The very latest news from the world of Psychology. Private Therapy Clinic blog offers information about psychological concepts, theories, therapeutic approaches and human behaviour. The articles and vides posted here also offer tips and advice written by registered Psychologist Dr. Becky Spelman and our team of Psychiatrists, Psychologists and Psychotherapists.
Think about someone who has spent years in therapy for depression. They have tried antidepressants, CBT, and every self-help strategy recommended to them. Some things helped a little, but nothing quite shifted the underlying feeling that they are fundamentally different from everyone around them, that social situations cost them in ways they struggle to explain,…
Think about someone who has spent years in therapy for depression. They have tried antidepressants, CBT, and every self-help strategy recommended to them. Some things helped a little, but nothing...
Emotional dysregulation has long been associated with ADHD and is considered a core symptom. It leads to those who suffer from the condition being flooded with high-intensity emotions, which, in...
You have managed. Always. Not perfectly, not without effort, but you have kept things going. Then something shifts in your mid-40s. The strategies that held your life together start to...
People with ADHD are at higher risk of ending up in friendships and relationships where they get dismissed. Put down. Pushed to the bottom of a hierarchy. Not occasionally, but...
You already know what you should be eating. You have read the articles, saved the recipes, maybe even bought the vegetables. And yet here you are at 4pm, realising you...
You have rested. You have taken time off. You have cancelled plans, stayed in bed, said no to things. And you still cannot get back to yourself. That is not...
There is a particular kind of exhaustion that comes from a lifetime of almost fitting in. You can hold a conversation, keep a job, and maintain friendships. From the outside,...
If the word “Asperger’s” has followed you through your life in some way, you will already know it carries weight. Maybe a GP mentioned it years ago and nothing came...
Girls with autism are being identified years later than boys, or not at all. In my experience there are several reasons for this, but it begins with recognising that the...
Autistic people do form attachments, often very deeply. But the way those bonds are expressed, and the way others read them, can differ enough from neurotypical expectations to create genuine...
