news archive - children & young people's counselling in the news and background information
Over 1 million young adults are signed-up to on-line dating
BBC3’s recent documentary looks at how using mobile dating apps and on-line dating is becoming the norm for teenagers and young adults and how it is challenging the traditional ways young people are behaving. The actor Tyger Drew-Honey joins the million-plus young adults who have signed themselves up to online dating in search of a relationship. He meets young people caught up in the melting pot of modern, quick-fix encounters and talks to professionals about the impact it could have.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b044jh5r/tyger-takes-on-3-love
BBC3’s recent documentary looks at how using mobile dating apps and on-line dating is becoming the norm for teenagers and young adults and how it is challenging the traditional ways young people are behaving. The actor Tyger Drew-Honey joins the million-plus young adults who have signed themselves up to online dating in search of a relationship. He meets young people caught up in the melting pot of modern, quick-fix encounters and talks to professionals about the impact it could have.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b044jh5r/tyger-takes-on-3-love
OCD fact-sheet for
young people
The Royal College of Physciatrists has published a fact-sheet about ‘mental health and growing up’, which focuses on OCD – Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. It describes some of the reasons why obsessions can become compulsions, offers explanations and advice, describes how ‘talking treatments’ could help and explains 2 approaches - CBT ‘cognitive behaviour therapy’ and ERP ‘exposure and response prevention’.
http://www.rcpsych.ac.uk/healthadvice/parentsandyouthinfo/youngpeople/ocd.aspx
The Royal College of Physciatrists has published a fact-sheet about ‘mental health and growing up’, which focuses on OCD – Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. It describes some of the reasons why obsessions can become compulsions, offers explanations and advice, describes how ‘talking treatments’ could help and explains 2 approaches - CBT ‘cognitive behaviour therapy’ and ERP ‘exposure and response prevention’.
http://www.rcpsych.ac.uk/healthadvice/parentsandyouthinfo/youngpeople/ocd.aspx
The BACP Register
The BACP Register is the first psychological therapists' register to be accredited under a new scheme set up by the Department of Health and administered by an independent body, accountable to Parliament. Members of the public can now choose a counsellor or psychotherapist belonging to a register approved by the Professional Standards Authority for Health and Social Care.
http://www.bacp.co.uk/
The BACP Register is the first psychological therapists' register to be accredited under a new scheme set up by the Department of Health and administered by an independent body, accountable to Parliament. Members of the public can now choose a counsellor or psychotherapist belonging to a register approved by the Professional Standards Authority for Health and Social Care.
http://www.bacp.co.uk/
Biomarker may point to teenage depression risk
The BACP reported on a study carried out by researchers at the University of Cambridge, in its March 2014 ‘Therapy Today’ journal that identifies a possible ‘biomarker’ for the risk of depression in teenage boys. Their study found that raised cortisol levels helped them to identify those boys more likely to develop depression.
http://www.therapytoday.net/article/show/4183/
The BACP reported on a study carried out by researchers at the University of Cambridge, in its March 2014 ‘Therapy Today’ journal that identifies a possible ‘biomarker’ for the risk of depression in teenage boys. Their study found that raised cortisol levels helped them to identify those boys more likely to develop depression.
http://www.therapytoday.net/article/show/4183/
ChildLine - self-harm amongst young people
It’s estimated that in the UK 1 in 15 young people may have self-harmed. Young people might self-harm because it’s a way of releasing tension or anger; and self-harm is a physical pain that they can deal with, rather than an emotional feeling that they may be finding hard to cope with. ChildLine’s website has a lot of information about how and why young people self-harm, the strategies that young people can put in place as ‘coping methods’, and how to get help.
http://www.childline.org.uk/Explore/Self-harm/Pages/about-self-harm.aspx
It’s estimated that in the UK 1 in 15 young people may have self-harmed. Young people might self-harm because it’s a way of releasing tension or anger; and self-harm is a physical pain that they can deal with, rather than an emotional feeling that they may be finding hard to cope with. ChildLine’s website has a lot of information about how and why young people self-harm, the strategies that young people can put in place as ‘coping methods’, and how to get help.
http://www.childline.org.uk/Explore/Self-harm/Pages/about-self-harm.aspx
Does Facebook makes young people feel worse about themselves ?
The BACP’s Therapy Today magazine ran a report in the September 2013 issue on research carried out at the University of Michegan and Lueven, that examined the impact of using Facebook on people in their late teens / early twenties. They concluded that the more people used Facebook, the worse they felt about themselves, possibly because it triggers ‘social comparisons’ with their friends and their peers. They suggest that further research is required in comparing Facebook with other forms of social interaction.
http://www.therapytoday.net/article/show/3858/
The BACP’s Therapy Today magazine ran a report in the September 2013 issue on research carried out at the University of Michegan and Lueven, that examined the impact of using Facebook on people in their late teens / early twenties. They concluded that the more people used Facebook, the worse they felt about themselves, possibly because it triggers ‘social comparisons’ with their friends and their peers. They suggest that further research is required in comparing Facebook with other forms of social interaction.
http://www.therapytoday.net/article/show/3858/
Counselling in UK secondary schools
In the June 2013 issue of their Therapy Today magazine, the BACP have published an article on counselling in secondary schools. The background to school-based counselling services is discussed and reports that the most frequent problems that young people bring with them are: family issues, anger issues (particularly young males), ‘behaviour’, bereavement, low self-worth and bullying. The article also says that when asked about their goals for counselling, young people are most likely to say that they want to ncrease their self-confidence and self-worth.
Self-harm - why would she cut herself
The Daily Telegraph ran a story on the dramatic increase of self-harm amongst children and teenagers - last year 22,000 children and teenagers were treated in UK hospitals. Anna Stone’s article describes how her own daughter started self-harming and what she discovered about how young people can justify their actions, suggesting that self-harm may be becoming the new anorexia. She goes on to describe how talking with a therapist helped her daughter to come to terms with her feelings.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/women/mother-tongue/familyadvice/10350365/Self-harm-why-would-she-cut-herself.html
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/women/mother-tongue/familyadvice/10350365/Self-harm-why-would-she-cut-herself.html
Bereaved children need stability
In the March 2013 issue of their ‘Therapy Today’ magazine, the BACP ran an article about a study at Liverpool University on the potential effects and emotional damage that a child and family could suffer when loosing a parent in childhood. It suggests that, whenever possible, bereaved children should ideally remain in their existing social networks, live in the same area and maintain the same friendship groups.
more young people seek counselling
In the March 2012 issue of their 'Therapy Today' publication, the BACP ran a story about the Relate 'Understanding Teenagers Ups and Downs' campaign and the issues that young people are coming to them for help with. This included 43% being effected by family break-up and 23% by parents with their own mental health problems. Of the 143 Relate counsellors interviewed, one in five said that they were supporting young people with problems relating to 'social media'.
student counselling
In the November 2011 issue of the Therapy Today magazine the BACP ran an article on student counselling carried out by 5,537 students across 65 universities and colleges in 2011/12. Four out of five students who received counselling said that it helped them to complete their course.
