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I am enjoying watching a NICABM series at the moment focused on Treating Trauma. This week I wanted to blog about one of the ways...

Those who know me will know I am a big fan of finding ways to release emotion and energy. A key role of psychotherapy is to help clients...

A wise person commented to me recently: “If your heart’s not open, you can’t give or receive.” I was struck by the resonance in me with...

I was reminded recently of such a simple truth about the power of two differing questions. So often, we spend our time soul searching,...

I've been reflecting this week on the power that words have, in particular the ones we use to label ourselves. I've long thought of...

When talking about low mood a few weeks ago, a colleague likened it to having a huge magnet inside that attracts negative thoughts and...

If you have been traumatised, it is quite normal for it to feel as if the past is happening again and again and again, right now. Bill...

I saw this saying recently and its pithy truth made me smile. We each have many beliefs, some of which we are aware of. Many run...

Humans have a negativity bias. We are biologically programmed to watch out for danger and threat, and that affects what we notice, with...

Life is an exercise in exploration and curiosity. This is evident in the way of being of any healthy young child. Whatever it is that...

The end of a relationship is difficult. However it comes about. You suddenly move from being part of a couple, to being single. Old...

A lot of people are not feeling so great at the moment, and increasing numbers are showing signs of real distress mentally and...

Here we are, in the midst of what for many feels a long, dark month. Lockdown, short days, cold, it’s perhaps not the greatest mix. And...

Yesterday was the Festival of Sleep Day, a final opportunity to get some shut eye before today’s return to work after the festive season....

This is a question I often hear in psychotherapy sessions, sometimes many times in a week. This wondering about our ordinariness or...

I first came across the Wheel of Life many moons ago in 1998 when I trained as a Life Coach. It’s a valuable tool that I still use, both...

There’s naturally a lot of apprehension about this festive season, and a focus on what we are not having and not able to do. It’s...

It’s a time of year where many people suffer with a flatness, or low mood. Lack of light, cold, wet...it’s really no wonder. Here are a...

Depression is often seen as a problem, as something that needs to be overcome. Undoubtedly, we want to alleviate the pain that...

I recently moved house, to a new village far enough from my old home to not know what’s where. It’s been an interesting experience to...