Mindfulness? You can be forgiven for thinking everybody is talking about it, and everybody is doing it. Everybody but you. And you may think it is not something for you. Not so. Let me explain. 1. What is mindfulness? [READ MORE]
Angry with your therapist? I have been angry with mine. You may have your own anger and reasons for it. I am hoping to shed more light on this important topic, and hopefully provide some help about how to [READ MORE]
Summer depression is real. Depression can happen anytime, even in the spring and summer time. What to do? It is not uncommon to feel unusually down, anxious or depressed leading up to or during the spring and summer season. Why may we [READ MORE]
Not knowing how to cope with life after cancer treatment is common. We have seen too much, gone through too much and fear too much to relax into ‘remission’. Our life has turned into one big uncertainty. What to [READ MORE]
Depression is not a sign of weakness or failure. It is human, and under certain conditions can happen to us all. It can be mild or severe. It can change, come and go. We may feel afraid and ashamed. One event taught me how not to fear depression. [READ MORE]
Sundays and Bank Holidays are the hardest [READ MORE]
Tragedies happening around us – near or far away – attacks, murders, terror, hate, fear, helplessness … they all can affect us emotionally. And we need to take care. Your daily routine may be ordinary and predictable. Yet on some days [READ MORE]
News anxiety is not uncommon. The word can be a frightening place. That’s what I am told by a lot of people who have quit news. I have not stopped listening to the news, but I have changed the way I [READ MORE]
CBT (or cognitive behavioural therapy) did not help me in a crisis. While it is a valid type of therapy and counselling, which at times I integrate into my own work as a therapist, it did not help me [READ MORE]
We all have the ability to develop panic attacks. This is nothing to be ashamed of. It is normal and can happen under certain conditions, when we are overwhelmed by fear. What to do? [READ MORE]
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