School Refusal: Distress not Defiance.

School Refusal: Distress not Defiance.

  Ask any child – going to school is not typically at (or even near) the top of their list of favourite things to do. A daily routine of having to wake up at what seems to be the break of dawn, combined with tasks of brushing teeth, fixing hair, getting dressed...
Soothing

Soothing

Soothing (or rather, difficulty in self-soothing) is a notion that comes up a lot in my work. When people report a difficulty managing emotions, where experiences like anxiety or anger come on quickly and intensely, and escalate until the point of what people often...
What day is it?

What day is it?

  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...
Managing difficult family dynamics.

Managing difficult family dynamics.

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...