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Today’s blog was written by Rachel Howard, Assistant Psychologist at Headspace Guildford.    Two words that I always see paired together are ‘exams’ and ‘stress’!    It is only natural to feel stressed when exams are approaching, but being mindful and purposeful in how you approach this stress can make a world of difference. ForContinue reading “Our Guide to Coping with Stress”

Today’s blog was written by our excellent Assistant Psychologist Gemma Darling. Gemma has been integral to the design and setting up of our autism assessment pathway. Here at Headspace Guildford we have many years of experience supporting children with a diagnosis of autism, who are neurodiverse or who think they may be on the autisticContinue reading “ASD assessments : The Headspace Guildford way”

Today’s blog was written by Freya Love, Assistant Psychologist at Headspace Guildford. This blog is a continuation of our series here at Headspace highlighting the different routes you can take into clinical psychology as a career. I was witness to the lifesaving help that psychology can provide from an early age, which propelled me intoContinue reading “Journeys towards and into Clinical Psychology”

How do we support people who need our help? I remember vividly the weeks leading up to the national lockdown due to coronavirus in March 2020. I felt incredibly helpless in the face of rising case numbers and equally rising panic. In the hospital where I worked it was all we talked about. How couldContinue reading “When you feel helpless, help others”

Today’s blog was written by Freya Love, Assistant Psychologist at Headspace Guildford. This blog is the second in our series of relaxation techniques and will focus on a guided imagery relaxation. Guided imagery relaxations involve the visualisation of calming and peaceful settings, like a beach or a meadow. This is a powerful relaxation technique, asContinue reading “Relaxation using guided imagery”

As a practice we recognise that Clinical Psychology is a hard profession to get into. This is even harder if you are from the global majority, have a disability or are from a lower-income household. We think this is not right. We’re doing what we can (and in a very small way) to change this.Continue reading “Journeys towards and into Clinical Psychology”

Recently, in the community where I live, 2 families have lost one of their parents. Both families have young children. 2 families grieving the loss of people who should have been there to take their children to school, watch them play football, wipe their tears, tuck them in bed. It’s sad beyond words.  Those familiesContinue reading “Supporting people in loss”

Today’s blog was written by Freya Love, Assistant Psychologist at Headspace Guildford.    Today is December 8th, and is the time of year that many people are starting to feel truly festive and in a Holiday spirit. And for good reason; there is a lot to love about this time of year, like the crispContinue reading “Looking after your mental health in the Holiday Season”

It’s that time of year again. Things start to get really crazy. If you’re a parent you’ll be juggling Christmas mufti days and reindeer runs and bake sales and Christmas shows and nativity performances and and and….   If you’re a young person reading this you’re probably juggling mock exams or tests, trying to makeContinue reading “A self care advent calendar”