Effective Ways to Help Your Child with Exam Stress on Results Day
Exam season can be an incredibly stressful time for young people, and as results day approaches, anxiety levels often skyrocket. As a parent, you play a crucial role in supporting your child through t …
Supporting Your Child Through Grief: Professional Grief Counselling
Grief is a natural, yet complex, emotional response to loss. When a child experiences the death of a loved one or another significant loss, they may struggle to understand and cope with the intense em …
Supporting Your Child: A Comprehensive Guide on How to Help Someone with Anxiety
Anxiety is a common mental health condition that can affect people of all ages, including children. As a parent or caregiver, it is essential to understand the impact anxiety can have on your child's …
The importance of endings in your child's counselling sessions
In sales terminology, the mantra of ‘ABC - Always be Closing’ is often used. This means that from the second the salesperson begins, they’re focussing on that end goal of making the sale. While it mig …
What’s happening in my child’s counselling sessions?
If your child is struggling with their mental health it can be really isolating, and not just for them. As their parent, it can be incredibly stressful. It can be so hard to know what your child is th …
How can I support the counselling process?
If your child has started seeing a counsellor, then you’re already doing a great job of showing them that you take their mental health seriously. By giving them the space to talk to a professional the …
Helping Children to Cope with Uncertainty
It’s a difficult time to be young. None of us could have anticipated a global pandemic quickly followed by the conflict in Eastern Europe, yet we’re expected to support our children through it. So how …
Understanding Gender Identity
Children and young people have a lot to think about as they develop, and forming a positive sense of gender identity is an important part of this. Gender identity development in children begins to unf …
Is my child’s counselling working?
If your child has recently started counselling, it can be an anxious time. Perhaps it felt like they were at a mental health ‘crisis point’ when you booked the first session and the pressure was on to …
Does my child need counselling?
In my role as head of counselling at Mable Therapy, I speak to parents every day who are worried about their child’s mental health, and they’ll ask me ‘does my child need counselling?’ I always think …
