As mums there’s probably not a week goes by that we don’t worry about the wellbeing of our children in some way, shape or form.
But with the pandemic changing the way we live, work and even school, for many children this time has created unsettling changes. Often leaving us as parents feeling un-resourced in how to support our children.
A survey published by the NHS in September 2021 revealed that children’s mental wellbeing had declined from 2017 with now one in six children in England having a probable mental health issue. Young people with existing mental health problems also reported that lockdown made their life worse.
This has coincided with closures or reduction of key services, including mental health services and youth services.
I don’t know about you but at times I’ve felt like I’ve needed more support and resources to navigate some of these worries. That’s why I’m so excited to introduce you to my guest – Dr Esther Cole
Dr. Cole is Clinical Director & Clinical Psychologist at Lifespan Psychology. She worked in the NHS for 12 years and before starting her own Psychology Practice.
I’ve had the privilege of working with Esther so was delighted when she wanted to join me on the podcast to help empower us as parents on how to navigate our children’s mental health. Not only in her professional role as a Clinical Psychologist but also as a mother of three children herself.
In this episode we explore:
- What is children’s mental health
- What are some of themes around children’s mental health that Esther is seeing in her practice
- Some really simple, practical but profound things we can do as parents to support our children with their mental wellbeing
- Some great resources to help us if we need more support
Links in this episode:
- Life Span Psychology website
- Psychology Today Article – SPACE – Supportive Parenting for Anxious Childhood Emotions
- Samaritans
- HCPC
- Association of Child Psychologists in Private Practice – ACHIPPP
You can listen here to the episode or via itunes, stitcher or spotify. Or you can find it on most other podcast platforms and apps.
Could you do me a huge favour and share this episode with two or three working mums that pop into your head as you listen? My mission is to support as many working mums on their journey as possible, and so I’d be so grateful if you supported them by offering this free podcast. I hope it’s been helpful to you, and if so, I hope you pass that on.
Please consider rating and reviewing my show. Your review can help other people find my podcast so you’ll be helping another working mum find this resource. Plus I also love to go in and read them. Just click here to review, select “Ratings and Reviews” and “Write a Review” and let me know what your favourite part of the podcast is. Thank you!
Are you subscribed to my podcast? If you’re not, I want to encourage you to get subscribed as I don’t want you to miss out. I’m adding some exciting bonus episodes and if you’re not subscribed there’s a good chance you’ll miss out. Click here to subscribe in iTunes!
Іf you wish for to improve your know-how simply keep νisiting this website
and be updated with the newest information posted here.
I believe what you typed made a lot of sense.
But, what about this? what if you wrote a catchier post title?
I ain’t saying your information isn’t solid., however
suppose you added something that grabbed folk’s attention?
I mean Episode 70: The Gift Of Knowing How To Support Your Child With Their Mental Health |
Wisdom For Working Mums is a little vanilla. You might glance at Yahoo’s front
page and watch how they write news titles to
get people to open the links. You might add a related video or a picture or two to
get people interested about what you’ve written. In my opinion,
it would bring your blog a little livelier.
Thanks to my father who shared with me about this blog, this
web site is actually awesome.
Hello there! I know this is kind of off topic but I was wondering
if you knew where I could locate a captcha plugin for
my comment form? I’m using the same blog platform as yours and I’m
having problems finding one? Thanks a lot!
These are truly wonderful ideas in about blogging.
You have touched some fastidious factors here. Any way
keep up wrinting.
Hi, i think that i saw you visited my website thus i came to “return the favor”.I am trying to find things to enhance my web site!I
suppose its ok to use a few of your ideas!!
Greetings! I know this is kinda off topic but I was wondering which
blog platform are you using for this website? I’m getting tired of WordPress because I’ve had issues with hackers and I’m looking at alternatives for another platform.
I would be great if you could point me in the direction of a good platform.
Do you have a spam issue on this blog; I also am a blogger, and I was wanting to know your situation; we have developed some
nice methods and we are looking to exchange strategies with others,
please shoot me an e-mail if interested.
Nice post. I was checking constantly this weblog and
I’m impressed! Very useful information particularly the
closing part 🙂 I deal with such info much. I was looking for this particular information for a very lengthy time.
Thanks and good luck.
Hello, I desire to subscribe for this webpage
to obtain hottest updates, so where can i do it please help out.
Stunning story there. What occurred after? Thanks!
Usually I don’t read article on blogs, but I wish to say that this write-up very forced me to check out and do it!
Your writing style has been amazed me. Thank you, very great post.
It’s in point of fact a nice and useful piece of information. I’m satisfied that you just shared this useful information with us.
Please keep us informed like this. Thank you for sharing.
Hi there everyone, it’s my first go to see at this web page, and article is really fruitful in favor of me,
keep up posting such content.
Woah! I’m really enjoying the template/theme of this website.
It’s simple, yet effective. A lot of times it’s tough
to get that “perfect balance” between user friendliness
and visual appearance. I must say you have done a superb job
with this. Also, the blog loads super fast for me on Firefox.
Exceptional Blog!
WOW just what I was searching for. Came here by searching for papa’s
Hmm it seems like your website ate my first comment (it was
extremely long) so I guess I’ll just sum it up what I wrote and
say, I’m thoroughly enjoying your blog. I as well am an aspiring blog blogger but I’m still new
to everything. Do you have any helpful hints for beginner
blog writers? I’d certainly appreciate it.