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Our clinical psychology blogs relate to topics around clinical psychology and our clinical psychologists, including mental health and specific conditions.

By Lucy Oakes

Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder

When you think about eating disorders, the most common ones that come to mind are anorexia, bulimia and binge eating disorder. However, when the DSM-V was published, ‘ARFID’ was introduced as a new category of eating disorder. What is ARFID? ARFID stands […]

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By Lucy Oakes

What are Medically Unexplained Symptoms and how can they be treated?

Medically unexplained symptoms (MUS) are physical symptoms without an obvious or known physical cause. 1 in 4 people who see […]

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By Ben Kirton

Spotting a child experiencing trauma

The effects of childhood trauma on the outcomes of those who go through them have been shown in countless studies […]

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By Lucy Oakes

Non-judgemental listening: how and why?

Professional mental health workers and counsellors are trained in the key principles of non-judgemental listening. Mental Health First Aiders are […]

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By Lucy Oakes

Starting my placement year at HSR Psychology

Before my placement year I am a third year student from the University of Manchester studying Psychology and I have […]

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By Laura Humphreys

What is Selective Mutism?

What is Selective Mutism? Generally speaking, people can characterise Selective Mutism (SM) as a disorder of ‘lack of speech’. SM is quite […]

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By Jan Bogucki

Self-harm: what it is and what to do

What is self-harm? Self-harm includes a wide range of different behaviours, which are all oriented on inflicting physical pain to […]

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By Dana Cluyssen

Dealing with anger – How to find inner peace again

I recently participated an Overcoming Anger training by @innerspacemanchester (Twitter), where we discussed in depth not only what anger is […]

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By Martine Crompton

HSR Psychology spring update 2019

Welcome to our spring update of 2019! As all the daffodils are blossoming, so are we! Take a look at […]

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By Martine Crompton

HSR Psychology winter update of 2018

Welcome to our winter update of 2018! Over the past few months, we have had a lot of things happen […]

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By Martine Crompton

Vacancy for a clinical psychologist at HSR Psychology

Do you have an appetite to change the way psychology services are delivered to children and young people? We’re looking […]

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By Lauren O'Loughlin

How a psychological assessment can help you to better understand your child’s needs

Psychological assessments can be beneficial for many aspects of your child’s life – for example, they can bring about improvements […]

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By Maisie Willmoth-Allsop

Obsessive compulsive disorder

OCD means obsessive compulsive disorder. First of all, OCD is not being tidy, or having good hygiene. People with OCD […]

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By Maisie Willmoth-Allsop

Should children be allowed mental health days?

The BBC reports that there is no legal difference between taking a mental health sick day and a day off […]

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By Maisie Willmoth-Allsop

Therapy rooms: what to buy and why

An introduction to therapy rooms The idea behind creating a therapy room, instead of your traditional clinical room, is that […]

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By Maisie Willmoth-Allsop

Our new nurture room: how you can re-create one like ours

Why a nurture room? Nurture rooms provide a comfortable environment, by where the child feels safe and relaxed. When a […]

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By Maisie Willmoth-Allsop

Why is positive psychology a popular approach?

Positive psychology, in its simplest form, is the study of positive human functioning and flourishing on multiple levels. It was developed to overcome limitations of both psychodynamic

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By Martine Crompton

Anxiety: What is it?

Anxiety is one of the most common mental health conditions. According to YoungMinds almost half of all mental health disorders develop […]

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By Maisie Willmoth-Allsop

Promoting memory

Our CPD event on promoting memory was very interesting for me, here’s a summary for those of you who couldn’t […]

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By Sarah Ward

HSR Psychology becomes a Mindful Employer

HSR Psychology is now a Mindful Employer. HSR Psychology provides a broad range of psychological services to children, young people, […]

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