International Stress Awareness Week – What is stress and how can we help ourselves when dealing with it?
This year, around 1 in 6 adults in the UK experienced some form of depression. Of these adults, 83% reported […]
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ADHD Awareness Month: ADHD diagnosis for older adults
In recent years, Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) has received increased recognition and understanding. Generally, people are moving away from thinking […]
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World Values Day 2021
World Values Day is on 21st October this year. Its aim is to increase the awareness and practice of values […]
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Is my child’s behaviour good or bad? Perhaps it isn’t either, maybe it is just adaptive?
How can you help your child to cope with change and new experiences? Many of us have recently experienced the […]
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What is Depression?
All of us will have experienced times of feeling low, due to difficulties and disappointments in life, work, and relationships. […]
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What is Anxiety?
Most of us will have experienced a difficult or stressful situation which has provoked feelings of panic, anxiety, and fear […]
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What is loss and what does grief feel like?
Bereavement and loss are a universal experience, although it happens to us in different ways and affects us in different […]
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Victoria: Reflecting on her Autism diagnosis
Victoria first came to The Retreat to access autism services in 2017, which led to a diagnosis, aged 36. After […]
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The Retreat gains national recognition for high quality therapy
The Retreat has a history of delivering innovative, compassionate mental healthcare. However, despite our 229-year (and counting!) legacy, we are […]
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The Retreat’s Amy Bedingham thanks the resilience of parents and teachers
As we reach the end of the academic year today, we wanted to acknowledge our local community of children and young […]
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Music Therapy available at The Retreat at Charles Court
Welcome to George Murray, our new Music Therapist who joins our Children and Young People’s Team here at The Retreat […]
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