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RECENT BLOG POSTS

Endings and Beginnings
Find your Safe Space
How do we contain ourselves when our country is so fragmented? We hold onto our Parts …
We have fallen into Autumn. A familiar cycle for Nature, but how is it for us this year?
A stirring ‘back-to-school’ call and mixed feelings. Starting therapy feels rather similar

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However Peace presents itself to you, I hope that

However Peace presents itself to you, I hope that amidst the chaos, doubt, fear, uncertainty and challenge this Christmas you will find moments of peace, stillness, quiet and ease.

These moments offer balance, restoration, equilibrium and are essential for regulation and wellbeing.

It's all about balance.

Even if Christmas holds no religious meaning for you, we face the end of the year.... A time to reflect, refresh, renew and start again with our hopes, promises, aims and dreams.

Go well over this period of ending and beginning. We all await a new year. None of us know what lies ahead. May we hold ourselves and others well and with kindness as we step further into the unknown.

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#intherapy #counsellinghelp #therapytoday #askforhelp #talkingcure #iamintherapy #psychology_health #counsellinghelps #talkitout #reachouttooneanother #onlinetherapy #onlinecounselling #selfhelp #mindmatters #writeyourthoughts #naturetherapy #walktalktherapy #selfcareposts #loveyourself #keeptalking #therapists #clienttherapistmatters #clientcounsellormoments #likeyourselffirst #hopeinnature #selfdevelopment #allthingschange

This Red Sky at Night reminds me that good things

This Red Sky at Night reminds me that good things come.....

Beginnings.... The other side of Endings

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#keephoping #changecomesfromwithin #thistoowillpass #endingsandbeginnings #onlinecounselling #therapyiscool #therapists #therapyinnature #skyphotography #talkingcures

Christmas and New Year bring a rich mix of emotion

Christmas and New Year bring a rich mix of emotions and see us coming to the end of a most challenging year.

As we approach this evocative time, paying attention to how we respond through the lens of our earlier experiences helps bring compassion and ease to our emotional selves and helps us through.

The theme of this month's blog. Link in bio.

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#counsellinghelps #psychotherapyonline #thetalkingcure #igototherapy #reachouttooneanother #selfcareposts #selfawarenes #attachmentandloss #psychology #selfcompassion #selfkindness #growingthroughchange #talkaboutit #ifs #therapytoday #psychosynthesis #bowlbyattachmenttheory #intherapy #intreatment #keeptalking #stayconnected

Can we find a Safe Space within ourselves? If our

Can we find a Safe Space within ourselves? If our world, our home, our relationship is feeling unsafe, can we escape it and retreat to a safe, calm space within?

Finding or creating our safe space physically and mentally is becoming more vital as lockdowns become familiar.

This month's blog looks into how we can create ours. Link in bio.

May we all find a safe space to dwell.

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#safespacewithin #counsellinghelp #therapytoday #keeptalking #askforhelp #innerwork #psychotherapyonline #thetalkingcure #writeyourthoughts #naturetherapy #psychology #attachmenttheory #intherapy #igototherapy #internaldialogue #gethelpgetbetter #bekindtoyourmind #walkandtalk #ecotherapy #mindmatters #counsellingcoach #therapistspeak

Dark nights... They pass 💜 Keep waiting 💜

Dark nights... They pass 💜

Keep waiting

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#counsellinghelp #seekhelpifneeded #holisticpsychotherapy #naturetherapy🍃 #therapytoday #keeptalkingaboutit #mentalhealthhelp #selfcareposts #psychologytoday #shareyourstory #bekindtoyourselfeveryday #selfawarenes #writeitout #feelingsad #reachouttooneanother #safespaces

Whether your Safe Space is in your head, your kitc

Whether your Safe Space is in your head, your kitchen, your garden, your bathroom, your office... Please find it. Use it. Be in it.

If your therapy session is now online, think about where you want to sit to have that video call. Where are you most comfortable? Where do you feel most safe? And think too about taking a few minutes before and after each session. You don't have the travel time to get yourself ready for the session.... Or ready for emerging after the session before going back to your life outside... So take a few minutes to stay sitting before and after to help you make that transition.

Space is as important as connection... Where is yours?

