Discover how psychometric assessments help clinicians understand mental and physical health, measure psychological symptoms and monitor therapeutic progress. Explore commonly used tools, including the PHQ-9, GAD-7 and PROMIS, and their role in evidence-based psychological care.
Measuring What Matters: Using Psychometrics to Assess Mental and Physical Health Read More »
Explore the powerful connection between nature and mental wellbeing. Discover how ecopsychology, forest bathing and nature-based therapies can reduce stress, support emotional healing and strengthen our relationship with the natural world.
Rooted in Nature: Why the Wild World Is Essential to Human Healing Read More »
Explore how trauma shapes behaviour, emotional responses and relationships through a psychoanalytic lens. Discover why curiosity, compassion and emotional safety are central to understanding and healing.
When Behaviour Tells a Story: Understanding Trauma Read More »
Explore Schizoid Personality Disorder through the Masterson Approach, examining the tension between connection and isolation, early relational experiences, and how psychotherapy can support emotional safety and meaningful relationships.
Schizoid Personality Disorder: Insights from the Masterson Approach Read More »
The self-sacrifice schema can lead people to consistently put others’ needs before their own. Learn how childhood experiences, attachment and low self-worth can contribute to self-sacrifice, burnout, resentment and difficulties with boundaries.
Understanding the Self-Sacrifice Schema and Its Impact on Mental Health Read More »
Depression does not always look like sadness. Adults often imagine depression as visible sadness or tearfulness. In adolescents, it may instead appear as:
• Irritability, anger or frequent conflict
• School refusal or declining attendance
• Withdrawal from family, friends or activities
• Alcohol or other drug use
• Fighting, impulsivity or risk-taking
• Sleep disruption and difficulty getting up
• Falling grades or reduced motivation
• Hopelessness, self-harm or suicidal thinking
When Anger Hides Sadness: Adolescence, Depression and School Refusal Read More »
Explore personality structure, psychological crisis and integration through Otto Kernberg’s psychodynamic framework, and discover how self-awareness can support greater emotional stability and meaningful change.
Personality structure and Crisis: How integration can build a pathway to stability Read More »
