DBT Skills Group: Questions Answered

DBT Skills Group: Questions Answered

What does DBT stand for?  DBT stands for Dialectical Behaviour Therapy, which is a specific type of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy. DBT involves 4 modules of skills training; Core Mindfulness, Emotion Regulation, Interpersonal Effectiveness and Distress Tolerance.  Who...
Coping with Social Isolation

Coping with Social Isolation

  We are now some weeks into the lockdown in the U.A.E and many people have been self-isolating, quarantining, or social distancing for much longer than this. The internet, media and social media are all full of information about the current pandemic, some...
Recognising and Managing Anger

Recognising and Managing Anger

Anger is a normal emotion that serves an important function. However, when its underlying causes are not fully understood, and it’s not well managed, you might find anger negatively impacts your relationships and functioning.  What is anger? You may have a good...
Coping with bullying

Coping with bullying

What is bullying? I get asked this question a lot from parents and young people and when I ask the same question back each person has their own definition. These definitions range from ‘any name calling or teasing’ to ‘anything physical from one child to another’ or...