07 Jun 2020 Why won’t my kids listen to me?
It is common for children to feign deafness or to just outright refuse to comply with parent’s requests. You are certainly not alone if you have been asking yourself the...
Parenting
02 Jun 2020 How do I help my children manage their feelings?
As parents, we can often have difficulty in knowing how to manage our children’s emotions. How should we respond when our child gets angry? How should we respond if they...
02 Jun 2020 Mindfulness for children – how to make a glitter jar ✨
As we have discussed in other blogs we can teach children how to be mindful using Glitter Jars. In this video Clinical Psychologist Krystle Pavalache shows you how to make a...
22 Mar 2020 Helping children manage disappointment
At this time there are many disappointments both children and adults are having to cope with as events and much looked forward to trips and activities have to be cancelled...
26 Nov 2019 Depression in Children
It’s normal for kids and teenagers to feel down, angry or irritable from time to time. But when these difficult feelings start to linger for longer periods of time, they...
30 Aug 2019 How to talk to children about death
Death and dying is not a common topic that occurs in our day-to-day conversations. It is often a difficult topic to talk about as well! Many avoid bringing up conversations...
30 Aug 2019 Bouncing Back But Also Forward | Dr. Kellie Cassidy
In this video I discuss the concepts of resilience. Importantly new research on resilience suggests that we don’t just need to bounce back, but we also need to bounce forward....
14 Jul 2019 Can your child bounce back?
Developing resilience is essential for children so that they may succeed in life. The Bounce Back Acronym developed by McGrath and Noble (2017) is a handy way to identify and...
07 Jul 2019 Building Resilience in Children
We all face difficulties in our lives. Children are not immune to this. Building resilience in our children is vital to their future wellbeing. But what exactly is resilience and...