The hope from counselling or therapy is to give you the space and time to talk about things that you are struggling with, or that are affecting you on a daily basis. Whether it’s something you’re anxious about, feeling depressed about, or something distressing that you’ve carried with you for a long time, therapy helps […]
Surviving Christmas
Christmas for some people can be a really difficult time and so I thought I’d give a few thoughts about how you might look after yourself. Whilst Christmas is for a lot of people a reminder and a celebration of family, it is also a reminder of people we’ve lost and miss terribly. If this […]
When abuse happens
With the seemingly increasing numbers of people coming forward to disclose sexual abuse in their childhood, it seems timely to think about this further. It is not uncommon for survivors of abuse to see themselves as in some way ‘bad’ and ‘deserving’ of such atrocious acts: ‘I must have been so awful as a child […]
What are the symptoms of depression and how can therapy help me?
What causes depression? There are all sorts of reasons why people suffer with depression, for some its because they have gone through a lot of very difficult experiences in a short period of time and reach a point where they do not feel they can cope, people often say that they can’t take much more, […]