by Rachel | Oct 7, 2025 | Therapy and activism, Counselling and therapy
Image credit: KC Green’s web comic strip “On Fire” The current political climate, where racist and transphobic narratives and policies become stronger here and abroad, has had many therapists (re)-reflecting on the place and role of therapy. ...
by Rachel | Jun 25, 2025 | Change, Counselling and therapy
The current increased levels of hostility and uncertainty queer people (particularly trans people) are experiencing right now is impacting on our mental health. If someone you love is struggling, this blog provides some ideas, aside from therapy, on how to...
by Rachel | May 23, 2024 | Happiness, Anxiety, Counselling and therapy, Self-compassion
Happiness is weird. As an opening gambit this maybe falls short in profundity, but bear with me. As a therapist I do a lot of work with ‘uncomfortable’ emotions (the whole thing about there being no ‘bad’ emotions probably merits a separate blog in itself). So...
by Rachel | Apr 16, 2024 | Counselling and therapy, Anxiety
The other day disaster struck in our garden when the nest box some blue tits have made their home in our fell off the wall. We put it back (a little more securely this time!), but without high hopes, however were surprised to see them return soon after, getting on...
by Rachel | Jul 31, 2023 | Counselling and therapy, Suggested Reading
As therapists, we are taught the vital importance of empathy very early on, because feeling that your therapist is empathic is one of the ‘common factors’ which helps to create positive change, whatever type of therapy is being practiced. Taking a scroll on...
by Rachel | Mar 22, 2023 | Counselling and therapy
Recently I’ve been immersing myself in the world of nervous system regulation and survival stress (if you’re interested in digging into this further too Irene Lyon has a lot of high-quality free resources which are well worth a look ). At some point during this...
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