How to find a great Counsellor / Therapist

People are looking for therapy now more than ever.  We are more stressed, anxious, and unhappy than ever before and with the current pandemic people are becoming more aware of the importance of their and their loved one’s mental health.  Whilst the NHS are amazing and have some wonderful mental health support the services they can provide are extremely stretched.  The same goes for the multitude of superb charities countrywide. Help might not always be available when needed, might be time limited or might not offer you a suitable selection of appropriate therapies to fit your needs. And this is where private therapy can help. There are 1000s of counsellors out there but finding one that is right for you needs a little consideration to give you the best chance of getting the most from therapy. But where do you start? Finding someone who you can trust, open up with and bare your soul to can feel a little daunting but there are a few helpful things to keep in mind that should make finding a...
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Now is a good time to celebrate!

OK, stay with me! I know what you’re thinking! The world is in the middle of an unprecedented pandemic, people are dying, the world’s economy is crashing, you can’t work or maybe you have to work but feel exhausted or unsafe, you have to home-school the kids, you miss your family/friends, you’re worried about money, you feel isolated and scared etc. etc. And you’re right there is a lot of horrible stuff going on at the moment and none of us really know when it’s going to end or what the future is going to look like do we? However, I maintain that there is still a lot to celebrate and I think now more than ever it’s important to do so. We tend not to celebrate the little things in life, we wait for the big events.  Maybe we’ve been conditioned to ignore the little day to day things, maybe we are too busy worrying about the big stuff, maybe we don’t notice or acknowledge the efforts we go to, maybe we...
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