Anxiety · 6 min read
Worry time: Giving worry a place to live
Worry is often a coping strategy, not a flaw. The peer-reviewed evidence on worry time, a structured technique for working with anxiety, explained.
Matthew Hallam28 Jan 2026Psychology blog · Kew, Croydon, Online
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Matthew Hallam28 Jan 2026
Anxiety · 7 min read
The Circle of Control: A clinical adaptation of the perceived-control evidence for managing worry and anxiety
Sorting attention into what you can control, what you can influence, and what sits outside both. A clinical adaptation of the perceived-control evidence.
Matthew Hallam27 Nov 2025
ADHD · 8 min read
Am I all the things I have been told? Identity after late ADHD diagnosis
Adults with ADHD often carry a quiet uncertainty about who they are. A clinical account of why it is rarely a self-knowledge problem, and what sorting the inherited descriptions actually looks like.
Matthew Hallam17 Nov 2025
ADHD · 7 min read
Self-regulation vs co-regulation: A clinical guide for adults
A psychologist's account of self-regulation and co-regulation, what the peer-reviewed research shows, and why calm is rarely something you build alone.
Matthew Hallam16 Oct 2025
ADHD · 10 min read
ADHD, evolution, and the room that changed shape
The pop-science version says ADHD traits used to fit a hunter's world. The actual evolutionary research says something more clinically useful.
Matthew Hallam25 Sep 2025
Older adults · 9 min read
ADHD after sixty: how the picture changes, and what support looks like at this stage
ADHD is lifelong, but its picture changes after sixty. A psychologist on what the recent evidence says about recognition, differential diagnosis, and support.
Natalia Cajide21 Sep 2025
Depression · 9 min read
Depression vs sadness: how to tell the difference
Sadness moves through. Depression settles in. A psychologist's account of what makes them different in kind, where grief sits, the time signature of each, and when the protective state stops protecting.
Matthew Hallam16 Sep 2025Monthly email
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