Category Archives: AMH News

Share the love this Valentine’s Day

Share the love this Valentine’s Day and support people in Northern Ireland affected by mental ill health. Instead of sending flowers or gifts, why not make a donation to Action


Children’s Mental Health Week – Grounding Techniques

Grounding is a powerful way to interrupt anxious thoughts in the present moment! It is an ideal way to deal with children’s anxieties and worries. As we emerge from the


Action Mental Health New Life Counselling offers tips on wading through the lockdown with a calm head

As everyone continues to wade through the ongoing lockdown, our children and young people may be starting to get a bit frazzled. Even the most resilient among them are starting


Matthew “expresses himself” through creative writing!

The Five Ways to Well-Being are important principals which aim to support and foster better well-being and which consequently, have a positive impact on our mental health. They are: to


Help your child open up and talk about feelings and emotions

Our AMH MensSana team have been sharing their wisdom this week during Children’s Mental Health Week – here are their top tips to help your child open up and start


Emoji Charades – Helping your younger children “Express” themselves

As our younger children endure further weeks away from the routine of the classroom and the comfort of their friends, many may be feeling lost, alone or at least less


Siobhán O’Neill & Koulla Yiasouma join us for #ChildrensMentalHealthWeek

We are delighted to be joined by the Northern Ireland Commissioner for Children and Young People, Koulla Yiasouma and the Interim Mental Health Champion for NI, Siobhán O’Neill. Koulla offers


Express Yourself during this year’s Children’s Mental Health Week

This year’s focus on Children’s Mental Health comes in a year with a difference – when our homes became classrooms and when our young people were separated from their friends,