by Dr. Marie Thompson | Sep 25, 2019 | Uncategorized
What day is it? You can’t move for days these days, many of which are ridiculous! National olive oil day, national cherries day, for example. And I recently learned that September 25this National Psychotherapy Day in the U.S. I groaned at first when I saw...
by Dr. Marie Thompson | Jul 16, 2019 | Uncategorized
For many expats, the summer often means heading to your home country, or the home country of your partner, and spending time with family and friends. There’s lots about this that is wonderful of course. Picking up where you left off with people, enjoying weather and...
by Dr. Rebecca Ferguson | Jul 3, 2019 | Uncategorized
There is a lot of talk about mindfulness, being mindful, living in the present etc. But what is mindfulness exactly? What’s the benefit and how is it done? Dr. Rebecca Ferguson uses mindfulness routinely in her practice to help her patients manage their...
by Dr. Marie Thompson | Apr 15, 2019 | Uncategorized
Do you achieve great things in life, but fundamentally lack confidence in yourself? It bothers me that self-esteem is so often gained from external factors. I often work with people who struggle with the concept that self-esteem really needs to come from within,...
by Dr. Marie Thompson | Mar 23, 2019 | Uncategorized
In my experience of working with pregnant couples and new parents, I find that certain factors predict conflict, depression and anxiety postnatally. These clinical observations are backed up in the scientific literature. When I work with expecting or new parents, one...
by Dr. Rebecca Ferguson | Mar 19, 2019 | Uncategorized
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...
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