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

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...

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...

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,...

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...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...

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