Facing Your Fears
Today is Face Your Fears Day. Fear often triggers anxiety, a psychological, physiological, emotional and behavioural state to keep...
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Anita
- Oct 4, 2021
- 5 min
Poetry in Emotion
What are you doing for National Poetry Day? Thursday 7th October is National Poetry Day in the UK. National Poetry Day is a British...
Anita
- Oct 2, 2021
- 5 min
On World Mental Health Day, don't just do nothing
Next Sunday, 10th October is World Mental Health Day and this year’s theme is ‘Mental Health in an Unequal World’. Set by the World...
Anita
- Sep 25, 2021
- 7 min
Self-care, what's that!?!
What is self-care? In therapy, we focus a lot on self-care, but what do we mean by self-care? We can think about self-care as caring...
Anita
- Sep 21, 2021
- 3 min
Can Gratitude Improve Mental Health?
On World Gratitude Day, we're taking a look at how gratitude can help improve mental health. Today is World Gratitude Day. Cicero...
Anita
- Sep 20, 2021
- 4 min
How Happy Are You At Work?
Today marks the start of International Week of Happiness at Work 2021, a timely reminder to ask ourselves just how happy at work we are....
Anita
- Sep 19, 2021
- 9 min
Stop Your Inner Critic from Bullying You
Converting our inner critic into our greatest friend and ally. Is your inner bully your worst enemy? You know what I mean, that little...
Anita
- Sep 11, 2021
- 3 min
Mood monitoring for better mental health
Mood is a way of explaining our emotional state at any given time. If we say ‘I’m in a bad mood’, it’s a quick and easy way to explain a...
Anita
- Sep 6, 2021
- 3 min
Want to give your mental health a boost? Read a book.
September 2021 is Read a New Book Month and as if that isn’t exciting enough, today is Read A Book Day! For the bookworms amongst us, we...
Anita
- Sep 5, 2021
- 3 min
Friends - who needs them...
September is Friendship Month. Friendship Month was started by The Grand United Order of Oddfellows Friendly Society (GUOOFS) 10 years...
Anita
- Sep 4, 2021
- 6 min
Trigger Warning!
You know that feeling, one minute you’re perfectly ok, feeling calm, relaxed, engaged and focussed, and the next minute you’re in an...
Anita
- Feb 11, 2021
- 5 min
Boundaries – what are they and why do we need them?
Do any of the following statements resonate with you? o I feel a little aggrieved at times with others, especially when they're taking...
Anita
- May 12, 2020
- 5 min
Working from home: the impact on mental health and the importance of staying connected.
The importance of staying connected to others whilst working from home.
Anita
- Apr 22, 2020
- 7 min
Counselling skills….so what exactly do you do?
Counselling skills....so what exactly do you do?
Anita
- Apr 22, 2020
- 5 min
Are you really listening? 20 blocks to listening, which one's yours?
We can all be guilty of not giving our full attention to the person that is speaking. As a counsellor, I'm trained to really listen...
Anita
- Apr 14, 2020
- 3 min
Grief, loss and acceptance – all at once….
By guest blogger Tom Henry The 5 stages There is a well-known psychological theory, called the Kubler-Ross Model, which charts the...
Anita
- Apr 6, 2020
- 3 min
COVID-19 - Finding opportunities in difficult times.
By guest blogger Tom Henry For the person who is anxious (and let’s face it, that includes pretty much all of us at one time or another)...
Anita
- Apr 4, 2020
- 2 min
Person Centred Counselling - 2 min read
There are maybe 300 different types of therapy so it can be hard to choose a type of therapy that’s right for you. I’m a BACP registered...
Anita
- Apr 4, 2020
- 7 min
Person Centred Counselling - so what is it?
Carl Rogers (1902 – 1987) is widely respected as the founder of Person-Centred Counselling. He was a highly experienced and successful...
Anita
- Apr 1, 2020
- 2 min
Coping with difficult emotions in times of crisis
By Guest blogger Sean Wallace Coping with difficult emotions can be a challenge at the best of times, especially if you’re struggling...
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