Blog – Rachel Kaye
A place where I write about queer-affirmative therapy and how to help anxiety, improve relationships and build confidence.

Self-care, self-soothing, numbing out and how to tell the difference
The seemingly simple act of ‘self-care’ reveals itself to actually be a series of complex interlinked tasks which can be very challenging

How to work with your ‘inner critic’ and improve your self-esteem
How can we work with this difficult inner critic? How can you, as P!nk puts it ‘Change the voices in your head, make them like you instead’?

Are new year’s resolutions useful?
Are New Year’s Resolutions a useful way to approach change? This blog post contains some ideas for approaching the new year from a place of self-compassion.

Some of my favourite mental health books on mindset, trauma and self-compassion (part one!)
If you’re interested in finding out more about what might be behind issues such as anxiety, depression and low self-esteem and what you can do about it, I’ve listed some helpful mental health book suggestions below.

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I’m Rachel
I’m a lgbtq+ affirmative therapist based in Shipley, West Yorkshire. I work with people to help them improve relationships, manage anxiety and build confidence.
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