On the run up to my keynote speech at the Exhale Mental Health Showcase, I'm sharing my top 5 tips and useful phrases, for when you're talking to children about mental health.

Here are my Top 5 Tips for getting the most out of Christmas, without having to sacrifice yourself or your children in the process

Permission was given by this client to share her fears as a parent and how coaching helped. Her son had started to use compulsions to manage his anxiety around safety; this blog demonstrates how coaching with me played an important role for him and his Mum.

I think the best place to start is to acknowledge the difference in dynamic of the sibling relationship, which is unlike no other. They have no choice but to spend a lot of time together and unlike the relationship with the parent or carer, their survival doesn’t depend on their attachment; so there’s nothing lost when one upsets the other.

I once worked with a 17 year old who told me how she hadn’t slept of eaten due to the stress around sitting her exams - she told me she took a break to walk the dog and ended up being sick by the side of the road, from stress…She gave me permission to share this.

Information for those thinking about counselling for their teen where hopefully I answer some of your questions and ease your worry or doubt.