Counselling for Men To build up the courage to go to therapy is hard enough for most of us, but men have that extra step of getting over years of conditioning that says “don’t talk about your feelings, to do that is weak”. For many men feelings are confusing and even fright ...
Read MoreA Daily Record of Dysfunctional Thought ( DRDT ), is a tool used in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) to help people identify negative incorrect thoughts which have an adverse affect in their daily lives. By identifying these these and learning to challenge them, it becomes ea ...
Read MoreWe all adopt rules for living. We may also call them moral codes or principles. They can develop and change over time but most of our rules are firmly fixed in Core Beliefs and assumptions about life that we establish as children. They are often resistant ( but not impossible) t ...
Read MoreStress and Anxiety have become normal and widespread. It can feel like everything we do in life has to produce some kind of mental stress or anguish. It can seem like nothing comes easy anymore. The effect is so powerful that stress can be used as a tool to motivate and control p ...
Read MoreIf your breaking the rules and thinking of making a change in life, read on. We may not know how social rules originate, but we feel their impact. Rules that prompt responsibility, obligation, selflessness construct in us a code to live by. And for the main part, they work for ...
Read MoreAre you Strong, Weak or Complete ? For most people, being labelled as strong means that you constantly survive life's blows. That you can thrive despite the odds. And it seems there are many benefits in our society for those labelled 'Strong'. Strong is also often used as ...
Read MoreThere is a lot of confusion and mis-information about the issues that face us mid-life. Often termed Midlife crisis, this is a real problem that can be helped through Counselling. Midlife crisis is not so much a condition as a change. Contrary to popular belief, it affects bot ...
Read MoreTime is a problem. Most of us never have enough of it . This often lead to having difficulty in coping with our frantic lives, not knowing how to rest, not knowing how to use our precious leisure time. Something that i call Time Anxiety. Despite having more time saving device ...
Read MoreChange I am a sucker for self help books. Several times a week I think about a subject I want to know more about and I’m off to Amazon ! This has left me with a couple of book cases bursting at the seams and a kindle full of things I haven’t read. Its all too easy to become ...
Read MoreIt’s important that you choose the right counsellor. Breathingspace Counselling and Wellbeing, Newbury, Berkshire A quick google search will reveal that there may be many counselling services operating near to you, all offering similar services. So how do you choo ...
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