Palliative care refers to care provided at any point of advanced illness. Its purpose is to alleviate physical and psychological suffering. Furthermore, it is to enhance the quality of life, to effectively manage symptoms and offering psycho-social, grief and bereavement support to the patient and family throughout…

Attachment disorders can relate to specific disorders of mood or behaviour, and the inability to form social relationships due to a failure to form attachments at a young age. Most Often, attachment disorder affects young children, but if left untreated it can apply to school-age children and even adults.

Illness Anxiety Disorder (IAD) is characterized by a preoccupation with the idea that you are seriously ill. One who suffers from The Illness Anxiety Disorder lives in constant fear and anxiety of their physical health. Minor and normal bodily sensations, sweating etc can be misinterpreted as indicators of…

Panic is triggered by an event in our minds. This trigger is perceived by the brain as a threat or a danger. In a panic attack, the body changes come out of nowhere and they can be very confusing. Therefore, these body or mental symptoms are misinterpreted and usually, in that moment you think that they are dangerous.…

Guilt is an emotional state where we experience conflict at having done something that we believe we should not have done (or conversely, having not done something we believe we should have done). This can give rise to a feeling state which does not go away easily and can be quite distressing.

Working with children can be very challenging. It can take a lot of efforts to enter into their space of comfort. A lot of times, a child would find it difficult to articulate his or her needs or wants but by asking them to draw or make a story, it is easier for us to understand what they are feeling.