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 par...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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...

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