It is now 2020. Happy New Year to you all! In the last 25 years there has been remarkable advancement in telecommunications over the internet. Emailing and internet chat rooms have now joined with instant picture messaging and vlogs. You Tubers and celebrities and politicians have been able to harness the power of the internet…

Child Maltreatment by way of emotional abuse, neglect, physical and sexual abuse is common in the world. In the UK at least 10% of children have suffered one or more of these forms of maltreatment or abuse and in the USA five children die each day from abuse. Parents and caregivers are responsible for caring…

There had to be an article on Brexit as the nation is going through it together. In my work over the last few years I have met a few young people who have been very upset by Brexit but the majority are more interested in their social media accounts, gaming and K-pop. The experience of…

In the next few weeks I will be making the transition to teaching young people Taekwondo, which I took up in 2011 at the age of 39 years. This morning I went on a one hour training session to consider how I would teach students correctly, everything I know. Maybe martial arts teachers should transfer…

Relationships are very important. In our work in treating young people with depression it is important to form a therapeutic relationship with them. During the interview the young people tell us their story in which they often describe what had happened and what had one wrong in relationships especially if there has been trauma, abuse,…