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What Is An Empath?

One of the most important abilities that a human will possess is recognizing, understanding, and sharing other people’s thoughts and feelings. This is known as empathy and developing this sense is extremely important for anyone attempting to establish a relationship or behave with compassion.  By attempting to experience another person’s point of view, as opposed …

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Paraphrasing in Counselling

In essence, paraphrasing is a micro skill that allows counselors to create an authentic bond with their clients  Together with encouraging and summarizing, paraphrasing plays a crucial role in therapeutic communication, making the client feel understood and listened to.  In other words, paraphrasing in counseling is what makes the client say, “Finally, someone who understands …

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The CBT Thought Record

Over the last decades, cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) has rapidly grown in popularity, becoming one of the most sought-after therapeutic approaches. A growing body of scientific literature indicates that CBT is an effective intervention for numerous emotional problems like depression, anxiety, and stress. But its most significant contribution to counseling and psychotherapy is the thought record. …

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We can no longer ignore the mental health of our military spouses

We can no longer ignore the mental health of our military spouses Military spouses feel increasingly ignored and forgotten as the pandemic forces them to spend more time away from their partners without adequate support.  Military families and couples have always been accustomed to the strains of living away from each other, but could always …

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Looking to Become a Family Therapist? Here’s What You Need to Know

When Psychology was still a young science, most experts used to think that individuals are solely responsible for their mental or emotional issues. As a result, many psychologists focused exclusively on treating a specific problem without paying too much attention to the family context in which individuals usually function. Nowadays, mental health experts have a …

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What Are the Three R’s of Reality Therapy?

Founded by American psychiatrist William Glasser, reality therapy is a nondirective solution-focused approach to mental health and well-being Instead of dwelling on the past and complaining about what might or might not happen, clients are encouraged to focus on the ‘here and now’. Derived from Choice Theory and built around three fundamental principles called ‘the …

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Leading children’s charity Beatbullying uncovers true extent of ‘sexting’ amongst UK teens

Leading UK’s children charity, Beatbullying today unveils new research on ‘Sexting’, the sending of sexually explicit messages via text and email.  The research indicates that over a third (38%) under 18s have received an offensive or distressing sexual image via text or email. These findings form part of ground breaking research on sexting from Beatbullying, …

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Wilderness Therapy

Do you enjoy adventure activities? Then wilderness therapy may be the right option for you. During these therapy sessions, you’ll learn more about yourself through fun and challenging activities in a natural setting. Support from mental health professionals and your peers helps to facilitate the healing process. Wilderness Therapy: What is it? Wilderness therapy uses …

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Psilocybin Therapy: A New Possibility in the World of Mental Health

What if we were to tell you that psilocybin, the active ingredient in an illegal drug called magic mushrooms, could be used to treat psychiatric disorders? Research is showing that this magical chemical compound may help to rewire the brain. Clinical trials have shown that psilocybin assisted therapy can possibly improve mental health and reduce …

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What Can a Family Therapist Do For You?

Is your family facing big life transitions or psychological challenges? Therapy can help to restore the emotional well-being of your family if you’re going through a difficult time. Sessions with a family therapist play a role in uncovering unhelpful behavioral patterns and the treatment also promotes improved collaboration between family members. During these sessions, you’ll …

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Gabapentin for Anxiety: Case Study You’ll Never Forget

Are you suffering from anxiety? or a panic disorder? Well, interestingly enough, there’s an anti-seizure medication can help you out! Gabapentin for anxiety is a drug that’s been used to treat all sorts of nerve pain and seizures. But, recently, this drug has become widely used when it comes to treating psychiatric disorders such as …

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Holotropic Breathwork: Healing Through Psychedelic States

You breathe every day without pausing to think about it. Breathing is just one of the things that your brain does on autopilot. However, when you breathe consciously and harness the power that lies in simply breathing, you’d be amazed by the results. For example, in various meditation practices, breathing helps to calm the mind …

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Ketamine Therapy

Depression is the most common mental illness. Over 300 million people worldwide and over 6% of the adult population in the US, have suffered from depression over the past year. Treatment rates of this mental health problem have gone up but, nonetheless, there is no one universal treatment. Different treatments work for different patients while …

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Everything You Need To Know About Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP)

Since it was conceived in the 1970s, neuro-linguistic programming (NLP) has interested professionals and laymen alike, with its simple and practical therapy methods. The practice makes use of the way an individual’s mind works to change responses to thoughts and feelings. Some of its techniques have become enmeshed with popular culture, such as the so-called …

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What You Need to Know About Propranolol for Anxiety

