The Therapeutic Consultants

09/01/2026

One for the cold weather! This Young Minds post focuses on how accepting the impact of the seasonal shifts can help us navigate what can be a hard time of year emotionally.

Annabell shares how mindset shifts and acceptance-based techniques can help you cope with winter challenges, low mood, and seasonal affective disorder.

18/12/2025

Study shows that social media use predicts later inattentiveness:

A study of 8,000 children suggests social media, not screens in general, may be fuelling a rise in inattention.

04/12/2025

Interesting to think about the role children's TV can play in their imaginative life and emotional development:

Anne Wood says algorithms bypass ‘the responsibility of art’ and have failed to support high-quality children’s content

20/11/2025

The issue of how safe our children are online is once again in the media, thanks to Ian Russell.

Ian Russell says watchdog lacks ‘urgency’ and is not willing to use its powers ‘to the extent required’

09/11/2025

New research shows how teenage boys in the UK are using AI for emotional guidance:

Male Allies UK worries rise in chatbot ‘girlfriends’ will leave boys unable to socialise and respect boundaries

27/10/2025

Shocking findings from this study, in both the numbers involved and the SEND connection:

Children with special educational needs more than twice as likely to be put in isolation, say Manchester researchers

09/10/2025

Useful advice from experts collated by the Guardian on how to talk to children about violence they hear or see in the news:

The Guardian spoke with therapists, media experts and journalists about helping kids process bad news and develop healthy media habits

02/10/2025

Lovely video from BBC Teach that explains what happens in our brains when we feel strong emotions such as anxiety, fear and anger:

This film talks about what happens in our brains when we feel strong emotions such as anxiety, fear and anger.Clinical psychologist Dr Hazel Harrison uses an...

25/09/2025

OPEN DAY at the new location for our Surrey clinic

When: Friday 3rd October, 11am to 2pm
Where: The Hawkins Room, Farnham Memorial Hall, Babbs Mead, West Street, Farnham GU9 7EE

We’d love to show you around and answer any questions. Do pop in.

14/09/2025

The power of connection. A lovely mentoring scheme between teenagers and toddlers to help with school avoidance covered on BBC News:

As school returns, we look at a scheme that pairs teenagers with toddlers from a local nursery in a bid to help increase school attendance.

06/09/2025

The endlessly fascinating discussion around AI and therapy continues here on The Guardian

Therapists say they are seeing negative impacts of people increasingly turning to AI chatbots for help

31/08/2025

Here on our blog, we offer advice for navigating the anxiety of returning to or starting school, however it may manifest.

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