21 Blues Busters
Many of my clients tell me that their mood lifts in Spring. It’s as though the sense of renewal and new life combined with more light and longer days is nature’s anti-depressant. Help nature help you by remembering a few things you can do to lift your mood on demand. Here’s a few of my […]
Relax! (plus free deep relaxation tape to download)
Can you remember the last time you were truly relaxed? Relaxation is one of the most effective things you can do to promote and protect your mental health. I often recommend that clients with symptoms of anxiety and/or depression get into a good relaxation routine while they are coming to counselling or therapy. Taking time […]
Saying goodbye to emotional baggage (plus free hypnotic recording download)
I often talk about unpacking boxes in the counselling room. We might open a box called ‘My Mother’ or another called ‘My First Marriage’, have a good look inside, a sort through and then decide to discard a few bits you no longer want or need. We then pack the box up again. The New […]
Christmas is coming…
… a time for love, laughter, feasts and gifts. But not always. Christmas is a dreadful time for the recovering alcoholic, surrounded by reminders, triggers and easy access. It’s a poignant time for the bereaved, who remember how Christmases were before. It’s a dismal time for the depressed, who see the contrast between the well […]
Letting go of your feelings
We are all creative beings, even those of us who are not ‘good’ at art, music or writing. We are natural innovative thinkers and ideas people. That is why the human race has survived and thrived and why therapists often use artistic expression as a way to help people confront difficult feelings. It’s often said […]
Feeling your feelings
How are you? Fine? Anything else? If we learn to really feel our feelings, rather than push them down or distract ourselves from them, we will feel better. The first step is to name your feelings, especially the negative ones. So next time you feel your emotions rising up, ask yourself how are you feeling? […]
Anxiety and depression
Is there an epidemic of anxiety at the moment? Barely a week goes by without someone coming to talk to me about one type of anxiety or another: fear of flying to fear of lifts; agoraphobia to acrophobia, social anxiety to workplace stress. It’s often a complicated issue to get to the bottom of, but […]
