July in Folkestone - how to help your teen's mental health On Saturday July 13th I'll be running a workshop for parents on how you can help your teenager's mental health. I'll be doing this in conjunction with Sunflower House, and the session will be at...
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...
Counselling in Folkestone, Kent The Good Therapy Practice offers counselling in Folkestone, Kent, as well as Hythe, and online via Zoom. Founder, Human Givens counsellor, business psychologist and coach, Paula Gardner, focues on solution focused counselling. This means that it's all about where you are now,...
The heading here is a bit misleading because, in truth, there is no one right way to journal. The beauty of therapeutic journaling is that you can use it in many ways. It's something I prescribe to many of my clients as part of their...
This is a heart-felt call for anyone who is struggling to reach out and finding it hard asking for help. In it, I share my own story about my dad who failed to ask for help until it was too late. Eventually, this killed him. With...
Ten Ways to Get Out Of Depression Whether you have been diagnosed with clinical depression, or have been feeling sad or down for a while, there are ways that can often help this shift. In this article, I look at ten ways to help yourself get...
What Happens in a Therapy Session? If you haven't had any therapy or counselling before, you may be a little daunted as to what happens in a therapy session? The truth is, it will be slightly different for different types of therapies. Not only that, but...
Overcoming Depression with Oomph I interviewed Caroline Carr a couple of years ago around overcoming depression. The context was around people who have been made redundant. However, Caroline shared some hugely powerful tips and tools that would be invaluable to anyone suffering from depression, whether they...