10 Ways Counselling Differs From Friendship
Friends matter, but they don’t replace therapy. A counsellor explains 10 real differences between counselling and confiding in friends and family.
CBT Therapy for Chronic Worry | The Therapist Finder
Stuck in “What If”: Why Chronic Worry Demands Specialised CBT Therapy CBT therapy for chronic worry is one of the most effective and well-researched treatments available for people whose minds are caught in a relentless loop of “what if” thinking. If you know the feeling, lying awake running through scenarios that will probably never happen, […]
Knowing Without Proving: Truth, Clarity, and Courage
When you know someone has lied or betrayed your trust, you do not need their confession to be sure. A reflection on truth, quiet certainty, and acting on what you know.
Why Language Matters in Therapy
Why Speaking Your Native Language in Therapy Can Matter So Much For many people, speaking more than one language is simply part of everyday life. We move between languages depending on where we are, who we are with, and sometimes even who we feel ourselves to be in that moment. But when it comes […]
Always Available, Never Enough: Uberized Therapy
Is 24/7 Online Therapy Effective? Why Convenience Isn’t Always Quality In our post-Covid, digital age, it’s hardly surprising that online therapy is experiencing a boom. At the forefront of this movement sits a behemoth: the world’s largest online therapy platform, offering convenient, 24/7 access to therapists via video, phone, chat and even text message. These […]
How Therapy Helps Depression: Mechanisms of Change
How Therapy Helps Depression Understanding how therapy helps depression is not merely an academic question. For many people considering counselling, it is the question that stands between them and actually making an appointment. If you cannot see how talking to someone could shift something that feels this embedded, this physical, this total, that scepticism is […]
Why (Not) Therapy? The Case for Psychoanalysis
Why (Not) Therapy? The Case for Psychoanalysis in an Age of Therapy-Speak By Arturo Bandinelli Browse through any social media feed today and you will stumble across a familiar mental health vocabulary. We talk about boundaries and triggers, about attachment styles and diagnostic labels. Words that not long ago lived mostly in consulting […]
Understanding Prolonged Grief and When to Seek Help
Prolonged Grief: When Loss Leaves Us Feeling Stuck “You cannot prevent the birdsof sorrow from flyingover your head.But you can preventthem from buildingnests in your hair.” Chinese proverb What happens after significant loss? Significant loss is a form of trauma. It may cause us to feel stuck, lost in sorrow, removed from those […]
How to Know If Therapy Is Working
Knowing how to know if therapy is working is something many people quietly wonder about but rarely feel able to ask. You have taken the step, found a therapist, and begun showing up week after week — but somewhere beneath the surface, a question lingers: is this actually doing anything? That doubt does not mean […]
Therapy for Anxiety: What to Expect and How It Can Help
Can Therapy Help Anxiety? Therapy for anxiety is one of the most searched-for forms of professional support in the UK, and for good reason. Anxiety is exhausting in a way that is difficult to convey to anyone who has not experienced it. It is not simply worry. It is a persistent physical and mental state […]