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#stayconnected #safespace #bravespace #counsellingandpsychotherapy #talkingcure #intherapy #intreatment #psychotherapy #keeptalking #takeamentalhealthday #gowell #askforhelp #bacptherapytoday #mentalhealth #staysafe
#talktoeachother #coupletherapy #mindmatters #selfhelp #igototherapy

Going with this today 💜 #thistooshallpass #re

Going with this today

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#thistooshallpass #reachouttogether #dontsufferinsilence #onlinecounselling #psychotherapytraining #psychology_health #therapytodaymagazine #bekindtoyourmind #selfcarepost #gowellpath #naturetherapyforsoul #staysafe❤️ #keepwell #intherapy #igototherapy #naturetherapy🌿

We are a combination of many parts, many emotions,

We are a combination of many parts, many emotions, many thoughts, many feelings.

When these are in balance they work for our greater good. We find they compliment each other and work in harmony.

When we feel out of balance it is worth paying attention to what dominates, not attempt to suppress it. Listen to the demanding element. It may be sadness. Or anger. Resentment. Grief. Envy. It may be ill health.

Respond to it. What does it need? Expression? Empathy? Containment? Validation? Rest? Nourishment? Can you give it what it needs?

Please try to! This way we have the opportunity to regain balance without denying our necessary, human traits. We accept, integrate, heal, respond. We grow. We live.

Go well, with all you have.

#selfhelpers #therapytoday #counsellingpsychotherapy #reachoutspeakout #listentoyourself #careforyou #psychotherapyonline #selfsoothing #askforhelp #integrativepsychotherapy #ifstherapy

In this month's blog I present some therapeutic mo

In this month's blog I present some therapeutic models to help us build up our inner Selves in this time of fragmentation in our country.

We should not underestimate the potential for emotional dysregulation when our political leaders are arguing and our towns and cities are being divided and our lives are to be directly impacted.

Listening to our thoughts and feelings and finding appropriate and helpful ways of responding to them, in times of any distress, offers us containment, support and resilience.

Like the forest of trees in this image, may we all learn to stand together. Our internal parts too 💜

#psychotherapy #counselling #innerworldsouterworlds #internalfamilysystems #psychosynthesis #therapytoday #mentalwellbeingmatters #ecotherapyactivities #thetalkingcure #creativewritingcourse #selfawareness #internalworld #mindmattersmost

Having watched David Attenborough's Witness Statem

Having watched David Attenborough's Witness Statement this week, I'm holding Hope, for All of us

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Don't give up

Not yet

You can make a positive difference ... on so many levels

Keep going ... And Go Well

#thisworld #ecotherapy #davidattenborough
#naturenurtures #counsellinglife #psychotherapy #selfcare #planetearthfirst #dontgiveup #keepgoingquotes #care #therapist #nurtureearth #hopeinnature #workoutdoors #keephoping

Don't despair 💜

Don't despair 💜

We have fallen into Autumn. A familiar cycle for N

We have fallen into Autumn. A familiar cycle for Nature, but how is it for us this year?

With so much falling away, not just the leaves but our hopes and plans too, this month's blog considers how we hold all this and from where we might find some hope

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Link in bio

#keeptalking #therapyinnature #bacp #counsellorstogether #talkingcure #psychotherapyonline #counsellingandpsychotherapy #workoutdoors #naturalspace #psychology #suicideawareness #intherapy #writeyourthoughts #ecotherapy #selfhelp #mentalhealthmatters #gethelpgetbetter #autumn #hopeinnature #worktogether #newguidelines #psychology

September is well underway. This 'new term'. Lost

September is well underway. This 'new term'.

Lost already? Don't worry... You'll find yourself again. 💜

#therapytodaymagazine #counsellors #intherapy #integrativepsychotherapy #thetalkingcure #connectwithin #balancedmind #talkinghelpsclearthemind #outsidespace #walkandtalk #selfcarematters #bacp #worktogethergrowtogether

Working amidst the trees this summer has been a pr

Working amidst the trees this summer has been a privilege. Good to know they are being honoured all over this world of ours... Keeping everything connected. And grounded. 💜

South Bank Centre is working hard to keep you safe if you are able to go see this and please share your findings!

#southbankcentre #treestreestrees #workinginnature #keepconnected #talkingcures #counsellingpsychotherapy
#mindmatter #gethelpgetbetter #groundedbypurpose #writeeveryday #haywardgallery #healingtools #natureintherapy

Today, Boris is restricting our gatherings and Jon

Today, Boris is restricting our gatherings and Jon Bon Jovi is singing....
"If you can't do what you do, do what you can" 🎶

Bon Jovi's lyrics resonate with me

I can't move our work back indoors yet, but I can continue outdoors, wear my wellies, and get some heat in the Shelter for the cooler days

One. Step. At. A. Time.
And we'll get where we are meant to....

