by Rachel | Nov 15, 2022 | Counselling and therapy, lgbtq+, Self-compassion, sporadic blogs exploring therapy through queer popular culture
The concept of self-care and self-soothing is one that I explore a lot in therapy sessions. A hat tip to the fact that although therapy can be powerful, it is a mere 50 mins out of 10080 in a week.Many people believe that self-care and self-soothing are something they...
by Rachel | Mar 24, 2022 | Counselling and therapy, Self-compassion
Does the voice in your head speak to you like a supportive coach or a mean bully who is never satisfied? If it’s the latter, is there anything you can do about it? In psychotherapy we often refer to this negative internal voice as the ‘inner critic’. Identifying this...
by Rachel | Jan 14, 2022 | Change, Counselling and therapy
Are New Year’s resolutions a useful way to approach change? If so, what are the best ways to successfully change our habits? This blog post contains some ideas for approaching the new year from a place of self-compassion. For many, the start of the year is an...
by Rachel | Nov 4, 2021 | Counselling and therapy, Suggested Reading
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. Books on Emotions/Childhood emotional...
by Rachel | Oct 27, 2021 | Counselling and therapy, lgbtq+
When I launched this website recently I decided to try google adwords to help people find me. After adding ‘lgbt therapy’ to my key words I was saddened to see people finding this website through a range of variations of ‘conversion therapy’. Just to be clear, that’s...
by Rachel | Oct 20, 2021 | Counselling and therapy
Seeing a counsellor/therapist is a great way to invest in yourself. If you’re looking to get the most out of your counselling sessions here are some ideas on how to get more out of therapy to make your sessions even more helpful. 1. Plan how you transition into...
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