Therapy for Work-Related Stress and Anxiety
Therapy for Work-Related Stress and Anxiety: Why It Happens and How to Find the Right Support Therapy for work-related stress and anxiety is something that a growing number of people across the UK are actively seeking, often after months of telling themselves that what they are feeling is normal, that everyone finds it this hard, […]
Therapy for Imposter Syndrome: How It Helps
Therapy for Imposter Syndrome: Why High Achievers Struggle to Believe in Themselves and How to Change It Therapy for imposter syndrome is something that many successful, capable people in the UK search for in private, often while projecting an outward confidence they genuinely do not feel. If you have ever sat in a meeting, attended […]
Can Therapy Make You Feel Worse Before Better?
Can Therapy Make You Feel Worse Before You Feel Better? What You Need to Know Can therapy make you feel worse before you feel better? It is one of the most honest and important questions a person can ask before starting counselling, and the equally honest answer is: yes, sometimes it can. If you have […]
How to Get the Most Out of Therapy Sessions
How to Get the Most Out of Therapy Sessions: A Practical Guide for Anyone Starting Counselling Knowing how to get the most out of therapy sessions is something most people are never actually told, and yet it makes a significant difference to how quickly and how deeply the work takes effect. If you have recently […]
Compassion-Focused Therapy Explained
Compassion-Focused Therapy Explained Compassion-focused therapy is a structured, evidence-based approach developed to help people who struggle with high levels of shame, self-criticism, and inner harshness. If you have ever found it easier to be kind to others than to yourself, this form of counselling may offer something genuinely transformative. It works by training the mind […]
Person-Centred Counselling Explained
Person-Centred Counselling Explained Person-centred counselling is one of the most widely practised forms of therapy in the UK, built on a simple but profound idea: that every person has within them the capacity to grow, heal, and find their own answers, given the right conditions. If you have ever felt unheard, judged, or reduced to […]
Supervision Does Not Work (Sometimes)!
I have been a therapist for 19 years, and I am writing this article about supervision, hoping to shine some light on the role it plays in our profession. Since I started training, I have been told that supervision is a valuable asset to your career; it will help shape you into a great counsellor. […]
When the Children Leave: The Grief No One Warns Parents About
The Buddha said all life is suffering. There’s a reason for this, and regardless of your position in life, no one escapes it, because life is loss. No privilege exempts you. And the older we get the greater weight of loss we carry. Parents encounter a particular type of grief; our children change from requiring […]
What Is IFS Therapy? Internal Family Systems Explained
What Is IFS Therapy? Internal Family Systems Explained IFS therapy, or Internal Family Systems therapy, is an evidence-based approach to psychotherapy that understands the human mind as made up of multiple distinct parts, each with its own perspective, feelings, and role to play. If you have ever felt pulled in different directions by competing voices […]
Functional Freeze Explained
Functional Freeze Explained Functional freeze is a stress response in which a person continues to go through the motions of daily life while feeling emotionally shut down, disconnected, or numb inside. If you have been turning up to work, answering emails, and appearing fine to everyone around you while feeling hollow, detached, or as though […]