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.
In many ways, dating someone with mild autism is no different from dating anyone else. We all have our likes and dislikes. We all have our own quirks. We all have our own needs, wants, and desires. Dating someone with mild autism simply comes with a particular set of needs and ways of interacting which…
In this video Dr Becky Spelman offers advice on how to become a HCPC registered Psychologist in the UK. Dr Becky talks about tips on how to get in to...
Balancing a career with aspirations to have a family has never been easy for women, who have to deal with structural sexism in the workplace, who may wish to wait...
Compulsive buying or oniomania (shopping addiction) may seem like an exaggerated or apologetic term for excusing something many of us consider a footnote in the catalogue of addictions.
We all have our own idea about what the perfect partner would look like. Everyone has their own preferences in terms of physical appearance, values, shared interests, age and other...
Obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) occupies a strange space within mental health. While many people are quick to try and hide the fact that they may suffer from anxiety or depression,...
Living with a facial or body disfigurement can be very difficult, and can pose a significant challenge to self-esteem, with potentially serious consequences for mental and emotional health. However, with...
Erotic transference is something that happens relatively frequently in therapy, and while it is nothing to be ashamed of per se, it does have to be dealt with quite promptly,...
We've all been on the end of insincere apologies from time to time. Sometimes, we have to make peace through gritted teeth for the sake of the greater good, whether...
Factitious Disorder is a somatic symptom disorder – also known as Munchausen Syndrome - in which the individual feigns either physical or mental illness.
Although schizophrenia and schizoaffective disorder both share the same prefix, they're actually separate conditions from one another. They both fall within the criteria of psychotic disorders within the Diagnostic and...
