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Christmas is just around the corner, as the shops and media are keen to keep reminding us. But for many people, Christmas is not a Christmas-card perfect time of festive cheer, family and food. There are lots of reasons why the Christmas period can be exceptionally difficult; financial worries, family dynamics, the absence of loved ones or simply the pressure to ‘have a good time’. It can also feel extremely lonely to think that you are the only one feeling like this. Navigat

One of the most common concerns I hear when working with clients, is that they don’t want to come to therapy and feel like they are simply blaming their parents for the mistakes they made. In fact, clients often experience a great reluctance to talk about parents and other family at all, with many citing a feeling of disloyalty around doing so. Looking Back Through the Lens of Adulthood The clients I work with are all adults, many of whom can now look back on their childhoods

September Signals Change When the 1st of September hits, it somehow feels like the end of something. As soon as that date comes around, the shops are already filled with their autumn clothes, the Halloween (and even Christmas!) decorations are on the shelves and we are being encouraged to look towards the end of the year. Those light-filled summer months have drawn to a close, it starts to get darker earlier, and it really feels like the bulk of the year is behind us. Some pe

With the birth of a baby comes a whole new world for the parent; a world of advice, judgement, opinion, exhaustion, anxiety, joy. Becoming a new parent has an impact on every aspect of your life, in ways that you probably couldn’t have anticipated before. Of course, you knew that this little person was going to need feeding, changing, bathing and putting to sleep. Of course, you knew that the house was going to become a little fuller and untidier. Of course, you knew that it

Self-care is the buzzword that we hear all the time nowadays; it’s on social media, it’s on the news, it’s even in our workplaces. But...

How many times have you heard a bereaved friend or family member say this? How many times have you felt it yourself? It is such a common...

Understanding Emotions: More Than Just Feelings We all know what emotions are, right? We might describe them as our feelings, our...

Hello Internet! As I write this, my first ever blog, I can feel own anxiety is rising! Yes, that’s right, we psychologists are no...

What to Expect in Your First Therapy Session If you have made the decision to come to counselling or therapy, you probably know that...

Finding Help When You Need It You know that something isn’t quite right. Maybe you have been feeling low for a really long time. Perhaps...