Hope Prevails Blogs

Seeing your GP for mental health? Here’s how to start the conversation and what support is available.

Even exciting life changes can feel overwhelming. Therapy helps you navigate transitions with clarity and support.

The teenage years are full of change—new pressures, emotional ups and downs, social dynamics, and identity exploration. So it’s no surprise that stress and anxiety often show up in this stage of life. But when your teen seems overwhelmed, shut down, or unusually anxious, it can be hard to know what to do as a parent.

Instagram, TikTok, Facebook—these platforms can keep us informed, inspired, and connected. But they can also quietly fuel anxiety, self-doubt, and burnout. If you’ve ever closed an app feeling worse than when you opened it, you’re not alone.

With so many therapy options—CBT, Person-Centred, IPT, Psychodynamic—it’s normal to feel overwhelmed. But you don’t need to have it all figured out. Therapy isn’t one-size-fits-all.

Psychodynamic Therapy is about depth. It helps you explore how your past—especially early relationships and unconscious beliefs—continues to shape your present behaviour, emotions, and relationships.