Recently we featured an article on Borderline Personality Disorder as part of our series on personality disorders. That article was focused on offering understanding and help for those what have been diagnosed with the disorder. This article is...
Read moreWe all can have periods where our emotions feel out of control or we have self-doubt or relationship difficulties. We may feel we are teetering on the brink of disaster. However, for those with borderline personality disorder, this is simply a...
Read moreYou may have noticed that a good number of our articles deal with attachment issues either directly or indirectly. This is because attachment is such a deep-rooted human need; and when it doesn’t develop in healthy ways in infancy and...
Read morePeople pleasing in its mildest form is fairly common in social and relationship interactions, as people naturally want to be liked by others. However, deep people-pleasing behaviours stem from insecure attachment styles formed by negative early...
Read moreIt seems that people-pleasing is a habit that affects women more than men, and it is learned in childhood. If the series on people-pleasing written by our London-based therapist Teyhou Smyth has resonated with you, this next article may help you...
Read moreFor any of you who have visited the Centre or have been following our blog for some time, it will come as no surprise to hear that Owen Connolly is a sought after conference speaker and workshop facilitator within the mental health field. For...
Read moreThis week we are continuing on with our mini series on attachment started two weeks ago. So far in this series our London-based therapist, Teyhou Smyth, has shared with us her thoughts on early childhood attachment – how it is nurtured and...
Read moreLast week we published an article on Understanding PTSD by Teyhou Smyth, our counsellor in London. This week we are following up with her article on managing PTSD. As always, we want to not only help you to pinpoint issues, but to find solutions...
Read moreRegular readers of our blog will be aware that our previous two blog posts dealt with anxiety. This week’s blog post looks at a condition that goes much deeper than anxiety – post-traumatic stress disorder or PTSD. Centre founder Owen...
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 moreCouples who are unable to have children, often turn to adoption to create the family that they had hoped for. But before they take this step, it is important that they consider the difficulties that they may encounter as parents of adopted...
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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