lockdown Happy New Year Hitchin Where do we start then, friends?! There’s so much to say but we’ll keep this brief. Phase knows that the start of 2021 has been difficult and upsetting,
anxiety World Mental Health Day Tomorrow (10th October) it’s World Mental Health Day. This is the day that the World Health Organisation uses to highlight mental health issues, and this year’s theme is
COVID-19 Brain Twister! Do you find that sometimes you have rigid thoughts in your head that you can’t seem to change, even if you really want to? I’ve been wondering about
Help for parents How To Support Your Child We had the privilege recently of being asked to write a blog post for The Motherload (a website and blogzine for parents) about mental health. It is an area that
emotional wellbeing Shine a light on ... Anxiety (part 1) Everyone I know has anxiety. Not the kind of anxiety that you feel before you speak in public, or when you see a massive spider scuttling towards you. I mean,
anxiety Managing Anxiety “A head full of fears has no space for dreams” We want young people to live life in all of its fullness and so when we hear that more young
self-harm Shelf Help On Friday 2nd December Hitchin saw the launch of an exciting new pilot project called ‘Shelf Help.’ This is a reading scheme that is being adopted by The Priory School
self-harm Rise in self-harm Earlier this week the NSPCC released statistics about the rise in self-harm amongst young people. Nspcc said Nearly 19,000 children and young people in England and Wales were hospitalised