On The Couch: Talking About Dreams

27 June 2018: Dream, dream, dream - unpacking the true meaning of your dreams and what it really means when you dream about your teeth falling out. 

Seeking Help On the Couch With Helen Farmer & Chasity O'Connell

20 June 2018: In light of the deaths of Kate Spade and Antony Bourdain, Helen Farmer is joined in studio by Chasity O’Connell who are looking at how to reach out for help. What prompted you to go to therapy and how might you feel if someone you know and loved decided to see a psychologist or psych…

On The Couch: Third Culture Kids

06 June 2018: Talking how to raise your child with a national identity while living an expat, talking Third Culture Kids loosely described as the child of parents who is born and raised away from their parent’s home country.  Helen has some help from Sabine Skaf Clinical Psychologist based at Huma…

On The Couch: Body Dysmorphia and Body Shaming

30 May 2018: Discussing the many mixed messages when it comes to how we all look and how it makes us feel.

On The Couch: Making and Breaking Friendships

23 May 2018: Chasity O’Connell from Human Relations Institute & Clinics joins Helen Farmer to talk about friendships - how to make friends, identifying toxic friends, and what to do when things fall apart. 

On The Couch: Cross-Cultural Relationships

16 May 2018: Love is in the air and Helen and Dr Thoraiya from Human Relations Institute and Clinics are joined in studio by Nicola, from Yorkshire, and Nabin, from Nepal,  from @LovehasNoBorders who are all talking Cross Cultural Relationships – from the good, the bad, the pros cons and of course …

On The Couch: Social Media, Young People, The Pros and Cons

08 May 2018: Helen Farmer and Dr. Victoria Goodyear from The University of Birmingham debate young people, social media and the pros and cons.

On The Couch: Teens, Studying & Exam Stress 25.04.2018

2018 is fast moving into Spring, and for school age children it’s term 3. For the older students that means Exam time. Teenagers and the state of their mental health are rarely out of the headlines – from suffering more anxiety than ever, to social media, the pressure of finding work, and graduatin…

On The Couch - Boredom In Marriage & Infidelity 18.04.2018

Are you bored of your partner? You’ve been married for a while, you’re in love but you’ve run out of conversation, can’t find an interesting connection and simple aren’t feeling it? Add an external dose of attraction and spark, and boom! Discussing infidelity. Why it can happen and can your marria…

On The Couch - Parental Alienation 11.04.2018

It is On the Couch on Dubai Today with Helen Farmer who is joined by Sabine Skaf Clinical Psychologist from Human Relations Institute and Clinics and we are tackling Parental Alienation Syndrome.  Describing what it PAS, how it affects children and families – from parents,  grandparents and step p…