by TheRetreatAdmin | Feb 14, 2022 | Adult Services, Autism & ADHD, The Retreat York
BLOG: The Retreat’s Expert by Experience, Ronnie Pinder, describes how he is coping with the current situation and his family’s safety as an autistic person A week before the UK went into “lockdown” I was in a large supermarket, struggling to catch my...
by TheRetreatAdmin | Jul 28, 2021 | The Retreat York
28 July 2021 The Retreat has a history of delivering innovative, compassionate mental healthcare. However, despite our 229-year (and counting!) legacy, we are never content to rest on reputation alone – we continuously look for ways to improve our service. We are...
by TheRetreatAdmin | Jul 23, 2021 | Childrens Services, The Retreat York
As we reach the end of the academic year today, we wanted to acknowledge our local community of children and young people, parents and carers, and schools. Firstly, thank you to our educators. To our teachers, teaching assistants, early years educators, childminders...
by Emma Warren | Feb 13, 2021 | Adult Services, Blog, The Retreat York, Therapy
By Rosalie Harrison How on earth do we mark Valentine’s day this year? It’s freezing, we’re in lockdown and we’ve already got more than a few plates spinning, frankly. Our association of romance and spring is not a coincidence; a sustainable source of light, warmth,...
by Emma Warren | Jan 2, 2021 | Autism & ADHD, The Retreat York
5 Tips To Manage Sensory Sensitivities Everyone responds to different sensory experiences in different ways, there are some sensations that we enjoy and others that we might dislike or even find unpleasant or distressing. Christmas is a time of year often...
by TheRetreatAdmin | Oct 8, 2020 | Adult Services, The Retreat York, Therapy
An exciting new research project to help develop and test an immersive mindfulness-based therapy programme, using virtual reality (VR), is being announced this week. To mark World Mental Health Day on Saturday 10 October, The Retreat has announced a new partnership...