Starting therapy can be daunting. You’ve taken the step to ask for some support, or someone has noticed you’re having a tough time and found some support for you. But what does therapy actually mean and look like? Therapy can take lots of different forms. It could be counselling, another talking therapy, a creative therapy… Continue reading Starting therapy at Cup-O-T
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A day in the life of an Occupational Therapy Student
A day in the life of an Occupational Therapy Student
7 Top Tips for Communicating with Healthcare Professionals
Communication is key to building successful effective relationships. But it can be hard to build new relationships with mental health professionals. Especially when those individuals involved with your family may change regularly.
Managing Expectations
As parents or carers it is our natural instinct to protect our children. If they are ill we do our best to make them better. If they hurt themselves we try to take their pain away. We mend, we fix, we offer cuddles and reassurance until things are better and forgotten about. When our children are struggling with their mental health, that desire to fix things for them and make them feel better doesn't change.
Social Impact Report 2021
It's that time of year where we are reviewing the last year, looking at where we are right now and planning for the next year. We are delighted to share with you our social impact summary for 2021. Thanks to a generous donation from Wordwall we were able to move from a part-time service with… Continue reading Social Impact Report 2021
Introducing Louise & Peer Support Work
Hello! I wanted to start this blog by telling you all a bit about me. My work background is in healthcare and the NHS. I have a degree in Psychology. And I have been volunteering for the charity Homestart since 2016. Most importantly I am a mum to two boys aged 9 and 2. Having… Continue reading Introducing Louise & Peer Support Work
Day 3 – Stop Motion Emotions #ChildrensMentalHealthWeek
It's day 3 already! The theme of this years #ChildrensMentalHealthWeek is Express Yourself. Today we want to focus on recognising and embracing our EMOTIONS! What are emotions!? They are our feelings. Children experience complex feelings just like adults. They get frustrated, excited, nervous, sad, jealous, frightened, worried, angry and embarrassed. 2019 workshop making emoji stress… Continue reading Day 3 – Stop Motion Emotions #ChildrensMentalHealthWeek
Day 2 – It’s Not All About Me! #Childrensmentalhealthweek
It's day 2 of #ChildrensMentalHealthWeek! Learning to express ourselves is developed even more when we can see how others feel. We can grow our own happiness by understanding and helping others with theirs. Today we are going to focus on how to GROW our COMPASSION SUPERPOWER! But what is compassion?!? Well....the definition of compassion is....… Continue reading Day 2 – It’s Not All About Me! #Childrensmentalhealthweek
Day 1 – THIS IS ME! #Childrensmentalhealthweek
Today is the first day of #Childrensmentalhealthweek. The theme this year is Express Yourself. So we have come up with some fab activities to help you to do this. Here's what we have planned for the rest of the week... Day 1 - THIS IS ME! The key to happiness - becoming content and comfortable… Continue reading Day 1 – THIS IS ME! #Childrensmentalhealthweek
EMDR for Children and Adolescents
What is EMDR? EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing) therapy is a very powerful psychotherapy enabling people to process difficult past experiences which still impact their day to day life. We often hear about EMDR being used for difficulties that adults have faced, but it can also be used incredibly effectively and safely with very… Continue reading EMDR for Children and Adolescents