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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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...