Following on from last week’s blog post examining anxiety, we thought it would be a good idea to provide a few tips on how to manage anxiety. Here at the Centre, we don’t believe in only identifying problems or issues in our...
Read moreWe are well and truly into 2019 now, settled back into school and work routines, going about our lives and smiling for our social media photos. But how many of us are hiding our anxiety? Whether it be short-term about a specific current...
Read moreWhile we usually focus on our mental health in our Therapists Thoughts blog posts, here at the Centre we acknowledge that our physical health is intertwined with our mental health. This is why we also offer support services like massage therapy...
Read moreLately on this blog we’ve nodded at new year’s resolutions, self-reflection, and changing things, people and ourselves. It still being January – marked in some parts of the world as Mental Wellness Month – in today’s...
Read moreIf you’ve been reading our blog for a while you will have noticed that our posts have been focussed mainly on the issues people experience in their personal lives and relationships. However, for many adults a large portion of their waking...
Read moreThis week is Mental Health Week in Ireland and today is World Mental Health Day. The theme this year is “Young People and Mental Health in a Changing World”. In order to help raise awareness of this important topic, the Centre’s...
Read moreOvercoming School Anxiety – its not just for kids! As those heady days of what was essentially a fantastic Summer of 2018 dwindle, many parents are having to deal with separation anxiety – and not just their child’s but their own anxiety too as...
Read moreOwen Connolly has spoken and written about the reptilian function of the brain, our natural alarm system, in the past. He claims this system can be triggered by interventions in childbirth, such as forceps or ventouse delivery or caesarean...
Read moreThis week we are disrupting our usual blogging routine with a special feature for all our students writing Junior Certificate and Leaving Certificate exams. We know that it can be a challenging, stressful time for teenagers and their parents, so...
Read moreIn today’s #ThursdayThoughts we are pleased to publish the second article in our “Therapists Thoughts” series. This time the theme is Biofeedback and how it can be used in therapy to control anxiety. This guest post is by Centre...
Read moreThis Thursday we consider a topic that is very much in the news and increasingly on the minds of parents, society and government too. It seems that childhood obesity is only increasing, despite the measures many are taking to address it. In his...
Read moreOwen Connolly was interviewed in Maternity & Infant magazine on his views on the negative effects on children of birth interventions like C-sections.
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