The many crossroads and milestones of life, and our own emotional states, can present challenges to all relationships, even really good ones. Caught early though and attended to with curiosity and care in therapy, they need not become 999 crises.
There are many reasons why people seek help from therapy and counselling. They might need someone to hear their story; they may want to work on a specific problem or they might need to work through distress in a safe setting. Ultimately though most people come to therapy because they want ‘something’ to change and…
Well, did you survive it? ‘Blue Monday’; the annual mental health apocalypse that occurs on the third Monday of January? Failed resolutions, Christmas-created debt with pay-day still just out of sight, drained back-to-work-enthusiasm, and bad weather all supposedly contributed to a collective mental fug across the nation yesterday. Journalists and feature-writers, never ones to miss…
With leftover turkey now finally disposed of and with only a few unappealing strawberry-flavoured Roses chocolates left to distract me; my mind is turning to 2015 and what it will bring. Like most people I’m also thinking about what I’ll resolve to do differently. Most professionals in the ‘life-improvement’ arena tend to think New Year’s…