Resources

We are delighted to have worked with Daniel Barnett, Barrister at Outer Temple Chambers and LBC Presenter, to collaboratively write his new small book on Spotting Malingering. It focuses on helping employers to identify malingering in their staff, and provides expert guidance on what to do about it.

“You made the book 1,000 x better.” – Daniel Barnett

Spotting Malingering

New Small Book by Daniel Barnett, written in collaboration with Dr Kerry Davison, our Clinical Director

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Category: Mental Health Awareness for Adults

Mental Health Awareness for Adults

Grief and Loss – Supporting Yourself and Others

We all experience grief and loss in our lives. We mostly consider this in terms of the loss of a loved one, however other forms of loss such as losing a job, moving school/home/area and divorce can also be difficult experiences that might cause us to go through a grieving

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Mental Health Awareness for Adults

Tips to achieve and maintain a good work life balance

Work Life Balance, three simple words we hear often but how much notice do we really take? For many this may seem an impossible dream, something we’d like to aspire to, but not a reality we can maintain. Demands on our time can be endless. Work, family, keeping up with

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Mental Health Awareness for Adults

Relaxing Visualisation Exercise – Woodland

Visualisation exercises can be a really effective way to relax our bodies and minds by picturing a peaceful and calming scene. In this audio, Karen Allin, Integrative Counsellor and Psychotherapist, guides you through imagining a soothing walk through a woodland to help create a calming state.

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Mental Health Awareness for Adults

Relaxing Visualisation Exercise – The Beach

Visualisation exercises can be a really effective way to relax our bodies and minds by picturing a peaceful and calming scene. In this audio, Karen Allin, Integrative Counsellor and Psychotherapist, guides you through imagining a relaxing trip to the beach to help create a calm state.

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Mental Health Awareness for Adults

Starting Therapy at Psychology Associates – FAQs

Making the decision to begin therapy for the first time can take a lot of thought and time, and can result in you having questions about what it involves and what it might be like. Below are the answers to some common questions that you may have. How does therapy

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Mental Health Awareness for Adults

Sensory ‘Glimmers’

A ‘glimmer’ is the exact opposite of a trigger for our nervous system and are small moments that help bring you back to feelings of joy, safety and connection. Take a look at our Occupational Therapy Team’s examples of ‘glimmers’ from a sensory perspective, which you may find helpful to

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Mental Health Awareness for Adults

Avoiding and Managing Burnout

Many people like an element of challenge in their life as challenge can be interesting and exciting for us to overcome and a little stress can be a positive force to give us energy, to motivate and improve our performance. However, stress is like an electric current, and if the

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Mental Health Awareness for Adults

Reflective Practice Sessions at Psychology Associates

Reflecting on things which have happened is the gateway to understanding these events. Working within the health and social care fields (or any job where we are working directly with people), it is important that we consider and reflect on how we are executing that care or support. When we

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Anxiety and Stress in Adults

Maintaining our Wellbeing in Winter

For many people, winter, and especially over the festive period, can be a testing time of year. We have fewer opportunities for natural light as the days become increasingly shorter and the nights draw in. Temperatures typically drop and it can often feel like the rain is relentless. Many of

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Mental Health Awareness for Adults

Building Resilience

Resilience refers to our ability to withstand, recover and adjust after something difficult or traumatic has happened to us. Being resilient is not about just ‘getting on with it’ and staying positive all the time. It comes from being in touch with life’s challenges. Resilience can be seen as a

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Mental Health Awareness for Adults

Work Life Balance Tips

Maintaining a healthy work life balance can be difficult, but it is essential for supporting our overall well-being and reducing the risk of stress and burnout in the workplace. Our Work Life Balance Tips resource contains our advice on sustaining this important balance, including when working from home.

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Mental Health Awareness for Adults

The Benefits of Exercise for our Mental Health

Physical and mental health are interconnected and equally important. To learn more about how exercising can help to protect and support your mental health and wellbeing, please read our The Benefits of Exercise for our Mental Health resource. 

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Mental Health Awareness for Adults

Mental Health Awareness

Protecting and supporting our mental health is just as important as looking after our physical health. This resource is a guide to improving your mental wellbeing by identifying and tackling triggers for stress and anxiety and by implementing positive and effective strategies for prioritising your mental health. 

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Mental Health Awareness for Adults

Wellness Checklist

Our Wellness Checklist provides an effective and adaptable framework to help you to prioritise and support your mental health and wellbeing in your busy daily life. You can use this checklist to help create and maintain simple but powerful healthy habits in your day to day routine.

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