When surviving is not enough: what self-actualisation has to do with suicide prevention
Most conversations about suicide prevention focus on crisis: what to do when someone is in immediate danger, how to call for help, how to keep someone safe in the acute moment. These conversations are necessary. Crisis intervention saves lives. But they are not the whole picture. At The Tiny Room, our therapeutic work — and […]
It is not laziness: the real difference between depression and demotivation in teenagers
One of the most common things we hear from parents before they bring their teenager in for the first time is some version of this: ‘I wasn’t sure if I was overreacting. I kept thinking maybe they just need to try harder.’ It is one of the most painful things a parent carries — the […]
The mid-year crash: why April to June is when teenagers break — and what parents need to watch for
There is a particular kind of quiet that settles over a household in April. The year has started. The January resolutions have been forgotten. The school terms are grinding forward. And somewhere in a bedroom upstairs, behind a closed door, a teenager is struggling in a way nobody has quite named yet. Parents often say […]