Are you thinking about starting therapy? Here are some common worries clients have about beginning.
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Writing for Wellbeing: continuing independently
Unfortunately my Writing for Wellbeing course at the University of Cardiff had to be cancelled. While it was a disappointment to have the course stop in week 3, I felt I could continue writing independently. Do you have a writing practice? How does it help you?
Read MoreWriting for Wellbeing: the benefits of writing for yourself
in CPD, Mental health, Wellbeing
Find out about how the first couple of weeks of my CPD course on Writing for Wellbeing have gone
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Buying new stationery was admittedly part of the attraction of returning to studying
New CPD for the New Year - Writing for Wellbeing
I’m excited to be embarking on a new course this January as part of my Continuing Professional Development.
Read More“While we all work from different theoretical angles, all good counsellors have this in common: they listen to you and show you respect and understanding”
How do I choose the right counsellor for me?
There are lots of counsellors out there. How do you choose the one that’s right for you?
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What is a first counselling session like?
It can be nerve racking turning up for your first counselling appointment. You're going to meet a perfect stranger and begin telling them all sorts of things about yourself. So how do you start?
Read MoreWhat it means to be a Pink Therapist
I recently became an Accredited Gender, Sex and Relationships Therapist with Pink Therapy (often called a Pink Therapist for short!) which means I am able to specialise in working with LGBTQI+ clients. So what does this mean for my practice?
Read MoreA day or two in the life of an online therapist
Are you thinking about becoming a counsellor? Perhaps you’re already in training. Or you might simply be wondering what we get up to all day and what being a therapist online these days is like. Here are a couple of typical days in my current experience.
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artwork by Kate Campbell
Let's ALL talk about menopause
It’s about time we ALL talked about menopause to dispel some of the myths around it: that it makes us “crazy”, that only women go through it and that the experience is the same for everyone.
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Living slow
I’ve been trying to slow myself down and live at a more relaxed pace recently. But how did I do this? And what benefits and pitfalls have there been?
Read MoreThe Awful Stench and other hallucinations
Hallucinations are usually NOT a sign of psychosis - in fact it’s more common to have them at some point in your life than not to. The stigma associated with them means we don’t talk about them much - but I think we’re missing a valuable opportunity.
Read MoreHow does online counselling work?
You might have considered counselling, but have you ever wondered how online counselling works? It might be something to find out more about, especially during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Read MoreCounsellor training for delivering online sessions - complete!
I’ve just completed some online training developed by the Open University and BACP to help me deliver online counselling effectively during the Covid-19 situation. Read more about my experience and how I think about online versus face to face counselling.
Read MoreHow to look after the kids' mental health during the Covid-19 situation
Last week I wrote about keeping on top of your own mental health during the Covid-19 situation. Now that the kids are off school and many of us are at home with them a lot more, not to mention how much the situation has changed in the past few days - what can we do to bolster our kids’ mental health as well as our own?
Read MoreHow to look after your mental health during the Covid-19 situation
in Anxiety, change, Mental health, stress, Wellbeing
The current situation regarding Covid-19 is, at best, a bit worrying and inconvenient. For some of us, though, it will feel like a crisis and we will feel like our mental health is slipping away from us. Read on for some tips about how to look after your mental health, however Covid-19 is affecting you.
Read MoreTwo reasons NOT to make dieting your new year’s resolution (and three things to do instead)
It’s the new year’s resolution so many people make, yet the one that does so much damage to our mental and physical health: that resolution to go on a diet. Here’s how to ditch the diet for good.
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Managing Stress: Living in Hong Kong
My family and I are living in Hong Kong at the moment, so we’ve learned some ways of dealing with stressful situations that I wanted to share in the form of 5 top tips.
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5 ways to show yourself a bit of love this Valentine's Day
in Wellbeing
Perhaps you are celebrating Valentine’s Day by treating someone you love to something nice. Or perhaps you are hoping the whole day will just slip by as quickly as possible. Either way, here are some tips for showing yourself a bit of love and kindness today - we often find this so much harder than lavishing love on others.
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From the cat hair on my sweater it’s no mystery that I am a cat-owning therapist
7 things you didn't know about therapists
Therapists. Mysterious creatures, right? Sometimes this is on purpose: the less you need to care about us and our lives, the more space there is for us to look at what’s bothering you. But here are some lesser facts about therapists that you might like to know.
Read MoreSleep and healing from trauma
in Wellbeing, Mental health, trauma
How can an early night help you to heal from painful emotional experiences and even recover from trauma? I've been reading Matthew Walker's book Why We Sleep and I think he's got some interesting answers.
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