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  1. 13/05/2014

    All About Anxiety

    By Gill Wier

    It’s Mental Health Awareness week (12th – 18th May 2014) and the focus this year is on raising awareness of anxiety.  Here is some information about a...

  2. 25/02/2019

    Why I Prefer "Eating Imbalance" to "Eating Disorder"

    By Gill Wier

    This post was contributed by Naomi Nygaard who specialises in working with eating issues and addiction.   This week February 25th - March 3rd 20...

  3. 06/12/2019

    Book Review - Reasons to Stay Alive by Matt Haig

    By Gill Wier

    I have just got round to reading Reasons to Stay Alive by Matt Haig.  Published in 2015, it tells the story of his mental health breakdown aged 24 and...

  4. 19/03/2020

    Telephone / Video Counselling Now Available

    By Deb Holmes

    We find ourselves in unprecedented & concerning times.   Daily government updates regarding Covid-19 for some people, are reassuring, but for others t...

  5. 13/12/2021

    Let's talk about climate change

    By Gill Wier

    A few weeks ago during the COP26 conference, I watched a Panorama documentary about how extreme weather conditions are impacting people in different p...

  6. 10/03/2022

    Finding safety again in relationships

    By Laurence Keith

    Some people get mixed up between threat and soothing in relationships and are then unable to access the calm, safe spaces they need to heal. How can w...

  7. 14/07/2021

    On Guilt: Fact, Feeling or Both?

    By Bay Whitaker

    Guilt is a state that can be incredibly destructive to people.  And our clients often say that they're deepy troubled by feeling guilty. It can...

  8. 19/06/2020

    Why do I ALWAYS mess up?

    By Bay Whitaker

    Always?  Really?  That can’t literally be true.  In the branch of philosophy called logic, words like “always”, “never”, “nothing”, “everybody” are ca...

  9. 13/05/2022

    Why Don't You - Yes But

    By Bay Whitaker

    One of my favourite books is called “Games People Play” by Eric Berne.  Published in the mid-60s it was a pop psychology best seller, looking at diffe...

  10. 07/12/2022

    Sheffield’s Pioneering Mixed Abuse-Survivors’ Groups

    By Bay Whitaker

    Last month I was excited to read in Therapy Today, our trade journal, about experiences from SRASAC's therapy groups where survivors of sexual abu...

  11. 03/04/2023

    Dealing with Anxiety

    By Erin Loughery

    In the UK, anxiety is one of the most common mental health disorders, with recent statistics stating that over 8 million people are experiencing an an...

  12. 27/09/2023

    Befriending Your Anxiety - an Existential Perspective

    By Gill Wier

    On 23rd September 2023 I was in London for the BACP Private Practice Conference to engage with the topic of anxiety. The most inspiring point of the d...

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