, although...
hopepsychologyprac
Mar 131 min read
University Mental Health Day 2024
University, so often portrayed as a seminal time in people's lives, a time of intellectual growth, finding oneself as a person,...
hopepsychologyprac
Mar 52 min read
Should I take time off work for my mental health?
The question of whether to take time off work for mental health needs is something we get asked a lot, and as with most great questions,...
hopepsychologyprac
Dec 7, 20232 min read
The silent struggle: The prevalence of trauma
As we're explored before, my speciality is trauma. It's an area of mental health I really value working with. Why? Because watching the...
hopepsychologyprac
Nov 3, 20232 min read
The Legacy of Intergenerational Trauma: Healing amidst the shadows.
In the quiet corners of society, a profound yet often overlooked phenomenon lingers: intergenerational trauma. Passed down through...
hopepsychologyprac
Oct 11, 20232 min read
Understanding and Coping with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder in a Chaotic World
Some mental health challenges seem to get more airtime than others, and OCD seems to be one of those. OCD, or Obsessive Compulsive...
hopepsychologyprac
Oct 2, 20232 min read
Navigating the emotional seas of of becoming a parent: Therapy following birth trauma.
In my section titled 'trauma', I point to your classic Hollywood pregnancy and birth. Heterosexual couple meet, conceive a baby in the...
hopepsychologyprac
Sep 24, 20233 min read
In the therapy hot seat: What actually happens in therapy?
Of all the many questions we get asked, this has to be a front runner. It's completely understandable. After all, you have sat with these...
hopepsychologyprac
Sep 8, 20232 min read
What is the flight or fight response?
Recently, I have seen an increase in the term "flight or fight response" in the media. But what does it actually mean? Flight or fight...
hopepsychologyprac
Aug 15, 20232 min read
Embracing Emotional Resilience
Life is a journey filled with a spectrum of experiences, both joyful and challenging. Thought this journey, emotional resilience is a...
hopepsychologyprac
Sep 27, 20212 min read
Trauma. It can get complex
Did you know that around 70% of us will experience a traumatic incidence at some stage in our lives? There are many different experiences...
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Aug 24, 20212 min read
Is self-care trying to tell you something?
Self-care appears to be the current darling of lifestyle blogs and magazines these days, a glossy little starlet pirouetting in the...
hopepsychologyprac
Aug 18, 20212 min read
Worrying about worrying worry?
Let's preface this by saying we all worry. Sometimes they're big worries, sometimes they're little worries. Sometimes they're rational...
hopepsychologyprac
Aug 18, 20211 min read
Let's start at the beginning.
There are two questions people ask when I first meet them. The first is "What does a psychologist actually do?". The answer can be kinda...
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