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Adolescent Mental Health

Adolescence can be a turbulent time in life. Teenagers experience numerous bodily changes as a result of their bodies adjusting to puberty. They also go through dramatic internal changes, with different perspectives and outlooks of the world. During this time, they often question themselves and are curious about who they are and their contribution to society. It is a period of adjustment that can be stressful at times. Adolescence can also have an impact on different styles of parenting. While teenagers will naturally seek more independence, increasingly spending more time with peers and less time with family, some adolescents can …
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In a Post-Pandemic World, Anxiety is Rife

So, it is no wonder really to discover the number one presenting issue named by clients in the therapy room is a sense of “not-knowing” all fuelled by a physical feeling of uncertainty and risk. When I ask a client: “Where is the feeling of anxiety?” I am often met by a blank look or sheer incredulity. “What do you mean? Where is what feeling?” So, I have to explain that anxiety is a set of physical feelings that often include: Tight-chest/queasy stomach/constriction in the throat/light-headedness, and nearly always triggering a racing mind riven by critical self-judgement and worry. Anxiety …
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Corporate and Occupational Healthcare – Why is it important for your business?

Corporate/Occupational health focuses on keeping people well at work both physically and mentally and we understand that your staff are a key asset to your business and essential to productivity and profitability. Our practice staff have extensive training and expertise in occupational health, and we can provide our corporate clients with a gold standard of treatment which goes above and beyond what is offered in other practises in the area. …
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Shingrix Vaccine for Shingles and Revaxis Vaccine for Tetanus

Shingrix Vaccine:  The Shingrix vaccine is given to prevent shingles (adult chickenpox) which can be severely painful and cause long term complications including blindness. Studies have shown that Shingrix can cut the risk of shingles by more than 97%, compared with 50% for Zostavax, which has been the only offering to all Britons over 70 to date. The Dr Sophia Khalique Medical Practice Marylebone has been importing Shingrix since 2019 from the USA where it was approved in 2018. The NHS is now going to make this available to the over 70s although it is suitable for adults aged 50 …
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An Introduction To Mindfulness

A New Year a time to Invest in a New You: Introduction to Mindfulness I don’t know how you feel but I am so done with new year’s resolutions to go on crazy diets, detox cleanses, total abstinence from alcohol and exercising in an unmanageable way. How long do these changes last? Surely to improve physical and mental health, one must alter one’s mindset on a sustainable basis. Read this: Modern day life for many has become task based or a constant state of doing. We set goals and desires, we may or may not achieve, which activate our body’s …
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Some Nutritional Advice For The Christmas Season

A Party Season to Remember After a non-existent Christmas party season in 2020, many people are looking forward to making up for lost time this year. However, if you get the timings and intake of alcohol and food wrong, it could become one you want to forget, or cannot remember at all. You may have heard those wise words to ‘line your stomach’ before drinking alcohol and this is good advice that will help you enjoy the party without suffering (too much) the next day.  Eating before drinking alcohol makes sense for many reasons. Firstly, almost all foods contain water, …