How to Cope with Social Isolation When you’re Alone
[Read Transcript] How to cope with Social Isolation when you’re alone I wanted to make this video because I'm noticing a lot of different issues coming up in my online sessions with clients to do with social isolation when you’re alone. While there are...
5 Ways to Help Protect your Mental Health during the COVID-19 Pandemic
Today, I’m writing this post to offer you support and guidance to help you maintain good mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic. These are worrying times, but I want to reassure you that we are still here for you. Like many practices, Altum Health therapists are...
How We Are Helping You With Therapy During The Coronavirus Crisis.
[Read Transcript] How we are helping you with therapy during the coronavirus crisis. It's a really difficult and uncertain time right now with the Coronavirus crisis. We know how hard it is for you as our clients, and it's also hard for us as therapists too. I...
Emotional Eating and Binge Eating: Is there a Difference?
I want to talk to you about food. “Food, Glorious Food!” Or is it? Food is a source of vital nourishment and can be enjoyed for comfort and for pleasure, but sometimes unhealthy relationships develop with food, for example with eating disorders, such as binge eating....
5 Questions That People Considering Therapy Are Often Too Scared To Ask
The fact that you’re considering therapy means you’ve acknowledged there is something you’d like to change, or an obstacle that you’d like to overcome. In fact, this simple action marks the start of your recovery. Many people are considering therapy as a possible...
Ten Expert Tips for Coping with Difficult Relatives at Christmas
Difficult relatives at Christmas can really take the shine off the festive season – if you let them. Let’s be honest, we all have that one relation who is really good at pushing all the wrong buttons. Whether they are over-bearing and controlling, overly-critical and...
Thanksgiving and Eating Disorders
[Read Transcript] Hi there. It's Dr Courtney Raspin, and it is almost Thanksgiving! Thanksgiving is my favourite holiday, even after 20 years here in London. I always look forward to Turkey Day (we call it Turkey Day in our house). It's the only holiday that is...
How to Deal with Christmas Anxiety
How are you feeling about Christmas? Are you excitedly looking forward to the festive season, or are you feeling utterly overwhelmed thinking about how you are going to deal with Christmas anxiety? For many of us, we are so caught up in our quest and preoccupation to...
Can you Accept a Compliment?
Many of us find the seemingly straight-forward act of accepting a compliment so damn difficult, without really understanding why. If this sounds familiar, you are definitely not alone, and I’d like to help you begin to accept the love and care that a compliment is...
