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12 Points Psychology provides mental health and well-being services and animal-assisted therapy

15/10/2026

LAST CHANCE TO NAME OUR NEWEST TEAM MEMBER!

Our little Crown Court-born baby swordtail is still waiting for a name.

And so far, the competition is pretty fierce. Suggestions include:

🐟 Nemo (a classic)
⚡ Lightning (ambitious for something so tiny)
🏆 EOM, aka Employee of the Month (which, frankly, could be a strong contender given the competition around here!)

But there's still time to throw your suggestion into the ring!

You can enter 𝘪𝘯 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯 using our very fancy, extremely sparkly ballot box in the Crown Court waiting room, or 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘦 via the link below.

Entries close 31 𝘖𝘤𝘵𝘰𝘣𝘦𝘳, so get those creative juices flowing!

Terrible fish puns remain very much encouraged!!!

https://api.leadconnectorhq.com/widget/quiz/Cx3jbdpfl3kgBEHJ1gnH

13/10/2026

Our annual Halloween gallery is back!

A few years ago, we promised the therapy dogs we'd stop dressing them up for Halloween.

We did NOT promise to stop finding increasingly ridiculous ways to celebrate it.

And so, the Halloween canvases were born!

This year's masterpieces are on display at the clinic until 31 October. Come and admire our very cute (and considerably less inconvenienced) models.

08/10/2026

For a lot of parents, consent is one of those conversations they assume they’ll deal with “later”.

When their kids start dating.
When s*x becomes relevant.
When there’s a reason to worry.

But ideally, we want to have done a lot of the groundwork before they ever get to that point.

Because consent isn’t just about s*x.

It’s about boundaries, empathy, disappointment, noticing when someone is uncomfortable, and understanding that even when you don’t like or understand another person’s “no”, you still have to respect it.

And kids start learning all of that from us much earlier than we probably realise.

The carousel gives you the practical version: what consent education can look like from preschool through to the teenage years.

The full blog goes a bit further.

It includes discussion of the recent Cornell University allegations, victim-blaming, bystander responsibility, and the kinds of questions adults ask when stories like this hit the news. So a gentle content note before you click through: the post refers to s*xual violence.

It also looks at why consent education needs to include more than simply teaching our kids not to harm someone directly.

We also want them to recognise when somebody else may be unsafe, vulnerable or unable to advocate for themselves, and to understand that doing nothing is still a choice.

Because these skills don’t magically appear at 16 or 21.

We build them.

Bit by bit, conversation by conversation, long before the stakes get that high.

Read the full blog here:
https://www.12pointspsychology.com/main-blog/consent-matters

Or via the link in bio.

06/10/2026

This is an excerpt from one of the couples therapy webinars Mat and I recorded for the SPARKSFIRE Professional Development series for mental health clinicians.

In this bit, we were talking about our own relationship — and the very much ongoing process of trying to apply the same foundational relationship skills we talk about with couples ourselves. 𝘉𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘸𝘰 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 *𝘯𝘰𝘵* 𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘮𝘱𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘣𝘦 𝘢 𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨.

More specifically, we were talking about what changed as we learned more about our different neurotypes so late in our lives and so late in our relationship: and how curiosity, communication and compromise helped us make sense of those differences.

This is not because we feel we've mastered all of this! 😆

We definitely haven’t - and we're definitely not kidding about it being an 𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 process!

We're sharing this purely because these are some of the things we’ve found helpful personally, and professionally, when it comes to building and sustaining relationships for the long haul.

So what about you? What are your best relationship green flags?

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𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶’𝘳𝘦 𝘢 𝘤𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘢 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘶𝘭𝘭 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘱𝘺 𝘸𝘦𝘣𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘳𝘴, 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 “W𝘦𝘣𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘳” 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘸 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘐’𝘭𝘭 𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵 𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘬.

01/10/2026

When Walter first arrived at 12 Points straight from the aquarium, he was NOT impressed about the whole situation (he really hadn't enjoyed the car ride!) He was so obviously unimpressed, in fact, that one of our clients made him his very own “Mr Grumpy Pants” sign. 😂

But that was a year ago.

That client came back to see us recently and, amazingly, had kept his sign safe that whole time so she could bring it back for him.

Walter, meanwhile, has settled beautifully into life at 12 Points and is considerably less grumpy these days. He does, however, appear quite pleased to have his custom artwork up!

And I just love the reminder that mood really is a state.

