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5 behaviours that are worsening your anxiety

5 behaviours that are worsening your anxiety

Blue Tree’s intern and aspiring psychologist Alexis Baker talks discusses unhelpful behaviours in those with anxiety disorders.. Many people experience anxiety disorders of varying degrees and types, such as generalised anxiety disorder (GAD) or something more specific such as social anxiety...
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Simple breathing techniques for anxiety and stress

Simple breathing techniques for anxiety and stress

Blue Tree’s intern and aspiring psychologist Alexis Baker suggests some breathing techniques to help maintain a sense of calm Everyone has experienced stress or anxiety at some point in their lives, feelings such as increased heart rate, restlessness, sweating, and perhaps even problems with...
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The Benefits of a High Fibre Breakfast

The Benefits of a High Fibre Breakfast

Hannah Cartwright, Bluetree's and one of London's leading Nutritionists talks about how to make a delicious healthy high fibre breakfast. Fibre is the backbone for our gut because it is a carbohydrate that humans can’t digest which means that it reaches our large intestine where millions and...
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Supporting someone with Borderline Personality Disorder

Supporting someone with Borderline Personality Disorder

Blue Tree’s intern and aspiring psychologist (seen here above) Alexis Baker writes about the difficulties in helping someone with borderline personality disorder. People with borderline personality disorder (BPD) typically experience difficulties in maintaining stable relationships, in addition to...
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Life after coronavirus- Adapting to a ‘new normal’

Life after coronavirus- Adapting to a ‘new normal’

2020's aspiring Bluetree psychologist and intern, Alexis Baker writes about life in the new normal..... As lockdown eases, shops are beginning to open, people are retuning to work, and life in general is getting busier. Perhaps you have also started meeting up with friends for that long-awaited...
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Coping with the mental health effects of lockdown

Coping with the mental health effects of lockdown

Coping with Lockdown Maddy Lykourgos writes with tips of coping with the adjustments we have all had to make as a result of the current lockdown. For most of us lockdown was an unimaginable concept, and yet globally we have been united by the need to stay home to stay safe. Understandably, the virus...
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Self Harm On the Rise?

Self Harm On the Rise?

Maddy Lykourgos, trainee psychologist, writes about rising issues with deliberate self-harm In recent news you might have seen the headlines about an increase in deliberate self-harm in our society. The reported increase appears to be specifically around the adolescent and young adult populations...
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Loss and Grief

Loss and Grief

Written by Nicola Dalrymple Loss is a universal experience that affects us all at some point in our lives. Grief is the emotions that people feel when they incur a loss. Grief is most typically linked to bereavement yet loss comes in many forms such as loss of relationship, job or home. Different...
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Young people’s mental health

Young people’s mental health

Written by Nicola Dalrymple The mental health of young people is just as important as the mental health of adults. According to a survey carried out in England in 2017, one in eight 5-19 year olds were suffering from at least one mental health disorder. Tragically, suicide is the number one cause of...
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Personality disorder

Personality disorder

Written by Nicola Dalrymple Understanding personality disorders Personality disorders are clinically diagnosed mental health disorders yet they often hold a lot of stigma and even more confusion. It is evident that the disorder isn’t discussed enough and is unfortunately misunderstood by so many. It...
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