Will therapy help SAD? I'm about to talk about this for my stint on Folkestone Academy FM tomorrow and the clocks are going back this week, so I thought this was the perfect time to look at SAD, or seasonal affective disorder as it's known. I...
EMDR is the latest buzz word in therapy. It is a method of dealing with trauma that uses eye movements to densensitise yourself to the event. However, not everyone gets on with the technique. For start, it can be expensive, and you may need up...
Helping teens with anxiety - advice from a therapist I see so many teenagers and young people who are coping with strong feelings of anxiety. There are many reasons for this - exam stress, relationship issues, gender and other types of identity questions, first relationships (and...
Are You Wondering "Is Therapy Worth the Cost?" One thing every counselling client has to consider is the price of therapy. I won't beat about the bush, therapy is an investment, so it is worth pondering if it's going to be worth the cost to you....
Folkestone has become such a vibrant place to live and work, that I am very pleased to be able to say that I have now opened up a therapy service in Folkestone. This is in addition to my current practice in Hythe. Counselling practice in Folkestone I...
A look at dealing with guilt Guilt is an emotion and belongs with the other sad emotions like grief and loneliness. There are many types of guilt. There's guilt for something you might have done, guilt for something you didn’t do, guilt for something you even...
How online therapy works, and is it as good as face to face? I often speak to possible clients who ask me how does online therapy work, and does it work as well as in person counselling? While some of my clients are from Hythe or...
Living with Anxiety, one young woman's account I recently worked with a number of young people on the government's Kickstarter scheme. One of them is Elena Blidaru, who has very bravely volunteered to write here about living with anxiety and what she has found useful. Elena's Story...
When You Are Feeling Like A Failure Dealing with those unwanted thoughts of feeling like a failure I often see business owners, and many non-business owners, muse about how they are feeling like a failure; that they haven't done enough in life. Perhaps their business isn't where...
Last week I joined presenter Vicky Eldridge on her radio show at Folkestone Academy 105.9 FM, the local community radio station for Folkestone, Hythe and surrounding villages. We discussed anxiety, and, in particular, exam anxiety. It was the first of what will be regular mental...