Word Bank

Here’s many of the words used on this website and what they mean.

Word	Meaning
Achievement	Something that has been accomplished through effort
Acknowledge	Recognise and accept the importance of something
ADHD	Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
Adjusting	To change something so that it fits
Affirmative therapist	Is a form of psychotherapy for non-heterosexuals, specifically gay and lesbian clients, which focuses on client comfort in working towards authenticity and self-acceptance regarding sexual orientation, and does not attempt to "change" them to heterosexual
Agoraphobia	A fear of going where there are other people
Awkwardness	Causing problems, worry or embarrassment
Anatomy	A persons body
Anger	Natural response to being treated unfairly
Anorexia	An emotional disorder characterised by an obsessive desire to lose weight by refusing to eat
Anxiety	Feeling of worry, nervousness or unease about a situation
ASD	Autistic Spectrum Disorders
Assessment	Review of your health needs
Attachment Difficulties	Having difficult forming lasting relationships
Autism	Difficulty in communicating and forming relationships with other people
Behavioural	The way someone behaves
Bereavement	Time spent adjusting to a loss
Biological sex	Is our anatomy as female, male, or intersex. It includes our internal and external sex organs, chromosomes, and hormones. Some people are intersex rather than female or male
Bipolar Disorder	Periods of elation and depression
Body Image	What you think about your own body and how you feel about the way you look
Bulimia	An emotional disorder characterised by a distorted body image and an obsessive desire to lose weight, in which bouts of extreme overeating are followed by fasting or self-induced vomiting or purging
Bullying	Unwanted aggressive behaviour among school aged children
CAMHS	Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services
Challenging Behaviour	A person's behaviour can be defined as "challenging" if it puts them or those around them (such as their carer) at risk, or leads to a poorer quality of life.
Chemical substances	Chemical substances exist as solids, liquids, gases or plasma, and may change with changes in temperature or pressure.
Cluttered	Filled with things or people in an untidy way
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy	Talking therapy that can help you manage your problems by changing the way you think and behave
Communication	Talking or sending or receiving information
Compassion	Concern for the feelings of others
Complexity	Something that is complicated or hard to understand
Conduct Disorder	A range of antisocial types of behaviour displayed in childhood or adolescence
Confidentiality	Not telling anyone other than those who should or need to know
Consistent	Done in the same way
Continence	The ability to voluntarily control urinary and faecal discharge
Counselling	Give advice to someone
Cyber Bullying	Use of electronic communication such as Facebook, SnapChat to bully a person
DBT	Dialectical Behavioural Therapy
Depression	Feeling very unhappy and without hope for the future
Diagnosis	Explanation of an illness
Dialectical	Talking
Disrespected	Act in an insulting way to someone
Distracted	Unable to concentrate
Domestic Violence	Abuse of one partner within an intimate or family relationship
Dyscalculia	Severe difficulty in making math calculations, as a result of brain disorder
Dyslexia	Is a common learning difficulty that can cause problems with reading, writing and spelling
Dyspraxia	Is a common disorder affecting fine and/or gross motor coordination in children and adults
Eating Disorders	Abnormal or disturbed eating behaviour
Emerging Personality Disorder	Personality disorders usually become noticeable in adolescence or early adulthood, but sometimes start in childhood. They can make it difficult for you to start and keep friendships or other relationships, and you may find it hard to work effectively with others. You may find other people very scary, and feel very alienated and alone
Empathy	Understand the feelings of others
Empower	Giving someone the authority or freedom to do something
Endorphins	Block pain but also responsible for feelings of pleasure
Erytophobia	A fear of the colour red
Exaggerated	Say something is larger, better or worse than it is
Family therapy	Counselling that helps family members improve communication and resolve conflicts
Fatigue	Tiredness
Flashbacks	A sudden, clear memory of a past event or time, usually one that was bad
Fragile	Not strong; delicate and vulnerable
Gender	Male or female
Gender Dysphoria	The condition of feeling one's emotional and psychological identity as male or female to be opposite to one's biological sex
Generalised Anxiety Disorder	Excessive anxiety about several aspects of your life
Grief	A natural response to loss
Habit	Something you do often, something without knowing
Hallucinations	An experience involving the apparent perception of something not present
Hormones	A natural substance that is produced in the body that influences the way the body grows or develops
Hylophobia	A fear of trees
Hyperactivity	More energy than normal
Illegal substance	A drug which is not allowed legally
Impairment	The condition of being unable to perform as a consequence of physical or mental unfitness; "reading disability"; "hearing impairment"
Impulsive	Do something without thinking
Inattentive	Not paying attention to something
Invasive	Tending to intrude on a person's thoughts or privacy
Irritable	Having or showing a tendency to be easily annoyed
Learning Difficulties	Difficulties with the ability to learn
Legal highs	A substance with stimulant or mood-altering properties whose sale or use is not banned by current legislation regarding the misuse of drugs.
