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.
Your GP can refer you to an NHS-funded ADHD assessment provider of your choosing, rather than whoever happens to be nearest or has the shortest local waiting list. That right exists. It just isn’t always explained clearly, and the landscape around it has changed considerably in the past year. The NHS Right to Choose scheme…
Safety-seeking behaviours are behaviours that you develop in response to feeling threatened. They help you, in the short term, to reduce the levels of anxiety that you are experiencing. For...
We’ve all heard hassled parents of young children bemoaning fussy eating and wondering what to do about a child who doesn’t seem to want to eat more than one or...
Boundaries aren't an aggressive measure. They're a completely normal and measured way of limiting our interaction when we feel being asked too much of in our social interactions. For the...
Our personalities include the way we think, feel and behave and so personality disorders include a range of conditions that affect the proper functioning of these facets of our being....
Consensual non-monogamy – or polyamory as it's more commonly referred to in the mainstream - is gaining more traction as an accepted relationship model. It's existed for quite some time...
In this video Dr Becky Spelman talks about exposure therapy and why it is so good for overcoming anxiety. Exposure therapy is a CBT technique which is very useful in...
There’s often an assumption that by having reached the upper echelons of society and success celebrities are somehow immune to the frailties that trouble the rest of us. But that’s...
Passive-aggressive behaviour involves being indirectly aggressive towards someone. In contrast to verbal and physical abuse, which is overtly violent, passive-aggressive tendencies fly under the radar. They're subtle and tend to...
When kids reach puberty, their bodies and their brains both go through a period of rapid development. As part of this process, they start to sweat more just at the...
Depression isn't a universal condition. It comes in many different variants, and there are actually ten types of depression which are commonly offered as a diagnosis. Two of the most...
