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• Kids Who Ignore Consequences

  Posted on March 30, 2013 by brightideaspsych in Blog

  Does your child ignore every consequence you give him or her? Bright Ideas Psychology’s behavioural therapy for children can help. When children are faced with something unpleasant, they’ll often act like it doesn’t matter to them. When your child says, “I don’t care” or seems unaffected when you give him a consequence, what he’s really [...]

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• Gratitude Is An Attitude

  Posted on August 3, 2012 by brightideas in Blog

  Did you know that grateful people sleep better? Researchers have found that people who practice gratitude feel considerably happier (25%) than those in a control group; they are more joyful, enthusiastic, interested, and determined. Grateful people not only feel good, but they act good, so to speak; their joy and enthusiasm is palpable to others. [...]

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• Divorce And Separation And Its Effect On Children

  Posted on July 23, 2012 by brightideas in Blog

  When parents decide to divorce or separate, their child or children are faced with multiple stressors. Just knowing that things are going to be different after a divorce, but not knowing exactly how can be frightening for most children. Children from divorced families have to learn to cope with the many changes in their family. [...]

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• 5 Ways To Bully-Proof Your Child

  Posted on July 23, 2012 by brightideas in Blog

  Did you know that 25% of public schools report that bullying among kids occurs on a daily or weekly basis? And that 1 in 5 high school students report being bullied in the past year? The good news is that because bullying has made national headlines, schools and communities (and even celebrities) are taking a [...]

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• Refusing To Go To School…And What You Can Do About It

  Posted on July 23, 2012 by brightideas in Blog

  From time to time, kids during their primary and secondary years may go through stages where they don’t want to attend school. This may take the shape of, ‘I feel sick, I don’t think I can go to school’, or ‘I hate school, I want to stay home’. When this occurs, it is referred to [...]

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• My Child Is Anxious…What Should I Do?

  Posted on July 6, 2012 by brightideas in Blog

  Whether it is trouble sleeping, fears and phobias, social anxiety or separation anxiety, anxiety is one of the primary mental health concerns of children today. In most cases, fears in childhood are fairly transient and short-lived, and can manifest in different ways at different stages of development. For example, babies and toddlers might fear loud [...]

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• An Amazing Story Of Grit…Keep On Going To Get What You Want!

  Posted on May 14, 2012 by brightideas in Blog

  I heard this story recently of a Janitor at Columbia University who emigrated from Yugoslavia to the US and worked everyday cleaning the toilets at this Ivy League University, and is now due to graduate with Honours at one of the most prestigious universities in the world. Gac Filipaj, 52, first moved to the United [...]

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• A Prescription For Depression – Without Tablets!

  Posted on May 2, 2012 by brightideas in Blog

  There’s a powerful medicine gaining favour these days that can’t be found in a tablet or on pharmacy shelves.  This potent remedy, which can reduce depression and anxiety, as well as blood pressure and cholesterol, is good old-fashioned exercise. A movement in Canada is emerging among physicians, researchers and public-health experts who want the medical [...]

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• Self Harm In Australian Teenagers – How Do We Spot The Signs?

  Posted on May 2, 2012 by brightideas in Blog

  A long term study of Australian teenagers has found that 1 teenager in 12 will self harm, and that 10% of these teenagers will take this into adulthood. Girls were found to be at higher risk of self harm during teenage years than boys, and also far more likely to take this into their adulthood [...]

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• Young People And Self Expression – What Makes The Difference?

  Posted on April 5, 2012 by brightideas in Blog

  Watching reality TV has a lot of bad press at times…it seems that there is a show out there to cover just about anything, particularly anything to do with singing and dancing. As a self confessed fan, I was interested to hear a story about two teenagers in the UK on Britain’s Got Talent.  Jonathan [...]

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