What is living with depression like? The NHS describe living with depression like this, “the symptoms of depression can be complex and vary widely between people. But as a general rule, if you’re depressed, you feel sad, hopeless and lose interest in things … Read More
Contacting A Counsellor It can feel like a big step to contact a counsellor and arrange a first counselling session. You may have thought about doing so for a long time but felt put off, and lacked the confidence to … Read More
Bereavement counselling in High Wycombe I think that to grieve the loss of a loved one you have to find a way to access and speak about what you loved, what you miss and what you have lost. In my … Read More
It is worth remembering that our minds have limited capacity to deal with problems. Big problems take up a lot of bandwidth. So areas of our minds that should be available for thinking, concentrating, and delivering performance at home and … Read More
With so many different types of psychotherapy and counselling available, it can be hard to know which type is right for you. Should you try CBT or Mindfulness or Psychodynamic Counselling? In my experience, often, what matters most is to … Read More
Traumatic experience leaves a particular marker behind it. Unless given attention, it becomes like a sealed moment in a life. Though time passes and our lives move on, however much older we become, the traumatic experience remains within us. However, … Read More
By yourself you may tend to see the difficult moods you experience as just being part of who you are. So, for example, your relationships may tend to start to feel like they are all the same, that they involve … Read More
Have you thought what it would be like if a parent turned their back on a child and failed to bond with them? It is a strange, awful thing to happen and leaves the child with a serious and maddening … Read More
Psychotherapy is a way of developing a safe and confidential relationship aimed at understanding and improving psychological health. It aims at bringing relief to problematic subjects, and experiences of suffering. A psychotherapist will have trained in particular theories and practice. … Read More
When you have experienced a profoundly difficult event, perhaps an accident, or discovering your partner has been unfaithful. Though it looks to the world like you have recovered and are your normal self, you may remain deeply shaken. A profound … Read More
Living differently, changing the way we live, involves making a decision to do things differently. The first stage is recognising the choices and decisions that we make. The day we live today, with all of the outcomes that will come … Read More
You need luck, no matter how much talent, drive and desire you have. Without luck you may find it hard to get your ideas and projects off the ground no matter how good they are. In mythology, folklore and fairy … Read More
A profound loss of confidence is often a consequence of accidents and events. When something happens out of the blue it can leave you shaken. The impact on individuals of a death, or a painful family break up, or witnessing … Read More