How does online counselling work?

April 24, 2020 in Coming for counselling, Mental health, online counselling, stress

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.

Counsellor training for delivering online sessions - complete!

April 18, 2020 in Wellbeing, online counselling, CPD, Counselling training

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.

How to look after your mental health during the Covid-19 situation

March 16, 2020 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.

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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?

Jun 16, 2021

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?

Mar 17, 2021

What 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?

Dec 16, 2020

A 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.

Nov 21, 2020

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.

Sep 23, 2020

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?

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