by Sandra Martins | Aug 4, 2016 | Newsletters, Parenting
By Joanna Kleovoulou, Clinical Psychologist & founder of PsychMatters™ In the late 1960’s a Stanford psychologist Walter Mischel performed “The Marshmallow Experiment” on pre-schoolers to demonstrate the importance of delayed gratification. These children...
by Sandra Martins | Jul 11, 2016 | Newsletters
By Sarit Swisa – Clinical Psychologist One of the key outcomes of a successful relationship intervention is increased empathy. Empathy is defined as the ability to share or understand the feelings of another. Of course, this is only successful where followed by...
by Sandra Martins | Jun 8, 2016 | Newsletters
As psychologists we see so many parents who lament, “He just doesn’t listen”, or “I‘ve tried everything; timeout, taking away things, even hitting her and she doesn’t care, nothing changes.” “He goes berserk over the littlest thing, like I’m trying to kill him.” Being...
by Sandra Martins | May 3, 2016 | Newsletters
As caretakers we tend to view the world of our children as fun-filled and carefree, as they don’t have debts to worry about, school fees to pay, a demanding boss, or difficult in-laws to contend with! The truth is that children today do feel stress and many are...
by Sandra Martins | Mar 17, 2016 | Workshops
CONFIDENT KIDS WORKSHOP: BUILDING AN “I CAN” ATTITUDE AGES 8-13 DOES your CHILD? Avoid trying new things Think negatively Worry Wobble when frustrated Give up easily Get easily disappointed Have self-doubt Lose his/her temper easily Compare self to other Feel...
