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Free, evidence-based self-help guides and psychoeducation materials written by our clinical team. Covering anxiety, depression, trauma, OCD, sleep, relationships and more.

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Bereavement & Loss

Complicated Grief and Prolonged Grief Disorder

Whilst most bereaved individuals will experience intense grief that gradually softens over time with the support of family, friends, and community, a proportion — estimated at approximately seven…

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Bereavement & Loss

Supporting Children and Young People Through Bereavement

Children and young people grieve differently from adults, and their grief is shaped by their developmental stage, their understanding of death, the nature of the death, the quality…

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Anger Management

The Anger Cycle: Triggers, Escalation, and De-escalation

Understanding the anatomy of an anger episode is essential for developing effective anger management strategies. The anger cycle describes the predictable sequence of stages that most anger episodes…

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Anger Management

Assertive Communication: Expressing Anger Without Aggression

One of the most common difficulties faced by individuals who struggle with anger is the absence of a middle ground between suppression and explosion. Many people oscillate between…

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Stress Management

Burnout: Recognition, Prevention, and Recovery

Burnout is a state of chronic physical, emotional, and mental exhaustion caused by prolonged exposure to excessive demands, particularly in the workplace, but also in caring roles, academic…

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Sleep Hygiene

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Insomnia (CBT-I)

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Insomnia is the first-line treatment recommended by NICE and the American Academy of Sleep Medicine for chronic insomnia. Unlike sleeping tablets, which address symptoms…

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Substance Misuse

Motivational Interviewing and the Stages of Change

The transtheoretical model of change, developed by Prochaska and DiClemente, describes the process through which people move when making significant behavioural changes, including reducing or stopping substance use.…

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Self-Harm

Understanding Self-Harm: Functions, Myths, and Compassionate Responses

Self-harm — the deliberate, non-suicidal infliction of injury to oneself — is a far more common behaviour than many people realise, affecting approximately one in five young people…

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Relationships

Attachment Styles and How They Shape Your Relationships

Attachment theory, originally developed by John Bowlby and subsequently researched by Mary Ainsworth, Mary Main, and many others, describes how early relationships with caregivers create internal working models…

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Relapse Prevention

Building a Personal Relapse Prevention Plan

A relapse prevention plan is a structured, written document that you develop collaboratively with your therapist towards the end of treatment. It serves as a personalised guide for…

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Phobias

Systematic Desensitisation and Exposure Hierarchies

Systematic desensitisation, developed by Joseph Wolpe in the 1950s, is one of the foundational behavioural techniques for treating phobias. It is based on the principle of reciprocal inhibition…

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Personality Disorders

Schema Therapy: Working with Deeply Held Patterns

Schema therapy, developed by Jeffrey Young as an extension of cognitive therapy, was specifically designed for individuals with personality difficulties, chronic depression, and long-standing relational patterns that do…

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