The Therapy Clinic Brighton

04/08/2023

How getting curious improves your mental sharpness and health

Shifting from a high-pressure mindset to a curious one improves people's memory, finds new research. Study participants pre-meditating a robbery in a virtual art museum remembered more paintings than those executing the heist in-the-moment. The new findings may help address many real-world problems....

02/08/2023

Do you find yourself worrying about what your therapist thinks of you?

Clinicians reveal how they actually feel after a patient leaves a session.

31/07/2023

The unlikely advantages of worrying

Negative mental chatter and anxious fantasies may not be all bad – they could bring benefits such as greater creativity and better health

24/07/2023

Things to consider before you give your child a smartphone.

When's the right time to start your child with a phone? Is 12 too young? Here's what a professional screen time consultant tells parents about the risks kids face online.

21/07/2023

What is ADepT and how could it be more effective than CBT?

A new talking therapy for depression has shown encouraging early signs of being more effective and cheaper to deliver than the current best practice of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT). A pilot trial has found Augmented Depression Therapy (ADepT) could be a significant advance in depression care.

19/07/2023

What are the most common topics women bring up in ?

Mental health professionals reveal the topics that are often talked about in their sessions and what you can do if you're feeling them, too.

17/07/2023

Highlighting the importance of sleep for mental resilience.

Research has shown quality sleep can help bolster resilience to depression and anxiety.

07/07/2023

What's AI-nxiety? 🤖

You probably already use AI in your life - take time to think about how these tools help you.

05/07/2023

A fresh take on sobriety

At first it was uncomfortable and foreign, like asking for directions overseas. But now I feel at home when socialising sober

03/07/2023

"Inactivity in the rostro-medial prefrontal cortex during rejection may explain why those with BPD are more sensitive and more distressed by rejection."

A new study of a brain region called the rostro-medial prefrontal could potentially advance diagnosis and therapies for Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD).

30/06/2023

Children who begin reading for pleasure early in life tend to perform better at cognitive tests and have better mental health when they enter adolescence, a study of more than 10,000 young adolescents in the U.S. has found.

29/06/2023

Biomarker for OCD may guide new therapies

Scientists at the University of Cambridge have used powerful new brain imaging techniques to reveal a neurochemical imbalance within regions of the frontal lobes in patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). The research findings are published in the journal Nature Communications.