Dr Andy Dunn - Chartered Clinical Psychologist

17/10/2021

If you work in health, care or emergency services across North Yorkshire, Humberside or The Vale of York you can benefit from free mindfulness sessions via the HCV Resilience Hub and in partnership with visit https://www.hcvresiliencehub.nhs.uk/mindfulness/ for more information

08/07/2021

Love this image of a older, wiser Gareth Southgate comforting the distraught, younger version of himself.

It's coming home this time Gareth 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿❤️

Credit: Tom Pearson 👌🏼

15/09/2020

We’re pleased to be able to offer people a freephone number to call in a mental health emergency. Contact your local crisis service on 0800 0516 171.

Calls to our existing 0300 number will automatically be diverted to the freephone line with a view to this replacing the number in the coming months.

Advice on what to do in a mental health crisis is here www.tewv.nhs.uk/crisisadvice.

15/06/2020

On-the-go wellbeing support is available for new and expectant fathers living in the Trust area thanks to a new app from Dadpaduk.

The easy to use, free app gives fathers practical tips on things like feeding, sleeping and bonding with your baby as well as sharing information to help dads adjust to their new roles and cope with the physical and emotional strains having a baby can place on individuals and relationships. It also includes information on mental health issues affecting both men and women during pregnancy and after birth.

Dr Ahmad Khouja, medical director at TEWV said “New and expectant dads have a lot to take on board which can leave them feeling overwhelmed, stressed and low in mood. Having ready access to accurate, helpful advice can make a real difference to how they experience parenthood and their overall wellbeing.”

http://ow.ly/Jywu50A4LGM

09/06/2020

Pleased to be supporting Project 5.

Happy ! Here at Project5, we encourage and promote all our NHS heroes to 'check in' with their mental health and wellbeing.

If you’re feeling a bit overwhelmed and need someone to talk to, we’re here to help. Project5 provides NHS employees with free, confidential, 1-2-1 support from qualified therapists, counsellors and wellbeing coaches.

Find out more Project5.org

30/04/2020

Here’s a link to an e-book published by the World Health Organisation on living with stress. It’s based on ideas from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy. It’s a long read, and I understand that many of us have information fatigue at the moment, but if you’ve got the energy there are some really useful ideas here.

09/04/2020

An accessible e-book to read with children, about the coronavirus. It's illustrated by Axel Scheffler, who is well known for bringing the Gruffalo (and many other characters) to life in Julia Donaldson books.

Back Released today: a free information book explaining the coronavirus to children, illustrated by Gruffalo illustrator Axel Scheffler April 6, 2020 Axel Scheffler has illustrated a digital book for primary school age children, free for anyone to read on screen or print out, about the coronavirus a...

09/04/2020

The challenges of staying at home, and how you might respond to them. By Steve Hayes.

How staying home affects your mental health, and what you can do about it.

07/04/2020

Some free meditations and resources from Calm.

Without a doubt, many of us are feeling anxious as we navigate the uncertainty of COVID-19. We're feeling it too, and we wanted to share some of the tools we're using to take care of our minds and stay grounded.

21/03/2020

Along with other psychologists, therapists and counsellors I am volunteering to support our wonderful NHS staff during the COVID crisis. If you know any frontline NHS workers, please let them know this service is available to them free of charge. See link below:

https://www.aim-you.com/nhsstaff?fbclid=IwAR1EMUaQRMRIvoNQe-_-XZgfCMRvq9PXrkCTFguOR_mC1ZpRPLsKj93o97E

21/03/2020

Russ Harris, author of the Happiness Trap, has created and shared this pamphlet on psychological responses to the COVID crisis. He has also made his Happiness Trap app available for free for three months (code: TOGETHER).

https://drive.google.com/…/1_O8grFdwMDuGVIE_RvdRfhHhf…/view…

05/01/2020

This looks like a great idea. Starting from Bootham Bar at 1pm today.

Sun, Jan 5, 2020, 1:00 PM: Meet at Bootham Bar at 13:00 (will hang around for 10 minutes in case anyone is running late) then walk the city walls.Meet new people, socialise, get things off your chest