Lomond Psychology

30/07/2025

Interested in learning effective communication skills that will benefit your child and your family or know someone who might be? Here's what's covered the upcoming group at Bearsden Ski Club.

30/07/2025

Excited to see this group coming together. Still a few spaces left...

21/05/2025

Getting ready to run another group in Sept 25 at Bearsden Ski club-sign up interest or arrange a call with me www.lomondpsychology.co.uk

22/05/2024

Next Parent Group in Helensburgh Sept 2024. 10 spaces available- sign up here https://forms.gle/jL6RJU4WZ6J7zKGr8

15/05/2024

Looking forward to coming along...

📣 Fun First Friends 📣

Wednesday the 22nd of May 10am - 11.30am
Drumfork Community Centre in Churchill square Helensburgh.

Our guest is Dr Kathryn Smith a clinical psychologist based at the Lomond’s Clinic. Dr Smith is passionate about enabling parents to feel confident and good about themselves amidst the challenges of parenting. She runs fortnightly classes for parents to learn how to manage when their child is upset, anxious, angry or mis-behaving to name just a few.

Why not come along, enjoy a cuppa and sweet treat and hear from Dr Smith who will share some of what she does.

14/05/2024

Looking forward to supporting by coming along to Fun First event at Drumfork Community Centre Wed 15th 6pm to 8pm.

13/02/2024

Would you, or someone you know, like to come on a Podcast: BEHIND THE SCENES OF ADHD FAMILY LIFE? As part of my podcast Truthbook, which goes behind the scenes of family life, I am looking to peel back the layers on the experience of a parent of a child with ADHD, as a parent with ADHD, as a young person with ADHD and as someone involved in working with children/parents where ADHD plays a role. With the aim of helping folk feel less alone, normalising their experience, and getting important conversations out there (beyond the therapy room). Please get in touch if you or someone you know, would like to contribute to the following episodes (working titles)
1. Parenting a child with ADHD
2. Being a parent with ADHD
3. Being a young person with ADHD
4. Working with adult ADHD presentations amongst parents (in a range of capacities e.g. as a therapist, teacher, manager...)
5. Working with ADHD presentations in children (again in a range of capacities e.g. therapist, teacher, coach...)

12/02/2024

3 spaces left for the next group, starting 6th March. Sign up here:
https://forms.gle/d7fFzgvxcSfGAvE77

16/01/2024

Get in touch- 2 spaces left! Email: Kathryn@lomondpsychology.co.uk

The Bridge - Helensburgh Parish Church Halls

11/12/2023

Who knew a parenting group could be fun!

11/12/2023

Feel overwhelmed as we head towards Xmas deadline- love this illustration to remind us to 'shake it off' Thank you The Psychology Mum

An illustrated advent toolkit for your mind: Let’s shake it off.

The research says that often when we try to look after our wellbeing, or improve our lives, we try to do something extra or add something into our life. However research tells us that subtracting something from our life may have a more powerful effect and be more beneficial for our mind and lives.

This is particularly relevant at this time of year when the demands are high, the expectations are high, which means the cognitive load is high and often we are at full capacity.

So today in our no pressure illustrates advent for your mind, let’s think about something you can subtract from your life…..let’s shake it off to give you some mind space and capacity.

Before you shake it off, you may have to challenge your expectations of what you should be doing which drives your behaviour. You might want to gently question your ideas about what you need to do, what makes a good Christmas or what makes you the perfect parent, friend, sibling etc.
Often expectations of what we should be doing are pushed at us by commercials, magazine images, tv, films etc. To counteract this, You might want to also think about how you would bring Christmas back to what really matters, and make it align with your values (more in a future post to help with this).

So what can you subtract from your life this Christmas? It might be finding an alternative (pre cooked meal bunged in the oven anyone?) or dropping something altogether (Christmas Eve boxes? Elf poses? 1001 unnecessary presents?)

Let me know in the comments what you plan to shake off and subtract from your life, so we can think collectively together what could be subtracted from our own lives to reduce the load.

11/12/2023

Feedback from parents who have just completed the 6 session group ❤️ I love the impact the parent group has in making real change.