LGBTQ	Lesbian, Gay, Bi-sexual, Transgender, Questioning
Manic	Showing wild, apparently derange, excitement and energy
Mentalisation	Understand the mental state of yourself and others
Mentalisation Based Therapy	Treatment for people with borderline personality disorder
Motor tics	Tics can be invisible to the observer, such as abdominal tensing or toe crunching. Common motor and phonic tics are, respectively, eye blinking and throat clearing
Non-binary	Any gender identity
Nurturing	Care and protect someone while they are growing
Obsessions	An idea or thought that continually preoccupies or intrudes on your mind
OCD	Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
Overwhelmed	Feeling of having too much to deal with
Panic Disorder	Regular panic attacks
Participate	Join in
Peers	Someone the same age as you
Perceived	To come to an opinion of something
Phobia	Fear of something
Pneumonic	Affecting the lungs
Predictable	Always behaving in the same way
Prescription	Written document from a doctor/nurse for a patient to have medicine
Professional	Someone who is specially trained
Psychodynamic	Mental or emotional processes developing especially in early childhood and their effects on behaviour and mental states
Psychological	Affecting the mind
Psychological	Mental and emotional state of a person
Psychologist	Is a professional who evaluates and studies behaviour and mental processes
Psychosis	A severe mental disorder in which thought and emotions are so impaired that contact is lost with external reality
PTSD	Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
Puberty	The period during which adolescents reach sexual maturity and become capable of reproduction
Realistic	Accurate and true to life
Reassurance	A statement that remove someone's doubts or fears
Recovering	Become well again after illness or injury
Referral	Sending a letter to someone for further review
Relaxation	The act of relaxing or the state of being relaxed
Restless	Unable to rest or relax
Ruminations	Is the compulsively focused attention on the symptoms of one's distress, and on its possible causes and consequences, as opposed to its solutions
Schizophrenia	A long-term mental disorder of a type involving a breakdown in the relation between thought, emotion, and behaviour, leading to faulty perception, inappropriate actions and feelings, withdrawal from reality and personal relationships into fantasy and delusion, and a sense of mental fragmentation
Self-Esteem	Feeling of satisfaction you have in yourself
Self-Harm	Is where someone harms their body without wanting to die
Self-Injurious	Non-suicidal self-harm
SENCO	Special educational needs coordinator
Sensations	Ability to feel something physically, especially by touching
Sensory	Something you feel with your physical senses
Sexual orientation	A person's sexual identity in relation to the gender to which they are attracted; the fact of being heterosexual, homosexual, or bisexual
Social Agoraphobia	A fear of being with other people
Social Anxiety Disorder	An excessive fear of social situation
Specialist	Expert in a profession
Stereotyped	Idea of a particular type of person
Stimulant Medication	Produces temporary improvements in hyperactivity
Strategies	Plan of action to achieve a long term goal
Stress	A feeling of being under too much pressure
Struggle	Finding it hard to deal with something that is hard
Substance misuse	Harmful use of substances (like drugs and alcohol) for non-medical purposes
Suicidal	Deeply unhappy or depressed and likely to commit suicide
Symptoms	Indication of a disorder such a pain, sickness or weakness
Talking Therapy	Talking to a therapist or counsellor in either individual or group session
Therapy	Treatment intended to relieve or heal a disorder
Tics	A habitual spasmodic contraction of the muscles, most often in the face
Tormented	Annoy or be unkind
Tourette's	Is an inherited neuropsychiatric disorder with onset in childhood, characterised by multiple physical (motor) tics and at least one vocal (phonic) tic
Trans-flux	A flowing through, across, or beyond
Trauma	A deeply distressing or disturbing experience
Trigger	Something you see or hear that makes you feel you want to do something
Twitches	Give or cause to give a short, sudden jerking or convulsive movement
Unrealistic	Not real
Verbally Aggressive	An assault on someone by shouting
Vocal tics	An involuntary, abrupt, and inappropriate grunt, bark, or other exclamation or utterance, occurring especially in Tourette's syndrome