Please note that this blog can be read with any celebrated holiday in mind, as any type of celebration can be cause for people to feel...

When you hear the phrase “self-care”, what is the first thing that comes to mind? In recent years, the term self-care has been linked to...

What is a phobia? The Oxford dictionary defines a phobia as: “An extreme or irrational fear of, or aversion to, something.” As the NHS...

Person-Centred (Carl Rogers) Under this type of this therapy it is believed that, given a set of conditions, a person has the capacity to...

You’ve decided that you want to have therapy, but where do you go? You don’t want to feel like you’re wasting your money, and you...

There are a lot of different titles thrown around in the world of therapy, and it can difficult to know what the differences are, and...

This might be a generational phrase, but I often hear people say “chin up” when someone is speaking about something that is bothering...

1) Get the basics right Getting the right amount of quality sleep, eating healthy and exercising regularly are things we hear about...

GROUNDING In my last blog we looked at what grounding techniques are, and how they are useful. Here are a number of others for you to...

What? In simple terms, it brings you back into the here and now. Have you ever experienced a time when your thoughts became overwhelming...

This is one of those statements that I have heard a lot over the years. I often think that therapy is a little like this and that my job...

Creative therapy is something that I am passionate about. There are many different ways that you can utilise creativity in the therapy...

This image or idea brings 2 things up for me. The first is that it often seems we are looking for a quick fix. So much of our society...

Do you ever physically feel like you are carrying too much weight on your shoulders? Do you know exactly what it is that you’re carrying?...

What do you think and feel when you hear that phrase, “New Year’s Resolution”? Is it something you do and achieve every year? If yes,...

It’s been over 10 years since I had my first counselling experience. Thankfully I feel like mental health is talked about more and there...