by Rebecca | Blogs, Relationship
“I love you but I’m not in love with you” What Do I Do? Let’s face it – no one in a relationship really wants to hear this. It’s painful and quite hard to accept. Basically, it means that one half of the partnership has decided that the passion and...
by Rebecca | Our Approaches, Rebecca Dallard
What Is Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)? Behavioural therapy refers to a number of therapies or techniques used for treating mental health issues. The premise of behaviour therapy is that all behaviour is learned and, as such, any unhealthy or...
by Rebecca | Blogs, Rebecca Dallard
OK so you’ve made the first step and you know you need to talk to someone – someone good, someone who can help – but how do you choose a psychologist? What should you look for? What’s important? Where do you start? Getting the right treatment and practitioner can help...
by Rebecca | Blogs, Personality Disorder, Rebecca Dallard
Do you have a loved one who suffers from a personality disorder? If you do, then you know that it is not only the person with the diagnosis who is affected, but anyone who cares for them. Being close to someone with a personality disorder can feel like...
by Rebecca | Blogs, Forgiveness, Rebecca Dallard
What does Forgiving Yourself Even Mean? We all do things we are not proud of. Forgiving yourself and releasing the shame for the ways we have hurt or harmed others can be incredibly difficult. We all struggle with self-forgiveness. We tend to be harder on...
by Rebecca | Blogs, Stress
What is Wrong with Me? Why Do I Feel Like This? Lacking Energy? Can’t Get Out of Bed? Difficulty Sleeping? Constantly Grumpy? No Motivation? …Could you be burnt out? Burnout has become a real buzzword. You often hear people casually say “I’m so...
by Rebecca | Anxiety, Blogs
What is Anxiety and How Much is Normal? We all experience anxiety at some time in our lives. We feel nervous, worried or apprehensive about an event or situation, maybe a test, the pressure at work or a relationship issue. Usually, the anxiety ends when the...
by Rebecca | Blogs, Child Counselling, Parenting
Children Fighting: What’s Going on? Call it what you will – fighting – arguing, squabbling, bickering, sibling rivalry. It’s exasperating, distressing and mentally exhausting. It’s true that some fighting between siblings, such as quarrelling...
by Rebecca | Anxiety, Blogs, Rebecca Dallard
Racing Heart? Pain in the Chest? You’re short of breath, your heart’s racing, your chest hurts, you feel dizzy and nauseous, you’re light-headed, your temperature is all over the place, and now you start feeling quite anxious. These are common symptoms in two...
by Rebecca | Blogs, Kara Travouillon, Parenting
It can be exhausting when children are exhibiting “difficult” but common developmental behaviours. Some of these may include tantrums or meltdowns, whining, screaming, refusing to listen, bad language and fighting. It can also be emotionally and physically draining on...
by Rebecca | Blogs, Parenting, Rebecca Dallard
Difficult Teenager: Building Resilience May Be Helpful Difficult teenager behaviours are common. Life is tough at times and adolescence brings with it much turbulence – small challenges like arguments with friends or moving schools through too much larger...
by Rebecca | Blogs, Rebecca Dallard
Massage Therapy and Mental Health Massage may assist with depression, anxiety, insomnia and trauma reactions. It is a physical approach to improving your mental wellbeing. Massage can help your body relax. Care has been taken to ensure that the room provides a space...
by Rebecca | Our Approaches, Rebecca Dallard
What is Mindfulness? Mindfulness, the term is everywhere at the moment, a hot topic so to speak. While relatively new to Western psychology, it is actually an ancient practice found in many spiritual traditions, including Buddhism, Hinduism, Taoism, martial...
by Rebecca | Blogs, Parenting, Rebecca Dallard
6 Frustrating Things All Kids Do (And then a few extra) Little known fact: The 26th of February is “For Pete’s Sake”, a day commemorating all things, situations and people that make you cry out in exasperation and annoyance. I thought, as it’s official and all, I...
by Rebecca | Addiction, Blogs, Rebecca Dallard
Does My Partner Have a Drinking Problem? Most people have a friend or family member who likes a drink or two (or three) – perhaps they sometimes even get into trouble because of their alcohol-related behaviour. But what do you do when you start to observe that...
