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Private psychology & psychiatry clinic offering cutting-edge, evidence-based therapies from London.

12/08/2025

Struggling to sleep isn’t just exhausting — it can seriously impact your mental health.

Studies show that poor sleep doesn’t just go hand-in-hand with mental illness; it can actually increase the risk of depression, anxiety, and even psychosis by disrupting the brain’s natural rhythms. 🧠💤

The good news? Improving your sleep can be a powerful step toward feeling better. Prioritising rest is prioritising your mind. 🌙

10/08/2025

Why does uncertainty feel so unsettling?

Research by Robb Rutledge at University College London (Nature Communications, 2016) found that the brain perceives uncertainty as more stressful than predictable pain.

When outcomes are unclear, your threat system stays on high alert, fuelling anxiety.
This helps explain why we crave certainty — and why learning to tolerate ambiguity is a powerful way to ease anxious responses.

06/08/2025

Growth isn’t always loud or dramatic.

Sometimes it’s the quiet moment where you pause... And make a choice you wouldn’t have made last time.

The situation hasn’t changed. You have. 🌱

04/08/2025

Living with both autism and ADHD can feel like being pulled in opposite directions — while still somehow walking the same path.

🔹 Craving routine, but getting restless when things stay the same.
🔹 Building detailed plans, only to abandon them at the last minute.
🔹 Diving deep into special interests, while struggling to start tasks that don’t click.
🔹 Wanting connection, but needing space when it gets too much.

These patterns aren’t contradictions — they’re two different drives coexisting in one brain. Sometimes they clash, sometimes they balance, and often they make life uniquely yours.

If this resonates, you’re not alone. 🧩⚡
Save this for later, share with someone who gets it. ✨

31/07/2025

It’s easy to overlook mental health struggles in very young children because their symptoms don’t always fit what we expect.

Understanding that anxiety and depression can start as early as age 3 helps us spot the signs sooner and provide the support they need.

Early awareness is key to helping little ones thrive. 💙

29/07/2025

Did you know that social pain — like feeling excluded or rejected — activates the same brain regions as physical pain? 🧠❤️

This was shown in a groundbreaking 2003 study by Naomi Eisenberger and her team at UCLA (Science, 2003), revealing just how deeply our brains process emotional hurt.

Understanding this helps explain why connection and acceptance are so vital for our wellbeing.

27/07/2025

What if therapy wasn’t about “fixing” you — but about helping you live a full, meaningful life, even with the hard stuff? 💬✨

Acceptance & Commitment Therapy (ACT) does just that — and it’s backed by solid science.
Swipe through to learn what ACT is, how it works, and why it might be the approach that finally makes sense.

24/07/2025

Just because something helped you survive, doesn’t mean it still serves you.
Growth can look like discomfort. Healing can feel like loss. But you’re not doing it wrong, you’re evolving.

20/07/2025

Most conditions don’t come from genes alone. It’s the interaction between inherited risk and life experiences — trauma, stress, environment — that shapes what actually shows up.

19/07/2025

Why do we feel such a pull towards the sea? 🌊

New research from the University of Cambridge found that when people in the UK think of places they’re nostalgic for, coastlines come up far more than forests, mountains or fields.

Turns out, we’re more likely to miss blue places — like the seaside, lakes and rivers — than green ones.

Nostalgia itself is a powerful psychological tool — it connects us to a sense of self, meaning and belonging. And it turns out place matters more than we might think.

(Study: Militaru et al, 2025, University of Cambridge / Current Research in Ecological and Social Psychology)

17/07/2025

🧠 It’s not just what happens — it’s how often you relive it.
Rumination can weigh heavier than the stress itself.
A powerful reminder from Susan Nolen-Hoeksema, Yale Psychologist (2000).

15/07/2025

Why should your therapist, your psychiatrist and your nutritionist all be strangers?

Here's a recap of why we do what we do.

If you want to learn more, give us a call (link in bio). We'd love to see how we can help you move forward.

Address

2 Eaton Gate
London
SW1W9BJ

Telephone

+442031051994

Website

http://www.thechelseapsychologyclinic.com/, https://chelseapsychologywellness.com/, https://linktr.ee/thechelseapsycholo

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