North East Clinical Psychology Services

10/03/2018

Fascinating talk by Sharon MacArthur aka Miss Menopause at this week's International Womens Day North East conference. Do we talk enough about menopause? Menopause can have a dramatic impact on mental health and well-being - are we prepared?

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06/03/2018

So true.

22/02/2018

The office is closed for the next two days whilst we attend some innovative training in EMDR. If you're interested in how this NICE recommended treatment can help with trauma symptoms you might find this brief article useful:

What if we told you that distressing memories could be wiped away by moving your eyes from left to right, over and over again? While it might sound like something out of a modern day Sci-Fi film, ther...

17/01/2018

You can now get your weekly dose of mindfulness on Tuesday evenings. Join us at Fausto Coffee at 6.30pm. Call into Fausto to register and spread the word!

13/01/2018

We like this!

The next time you’re bailing on your best intentions, cut yourself some SLACK with these 5 mindfulness tips for bringing more self-compassion to your resolutions: https://buff.ly/2Dqj0RE

13/01/2018

Psychiatric diagnoses don't always sit well with either the people using mental health services or the professionals who seek to support them. This article introduces an alternative framework.

Our Division of Clinical Psychology has published a report offering a new perspective on why people experience mental distress.

05/01/2018

For those struggling in silence.

In sickness and in health, may we allow ourselves to be seen as we really are. That way, we can get through it all together

03/01/2018

Loving this video. Give it a watch: https://www.facebook.com/treatmyocd/posts/1059408114201968

01/01/2018

Happy New Year from North East Clinical Psychology Services. We're loving this January challenge from Action for Happiness to help get the New Year off to a positive start: https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1755360327830198&id=162825470417033

Let's get 2018 off to the happiest possible start :)

19/12/2017

This is a useful summary of psychological consequences that may result from childhood trauma.

We have talked a lot about how childhood trauma impacts emotional regulation and can leave us oscillating between anger and numbness (hyper- and hypo-arousal).

09/12/2017

This is a such a lovely article that talks about the experience of both OCD and psychological therapy that can help overcome it (ERP - exposure and response prevention).

Unlike most other organisms, our brains cannot tell the difference between an actual threat and a symbolic one. What this means is that our brain confuses actual threats with thinking about threats. Indeed, we tend to respond to fearful thoughts as though they are real. Nowhere is this tendency to e