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Feelings and needs: How we can help ourselves feel better by meeting our unmet needs

Emotions are at the core of human experience, influencing our thoughts, behaviours, and interactions with the world around us. But at...

Active Choices: The key to taking care of yourself

Listening to yourself and your feelings gives you the power to meet you own needs. You can make active decision about anything...

It's OK not to be OK right now

In difficult times we can easily become overwhelmed. Here I explain why listening to yourself is so important, and how to do it.

Mental health tips for isolation

By focusing on the things that you can control, and adapting as much of what you can't as possible, you can safeguard your mental health.

Surviving Christmas

Christmas can be a melting pot of emotions, but if you can take care of yourself you’ll get through it,

Good communication solves everything (almost!)

We assume other people think the same way we do, and that they will understand us without having to explain, but we're wrong!

Write to be happy

How writing can help us connect to ourselves in a similar way to therapy. Do you know yourself? Think back to when you were a child – we...

Gaining Earned Secure Attachment: Changing your attachment style from Anxious to Secure

Attachment styles are the name given to our reactions to our interactions with others. There are two broad types – Secure or Insecure...

What to expect in your first session

Coming to therapy for the first time can be absolutely terrifying. To take the edge off of your concerns, here I have laid out exactly...

When relationships go wrong - why it's so painful

We generally think of relationships as being with our husband/wife/partner/lover, but in actual fact every encounter we have with another...

Ending therapy: why is the ending so important?

Every ending is a chance to learn and grow. Every goodbye teaches us how to handle future change. Therapy is the same - here we look at...

Chloe Edwards