Anxiety impacts millions of people across the world every day. It comes in different forms and impacts each person to a different degree. For some, anxiety can be overwhelming and prevent them from doing things they love to do. Fortunately, there are a variety of medications available to help those who suffer from anxiety. Depending …

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Aversion Therapy

Aversion therapy refers to a type of conditioning that causes the patient to associate an undesirable urge with a negative response. Like many forms of therapy, it originated decades ago and has developed and evolved to become quite different from its original form. Nonetheless, misperceptions persist about aversion therapy. This is not helped by the …

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Virtual Counselor

Teenagers today are under more pressure and stress than ever before. This can result in a variety of behaviors and symptoms. Without treatment, these issues can make the process of transition to adulthood more difficult and they could even develop into mental illnesses. Depression and anxiety commonly begin to manifest themselves in the teenage years. …

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Solo Missions

How You Can Make Bullying Unacceptable Whether you’re 5 or 55, there is always something you can do to make bullying unacceptable.  We’ve come up with a range of activities, ideas, mini-missions and simple actions you can do by yourself that will really make a difference. It might be that you raise awareness of bullying …

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Sexting

Leading children’s charity Beatbullying uncovers true extent of ‘sexting’ amongst UK teensAugust 4, 2009 – Leading UK’s children charity, Beatbullying today unveils new research on ‘Sexting’, the sending of sexually explicit messages via text and email.  The research indicates that over a third (38%) under 18s have received an offensive or distressing sexual image via text or …

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Teen Depression

Over the last decades, teen depression has become a hot topic for many researchers and healthcare professionals. More than 322 million people suffer from depression worldwide. Some experts believe that early intervention strategies can prevent this problem from causing more suffering than it already does. But tackling teen depression can be a bit tricky, considering …

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TRAINING FOR PROFESSIONALS

Our highly skilled staff deliver training workshops and presentations to teachers, behaviour support workers, youth workers and other professionals working with young people. These workshops and presentations focus on identifying the different types of bullying, its effects and consequences, where it happens and why, cyberbullying and how to keep the young people you work with …

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Safety

One of the things we care about most at BeatBullying is staying safe online. There are lots of ways that we help you to keep safe while you use this website and you can find out more about safety here on BeatBullying in these sections: About this Site, Site Rules and Protecting You. We also want you to make …

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Truth of Sexting Amongst UK Teens

Leading children’s charity Beatbullying uncovers true extent of ‘sexting’ amongst UK teensAugust 4, 2009 – Leading UK’s children charity, Beatbullying today unveils new research on ‘Sexting’, the sending of sexually explicit messages via text and email.  The research indicates that over a third (38%) under 18s have received an offensive or distressing sexual image via text or …

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Parents and Carers

My child is being bullied / cyberbullied BeatBullying has partnered with Parentdish. Our ongoing partnership will bring you information and advice on bullying, including what parents, family members and children can do to help. If you are a parent, and are worried that your child is being bullied, help is at hand. How can BeatBullying Help?BeatBullying …

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OUR RESULTS

Unless otherwise stated, the following statistics relate to the period 1 January 2013 to the 31 December 2013. OUR TRAINING OUR MENTORING AND COUNSELLING SERVICES ON BEATBULLYING.ORG WHAT YOUNG PEOPLE SAY ABOUT BEATBULLYING: “I’ve been on [BeatBullying] for a month tomorrow and what an experience! It has given me so much courage and tells me I …

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How Many People

We work hard to make sure we know as much as possible about bullying and how it happens, and we’re always gathering information from young people so we have a real picture: What’s the problem? But what about cyberbullying? BeatBullying asked over 2,000 young people about cyberbullying to find out what’s going on. Bullying is …

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About Us

BeatBullying is all about young people helping and supporting each other online. If you’re being bullied, or are feeling a bit low, or are maybe troubled by something and you’re not sure what to do or who to talk to, then BeatBullying is where you can go for help.  It doesn’t matter how big or …

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Working at BB

Working at BB At Beatbullying we believe that work-life balance is about people having a measure of control over when, where and how they work at Beatbullying. We feel this is achieved when an individual’s right to a fulfilled life inside and outside paid work is accepted and respected as the norm by Beatbullying to the mutual benefit of the employee, Beatbullying and society. To that end Beatbullying have introduced policies which reflect our commitment to work-life balance, they include:

Yoga Therapy

Yoga therapy represents a new approach to mental health that seeks to alleviate emotional pain and restore well-being through a series of meditative practices that involve both the body and mind. Over the last decades, researchers and mental health professionals have realized what Hindu monks have been teaching for thousands of years – a holistic …

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