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August 19, 2024

Psychotherapy and Counselling or EMDR – what is the right approach for you?

Psychotherapy, Counselling and EMDR – what is the right approach for you? EMDR has been a service offered by the therapy community for a number of years. However, it is something that has become more available privately in recent years.
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August 5, 2024

Clinical Supervision for trainee counsellors

Clinical Supervision for trainee counsellors – As a trainee counsellor seeing clients for the first time can be daunting, having a good supervisor to support you can be essential to help you navigate this process and ensure that you and
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July 22, 2024

Samaritans Awareness Day – 24th July

Samaritans Awareness Day is on 24 July (24/7) so we’re raising awareness throughout July, to let people know that they can talk to us, day or night, 24/7. Every year in July, Samaritans branches in the UK and Ireland hold
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July 15, 2024

Managing Vacation Stress 

Managing Vacation Stress – vacations and holidays are meant to be times of relaxation and rejuvenation. A time to stop what you are doing, spend time with family, relax and have fun. However, sometimes going on holiday can have its
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July 1, 2024

Understanding Grief

Understanding grief – this blog is about grief and bereavement. Its aim is to help you understand grief and the grieving process. It will give you some ideas on how you can manage your grief and where you can get
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June 17, 2024

EMDR Principles to help with Every Day Stress

EMDR Principles to help with Every Day Stress – EMDR – Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing can be a powerful tool in helping a client deal with trauma and difficult experiences that they have been through. When someone is engaged
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June 10, 2024

Loneliness Awareness Week – 10-16 June 2024

Loneliness Awareness Week – 10-16 June 2024 – Run by the Marmalade Trust, “Loneliness Awareness Week raises awareness of loneliness and empowers everyone to make connections across the UK and worldwide.” This months theme is random acts of kindness. For
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June 3, 2024

The Benefits of Couples Therapy

The Benefits of Couples Therapy – All couples will face challenges within their relationship. The challenges may come from one or other of the couple or may be due to difficulties that are outside of the relationship, that are putting
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May 20, 2024

Using CBT ideas in daily life

Using CBT ideas in daily life – CBT stands for Cognitive Behavioural Therapy. It is an approach to counselling that encourages you to explore how your thoughts and beliefs effect you feelings and actions and then through changing those thoughts
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May 13, 2024

Face to Face Counselling and Supervision West Midlands

Face to Face Counselling and Supervision West Midlands – Following the pandemic, through necessity, much counselling and Supervision moved to online platforms and the telephone. It has over the past few years become the norm for sessions to be held
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