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Clinical Psychologist & Author
 
 

Clinical Psychologist and Author

 
 
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Dr Hughes is a respected clinical psychologist, author and media commentator. She’s an authority on everything from toddler tantrums and teenage drama to body image, work/life balance, and relationships.

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Navigating Grandparent Relationships: How to get what you want without everyone ending up in tears
Navigating Grandparent Relationships: How to get what you want without everyone ending up in tears

When it comes to the love they give your little humans, grandparents are the best, but when they spend as much time at your house as they do their own, and feel the need to offer (unsolicited) parenting advice every 5-minutes, it’s possible to feel gratitude and irritation in equal measure.

Parents of Kids with Food Allergies: Have We Been Too Quick to Judge?
Parents of Kids with Food Allergies: Have We Been Too Quick to Judge?

Living with a child with food allergies is stressful, especially when those allergies are life threatening, and even more so when you feel like other parents aren’t across just how serious your child’s allergies really are.

Dealing with anxiety in children
Dealing with anxiety in children

As a parent, your instinct is to do whatever you need to protect your child from feeling distressed.  For the most part it’s a good parenting philosophy to follow…except when it comes to anxiety.

A little bit about me...
A little bit about me...

Hey there! My name is Sarah and I’m a clinical psychologist, clinical supervisor, author, mum, un-wife, business owner, and founder of Think Clinical Psychologists – I wear a lot of hats, some weeks better than others.     

Today is international Hyperemesis Gravidarum Awareness Day. Never heard of it? Me either, until I was ambushed by it 5 weeks into both my pregnancies. It gets described a lot as ‘severe morning sickness’ ... and it is ... but it’s
I know I’m incredibly lucky to be able to celebrate Mother’s Day today, and it’s not something I take for granted. If you’ve suffered the loss of an important mum in your life, if you desperately want to be a mum - whether fo
Grandparents - can’t live with them can’t live without them 😂 We would have been absolutely screwed without the support of our parents the first six or so months of Harrison’s life. He started screaming and didn’t stop - wel
No, I haven’t had another baby. This is a picture from nearly three years ago, shortly after Harrison was born. It definitely wasn’t a happy time, and it took me a long time to recover from the postnatal PTSD that followed. BUT one of th
Obviously the face of a child who always does what he’s told ... yeah, right. I swear some parents must give me a big old mental 🖕🏻when I tell them (as gently as possible) that the listening issues they’re having with their child are b
I still can’t get a handle on mum guilt. Logically I know that leaving the house without a toddler in tow isn’t wrong, but when I leave the house to meet a friend for coffee, I’m always hit with guilt. For prioritising myself for ha