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 parents exasperated wit...

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 have the girls from ou...

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, swearing, throwing thing...

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 certainly sympathise - th...

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

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

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

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