In this new series of videos, we introduce you to some of the team at Hay Farm. In this episode, we introduce Nick Hofford who is the manager at the clinic.

Introduction to EMDR The precise neural mechanism for how eye movements affect emotional status is unclear, but the fact is they do. It is almost as though a broad view of the horizon from left to right, and right to left also helps the mind to place events within the broader context, or for both […]

An experienced Recovery Coach from the States paid our Hay Farm clinic a visit and gave us an account of his observations that we are happy to share with you. We thank Dr. Ronald W. Hill for his kind and insightful thoughts. Recently I had the privilege and pleasure of visiting the PROMIS residential treatment […]

Two weeks ago a young man in Northern Ireland died of liver failure. 22 Year old Gareth Anderson had previously featured in newspapers at 19 when he had been refused a liver transplant because he had been unable to go 6 months without a drink. Tragically he clearly didn’t want to die and was obviously […]

It seems that what you eat isn’t as important as when you eat it. New research by Satchindananda Panda, at the Salk Institute in California, has found that mice who ate a high fat diet in an 8 hour eating window didn’t gain weight but other mice who were able to eat this same diet […]

Letter from the Director As summer ends and fall begins, we all start to get back to our daily routines. A new school year begins for our kids and tans start to wear off had we been lucky enough to enjoy the sun. The world is now showing signs of the crisis weaning and we […]

Julie Myerson recently published a book which seems to have stirred up quite a controversy. The book, The Lost Child, is the story of her concern for her eldest son Jake’s cannabis smoking which resulted in her ejecting him from her family home when he was 17. At 20 now, Jake is still smoking cannabis […]