Dr Emma Hepburn is a clinical psychologist who works in the NHS and lectures at Aberdeen University. Her mental health drawings have won her nearly 100,000 followers on Instagram.
Her exclusive drawings for Stella magazine are published on telegraph.co.uk each Friday at 5pm. Christmas. It's the most wonderful time of the year, but it can also be one of the most stressful and difficult.
And this year, the uncertainties and extra rules of Covid-19 may make it even more emotionally complex than usual.As we’re bombarded with joyful Christmas scenes filling our screens and social-media feeds, the expectation that we should be merry and bright can add to the complexity – leaving us feeling isolated or inadequate when this doesn’t match our.