If you are lucky enough to know and care about someone with dyslexia, the following may be of help in understanding them and helping them to understand themselves. They may not be great at remembering things This isn’t because they...
When people come into psychotherapy, they are often suffering from low mood and anxiety. These can be difficult symptoms, and sometimes people blame themselves for the way they feel. They may, over time, come to describe themselves as inadequate,...
Negative self-beliefs are internalised judgements about who we are that we perceive to be to true, which result in inner thoughts and scripts that we repeatedly tell ourselves. Beliefs about oneself are a consequence of our experiences,...
Psychotherapists have to have their own personal therapy for many years as an essential requirement of the training. There are many reasons for this, one of them being that your therapist will have experience of being in a counselling room from both...
Many people avoid counselling and psychotherapy in case they have to talk about the past. They assume this will stir up painful memories which they actually want help to escape from. This belief may come from the way counselling is portrayed in the...
Burnout is horrendous - you feel exhausted, your body has turned to lead but yet is on high alert, your mind is whirring and you feel awful - dread and fear or numb and depressed. Your motivation is on the floor and, even if you take time off, your...
What do we need in order to survive and thrive? All living things need nourishment from the environment to survive. We need air to breathe, water to drink, nutritious food and sufficient amounts of sleep. These are our physical needs or...
We live in a fast-paced world, sometimes seeing things moving so fast that we feel we can no longer keep up with what we ought to do next. We start questioning ourselves and our ability to respond to and influence what will happen in the future - we...
Is your relationship in trouble? Sometimes it’s obvious, for example in the case of an affair or betrayal. Sometimes, however, it’s less obvious. Maybe you’re not quite sure what’s wrong. Perhaps you have a niggling doubt?...
You may have spent many years dreaming about having a baby, or perhaps this decision was only made once you or your partner became pregnant. You may be aware of all the dreams you had of what being a mother or father would look like, or perhaps it...
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