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New CPD for the New Year - Writing for Wellbeing

January 06, 2023 in Counselling training, Counsellors, CPD, creative counselling, Wellbeing

I’m excited to be embarking on a new course this January as part of my Continuing Professional Development.

Creativity in therapy

December 01, 2017 in creative counselling

Creativity makes a difference in so many areas of our lives. But how can it be helpful in therapy?

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Apr 26, 2023

Writing for Wellbeing: continuing independently

Apr 26, 2023

Unfortunately my Writing for Wellbeing course at the University of Cardiff had to be cancelled. While it was a disappointment to have the course stop in week 3, I felt I could continue writing independently. Do you have a writing practice? How does it help you?

Apr 26, 2023

Jan 31, 2023

Writing for Wellbeing: the benefits of writing for yourself

Jan 31, 2023

Find out about how the first couple of weeks of my CPD course on Writing for Wellbeing have gone

Jan 31, 2023

Jan 6, 2023

New CPD for the New Year - Writing for Wellbeing

Jan 6, 2023

I’m excited to be embarking on a new course this January as part of my Continuing Professional Development.

Jan 6, 2023

Jan 10, 2022

How do I choose the right counsellor for me?

Jan 10, 2022

There are lots of counsellors out there. How do you choose the one that’s right for you?

Jan 10, 2022

Jun 16, 2021

What is a first counselling session like?

Jun 16, 2021

It can be nerve racking turning up for your first counselling appointment. You're going to meet a perfect stranger and begin telling them all sorts of things about yourself. So how do you start?

Jun 16, 2021

Mar 17, 2021

What it means to be a Pink Therapist

Mar 17, 2021

I recently became an Accredited Gender, Sex and Relationships Therapist with Pink Therapy (often called a Pink Therapist for short!) which means I am able to specialise in working with LGBTQI+ clients. So what does this mean for my practice?

Mar 17, 2021

Dec 16, 2020

A day or two in the life of an online therapist

Dec 16, 2020

Are you thinking about becoming a counsellor? Perhaps you’re already in training. Or you might simply be wondering what we get up to all day and what being a therapist online these days is like. Here are a couple of typical days in my current experience.

Dec 16, 2020

Nov 21, 2020

Let's ALL talk about menopause

Nov 21, 2020

It’s about time we ALL talked about menopause to dispel some of the myths around it: that it makes us “crazy”, that only women go through it and that the experience is the same for everyone.

Nov 21, 2020

Sep 23, 2020

Living slow

Sep 23, 2020

I’ve been trying to slow myself down and live at a more relaxed pace recently. But how did I do this? And what benefits and pitfalls have there been?

Sep 23, 2020

Jun 25, 2020

The Awful Stench and other hallucinations

Jun 25, 2020

Hallucinations are usually NOT a sign of psychosis - in fact it’s more common to have them at some point in your life than not to. The stigma associated with them means we don’t talk about them much - but I think we’re missing a valuable opportunity.

Jun 25, 2020