Wherever that is

Please don't despair. All is not lost

#keeptalking #therapyinnature #bacp #counsellorstogether #writeyourfeelings #talkingcure #psychotherapyonline #counsellingandpsychotherapy #workoutdoors #naturalspace #psychology #keeptalking #suicideawareness #intherapy #writeyourthoughts #ecotherapy #selfhelp #mentalhealthmatters #gethelpgetbetter #therapistofinstagram #kindnesscures #worktogether #jonbonjovi #songlyrics #newguidelines

September is around the corner... There is a stirr

September is around the corner... There is a stirring 'back-to-school' call and it is creating mixed feelings

As we prepare for this next phase of new beginnings in our homes, our towns, our workplaces and schools, I reflect on how entering therapy evokes the same feelings of anticipation, anxiety, fear and hope

This month's blog explores these processes... Link in bio

I wish each and every one of us Good Luck for the term ahead, whatever it involves

#intherapy #backtoschool #keeptalking #gethelpgetbetter #thetalkingcure #psychotherapy #bacp #therapytoday #counsellorspeak #clientcare #therapyhelps #getwell #counsellingpsychotherapy #ecotherapy #naturetherapy🌿 #newstarts #therapyblog #therapeuticwriting #selfhelpguide #selfcareblogger

This is a tough one when we are facing threat, ill

This is a tough one when we are facing threat, ill health, loss and struggle in the shape of COVID-19. And, whilst less reported, greater world suffering, poverty and war in this world of ours.

It is exactly because of this current threat I feel a depth of gratitude for the health, rest and peace I have experienced this summer.

COVID-19 might provide the light and direction of our lives, but in its shadow lies strength, purpose, effort and will of the rest of us.

I consider myself incredibly fortunate to not yet be directly affected by the death this virus demands. I am fortunate, and I give thanks and express my gratitude.

I am not a big Do-er. I mostly get by with a level of Be-ing. I try to get busy and do good... But then get overwhelmed, retreat, and stick to what I know. From this place, I hope my Be-ing will be fruitful; I trust my Be-ing will give the necessary balance to myself, my family, my clients, so that whether they need to Be or Do... they can.

I trust. I give thanks for what I have. And I am deeply grateful. I hope you too will feel you have just enough of what you need to get by and get on with what you need to, in this moment. It's all we can do. And it really matters.

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#keeptalking #talkingcure #counsellinghelps #psychotherapy_journey #psychotherapyonline #counsellingandpsychotherapy #gratitude #givingback #ecotherapyinpractice #selfhelptools #selfcare #mindfulness #mindmatters #mindfultherapy #gethelpgetbetter #askforhelpwhenyouneedit #simpletherapy #bacp #intherapy #igototherapy #therapistofinstagram #woundedhealer #therapytoday #creativetherapy #naturetherapy #counsellingservices

Emmy van Deurzen interviewed by Catherine Jackson

Emmy van Deurzen interviewed by Catherine Jackson (Therapy Today, June)

Emmy articulates a sense of hope far better than I ever could.

In my communications with people as we come through this pandemic together, I see and hear the Goodness, Strength, Potential and Hope alongside the Fear, Loss, Pain and Struggle.

I am heartened and relieved to hear of others' experiences. Let us not give up Hope. 💜

#bacp #therapythoughts #hopefloats #covid19survival #dontgiveup #keepgoing #staywithit #psychotherapistsofinstagram #talkaboutit #stayconnected #counsellinguk #thetalkingcure #psychotherapists

Finding Beauty in nature as well as in people. I a

Finding Beauty in nature as well as in people. I always feel joyful when touched by inner and outer natural beauty.

Sending this out until you find yours 💜

#naturalspaces #ecotherapyinpractice #naturecuresall #reachoutandconnect #askforhelpbethehelp #holisticpsychotherapy #bekindbehuman #helpeachotherout #counsellingpsychotherapy #naturehealsthesoul #selfhelpblog #selfloveheals

As we emerge from lockdown and find our new paths

As we emerge from lockdown and find our new paths in these strange times of masks and social distance, don't underestimate our need to connect with each other. Speak. Connect. Be human.

#connectingyou #speakyourvoice #speaktoeachother #speakhowyoufeel #talkitout #talkingcure #counsellinghelps #holisticpsychotherapy #healingyourself #psycotherapy #healingheartsandminds #askforhelp #reachoutspeakout #selfcare #bekindtoyou #gethelpifyouneedhelp #selfcaresaves #takecareyourself #existentialpsychotherapy #psychotherapy_journey #intherapy #intreatment #gethelpgetbetter #bekindmovement

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