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Dec 10, 2019
3 min

How to help your child build resilience

resilience is not the absence of feelings of sadness, anxiety, worry, stress, or anger. It's the ability to cope with these strong feelings

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Michael Philp

Jul 23, 2019
2 min

I tell you the same thing everyday!

Have you heard yourself saying that phrase to your child? You are not alone. It is also a common complaint I hear in my practice from par...

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Having friends from a variety of groups can help your child manage difficult social situations

Michael Philp

Jun 25, 2019
2 min

Having friends from a variety of groups can help your child manage difficult social situations

While the FIFA Women's World Cup is currently being played out in France, my wife thought it would a good 'girl empowerment' moment to ha...

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You can manage your child's access to video games

Michael Philp

May 7, 2019
4 min

You can manage your child's access to video games

It's a scenario I hear time and time again. Arguments over video games. "Whenever I tell him to finish playing he goes off! Yelling, swea...

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Leave the ipads at home when going out for a family dinner

Michael Philp

Apr 29, 2019
2 min

Leave the ipads at home when going out for a family dinner

It's a common sight. A family at dinner, parents talking, kids quiet, engrossed in a game or video on their ipad. As a parent I can certa...

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If it sounds complicated to you, it's probably too complicated for your child

Michael Philp

Nov 20, 2018
4 min

If it sounds complicated to you, it's probably too complicated for your child

I get the privilege of talking to parents about their children and how they manage their child's behaviour at home and reinforce good beh...

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How a growth mindset can help anxious children

Michael Philp

Jun 28, 2018
4 min

How a growth mindset can help anxious children

Recently I have seen quite a few children presenting with anxiety that I would describe as having perfectionistic characteristics. They h...

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3 hats - how paying attention to the different roles we have can help us feel happier, less stressed

Michael Philp

May 22, 2018
3 min

3 hats - how paying attention to the different roles we have can help us feel happier, less stressed

Lately I've been talking to my clients here at Grove Psychology about hats. That seems a strange conversation to be having with your psyc...

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Michael Philp

Jan 24, 2018
4 min

Back to school anxiety

If your child is like my youngest daughter, they are absolutely dreading the Officeworks back to school advert, as it starts to signal the

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Michael Philp

Jun 12, 2017
3 min

4 ways to parent mindfully

I’m going to suggest something controversial here. As parents we are often looking for ways to help manage our children’s behaviour. Prog...

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Michael Philp

Apr 17, 2017
3 min

The importance of emotional language for children

For quite some time in my practice as a Clinical Psychologist, I've observed how some children, as well as adults, seemed to have difficu...

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Michael Philp

Jan 29, 2017
3 min

Parenting in the digital age

The continual rise of technology has presented a set of unique challenges for today's parents. The use of technology and devices are so c...

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Michael Philp

Jan 8, 2017
4 min

Praise versus Descriptive Praise for Children

You may have seen the viral video from Simon Sinek discussing the "millennial question", and what has been bluntly described as 'what is w...

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Michael Philp

Nov 29, 2016
4 min

Tantrums

Here's a great picture of my then two year old daughter, having a tantrum while we tried to take a family photo on the famous Spanish Ste...

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Michael Philp

Oct 31, 2016
3 min

Setting healthy bed-time habits

Today's fast paced society is very different from the one that most parents of young children experienced themselves as a child growing u...

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