A recent LinkedIn post by researcher and social worker Nicholas Marsh made me mull over issues of terminology. What’s the…
The media discussion on the contemporary ‘adolescent mental health crisis’ carries on. The more I read about it (there’s hardly…
For most people seeking psychotherapy, there are many questions that come up for discussion. But increasingly today, right at the…
Why do some adolescents self-harm? …But before trying to answer this, what does the term ‘self-harm’ cover? We assume we…
In the early childhood years, much focus is on milestones and basic needs: is the toddler taking first steps? Have…
Some interesting though troubling information comes out of a recent UCL-led study, published in August 2023 in Psychological Medicine. This…
I was recently thinking about boredom in adolescence, a phase where a Goldilocks scenario seems the norm: there’s either too…
I’ve been enjoying the podcast ‘Ordinary unhappiness’ hosted by Abby Kluchin and Patrick Blanchfield, an exploration of psychoanalysis and much…
Have you ever considered what is the opposite of play, or whether it even has an opposite? This question hadn’t…
The terms ‘teenagers’ and ‘adolescents’ are used interchangeably: perhaps ‘adolescent’ sounds more formal than ‘teenager’ or ‘teen’. But what do…