If you or someone you care about is struggling with their mental health, we've listed dozens of organisations providing help and support....

One in four of us experience stress, anxiety or depression at some point each year. If you add to that all of those who: -       suffer...

Today is Face Your Fears Day. Fear often triggers anxiety, a psychological, physiological, emotional and behavioural state to keep...

What are you doing for National Poetry Day? Thursday 7th October is National Poetry Day in the UK. National Poetry Day is a British...

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...

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...

On World Gratitude Day, we're taking a look at how gratitude can help improve mental health. Today is World Gratitude Day. Cicero...

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....

Converting our inner critic into our greatest friend and ally. Is your inner bully your worst enemy? You know what I mean, that little...

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...

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...

September is Friendship Month. Friendship Month was started by The Grand United Order of Oddfellows Friendly Society (GUOOFS) 10 years...

You know that feeling, one minute you’re perfectly ok, feeling calm, relaxed, engaged and focussed, and the next minute you’re in an...

Do any of the following statements resonate with you? o I feel a little aggrieved at times with others, especially when they're taking...

The importance of staying connected to others whilst working from home.

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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...

By guest blogger Tom Henry The 5 stages There is a well-known psychological theory, called the Kubler-Ross Model, which charts the...

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)...

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...