Effective Ways to Help Your Child with Exam Stress on Results Day
Exam season can be an incredibly stressful time for young people, and as results day approaches, anxiety levels often skyrocket. As a parent, you play a crucial role in supporting your child through t …
5 ways to support your child with anxiety
Worry and anxiety can be a very normal part of growing up. Children can feel anxious about a variety of things at different ages. As they get older they begin to experience new things and start to gra …
Supporting your child: How to help children with anxiety
Anxiety is a common mental health condition that can affect people of all ages, including children. As a parent or caregiver, it is essential to understand the impact anxiety can have on your child's …
Does online children's therapy work?
The struggles and pressures of life can affect children and young people just as much as the adults around them, so it can be invaluable for a child to have someone to talk to outside of their family …
Does My Child Have Separation Anxiety?
Intrinsic to our humanity is a need to feel safe, familiar and secure. A child’s earliest attachments are where they find these needs being met and when they know who they can depend on for care. In b …
What are the Signs My Child Needs Counselling?
Mental health, how we think, feel and regulate our emotions, is something that we all have. Just like our physical health, mental health is something that can deteriorate at different points in our li …
How can I support the counselling process?
If your child has started seeing a counsellor, then you’re already doing a great job of showing them that you take their mental health seriously. By giving them the space to talk to a professional the …
Early Years Mental Health: Part 1 - Relationships Rule!
This two-part blog is a guide for any early years’ practitioner looking for guidance on how to support young children’s emotional development and mental health. This week, we’ll have a look at how to …
Helping Children to Cope with Uncertainty
It’s a difficult time to be young. None of us could have anticipated a global pandemic quickly followed by the conflict in Eastern Europe, yet we’re expected to support our children through it. So how …
Does my child need counselling?
In my role as head of counselling at Mable Therapy, I speak to parents every day who are worried about their child’s mental health, and they’ll ask me ‘does my child need counselling?’ I always think …