Even the really crappy ones pass eventually. How you feel right now isn’t necessarily how you’ll feel tomorrow, next month, or the next time we see you.

Just ask Mr Grumpy Pants. 😂

29/09/2026

One of the things all of the therapists here at 12 Points really wish parents and kids knew is that:

"𝙄 𝙙𝙤𝙣’𝙩 𝙠𝙣𝙤𝙬” 𝗶𝘀 𝗮 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗳𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗹𝘆 𝗴𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝗮𝗻𝘀𝘄𝗲𝗿.

Actually, sometimes, it’s the smartest possible answer.

Because there is an awful lot of certainty floating around at the moment.

Online.

In the media.

In friendship groups.

From influencers with a ring light and a remarkable (and often unfounded) sense of confidence. 😏

And - eventually - kids are going to have to make sense of all of it on their own.

We can’t fact-check the world for them forever.

What we 𝙘𝙖𝙣 do is teach them to stop and ask:

𝘏𝘰𝘸 𝘥𝘰 𝘸𝘦 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴?
𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵’𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦?
𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮?
𝘋𝘰𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘪𝘮?
𝘐𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯?
𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘮𝘦 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦 𝘮𝘺 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘥?

And, perhaps the hardest bit - but the bit we can model ourselves.

We can let them hear us say:

"𝘈𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺, 𝘐'𝘮 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦.”

Or even - shockingly:

“Y𝘰𝘶 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵? 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘸𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘨.”

Because critical thinking isn’t teaching our kids to question everyone else while assuming 𝘸𝘦’𝘳𝘦 always right.

It’s teaching them 𝘩𝘰𝘸 to think for themselves.

Even when - 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘰𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘭𝘺 - that means questioning us.

𝗡𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗼𝗯𝗷𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗰𝗲𝗽𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗶𝘀𝗺. 𝗕𝘂𝘁 𝗮𝗹𝘄𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝗼𝗯𝗷𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗰𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘁𝘆.

24/09/2026

Green flags aren’t about always agreeing on everything.

They’re about being able to disagree without turning the other person into the problem.

You can be frustrated, hurt, or completely fed up with the issue, without getting nasty or personal about it.

At the end of the day - if you're on the same team - it should feel and look like it!

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Green Flag Series:
Because sometimes it’s easier to spot the red flags than trust the green ones.

22/09/2026

What if Hogwarts had a psychology department?

Honestly, it probably would have been far more useful than Divination - no offence, Professor Trelawney.

One of the awesome things about stories like Harry Potter is that they can give us a different way to talk about things that are sometimes hard to explain - especially with kids and teens.

Dementors can help us talk about depression.

Boggarts give us a way into conversations about anxiety and fear.

And the Room of Requirement? There’s actually a pretty good therapy analogy hiding in there.

None of these are perfect clinical metaphors — nor do they need to be. Sometimes having a familiar story, or character gives us just enough distance to start talking about something that otherwise feels a bit too big or abstract.

So have a swipe through (and check out our little wizard Rory) — and then you can read the full post here:

http://www.12pointspsychology.com/main-blog/harry-potter-in-therapy

PS - And yes, sometimes chocolate really does help. ;)

17/09/2026

The dogs would like to thank us for occasionally rewarding the exact nonsense we’re trying to discourage. 🙃

Like the time Jersey here stuck her head in someone’s handbag and extracted all the ham from a sandwich. A sandwich that 10 seconds ago had been COMPLETELY WRAPPED IN GLAD WRAP.

From that day forward, Jersey couldn’t pass a bag without investigating. Just in case it turned out to be another magical HAM-bag. 😉

It’s easy to accidentally do this with kids, too.

The arguing gets our full attention. The taking turns, asking nicely or being gentle with the dog? Easy to miss when you’re trying to fit the rest of life into those five minutes between crises.

Sometimes, even a telling-off can become a reliable way to get a moment of connection. And “bad attention” can feel better than no attention at all.

So notice the stuff you’d like to see more of. And let them know you noticed.

Be specific: “You waited until she’d finished. Thanks for giving her a turn.”

We’re not aiming to ignore distress or declare every mangled finger painting a Michelangelo masterpiece, of course.

We’re just making sure the tricky moments aren’t the only ones where they know we’re paying attention.

Try a little experiment this week: look for the things your kids are doing that you’d love to see more of, and let them know you noticed.

You might be surprised by how much was already happening in the background of the rest of life. 😉

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