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Parents guide to helping kids and teens stay safe online: rules, responsibilities...

Written by Bonnie Evie Gifford, writer at Counselling Directory

How often do you pay attention to the terms and conditions before ticking accept when you sign up to a new website or download a new app? The chances are, you glance through at best, or more likely, scroll past to that little checkbox at the very end. If that’s how many of us act online as ‘responsible adults’, how often do children and teens pay attention to what they're really signing up for?

As part of YoungMinds and The Children’s Society’s inquiry into net safety, they discovered...

1st October, 2018 View article

We've got a brand new look

Written by Tamara Marshall, writer at Counselling Directory

To enhance navigation and usability, Counselling Directory has been refreshed to bring you a simpler, cleaner and more up-to-date resource for all your counselling and psychotherapy needs.

New features

Optimisation for mobile device – you can now access all our content and services on your smartphone. Cleaner design and layout. Simplified content on the homepage. Fresh imagery and photographs. More prominent search tool to help you find the right professional for your...

Tags: Sexual abuse, Emotional abuse, Generalised anxiety disorder, Dependent personality disorder, Paranoid personality disorder, Schizoid personality disorder, Schizotypal personality disorder, Hoarding, Redundancy, Dissociation, Hearing voices, Sex addiction, Childhood bereavement, Separation anxiety, Discrimination, Paranoia

28th October, 2014 View article

The psychological impact of boarding school

Written by Emma Hilton, writer at Counselling Directory

According to a report which is to be published in next month's British Journal of Psychotherapy, boarding school can leave adults struggling to form intimate relationships and communicate difficult emotions, reports the Independent.

Professor Joy Schaverien believes that children sent to boarding school can experience psychological damage not dissimilar to that of those taken into care. Despite the obvious trauma for children of the forced separation from family and friends, many therapists...