Therapy

Does online therapy work?

Are you considering online therapy? For most people this option can be as effective as in-person therapy and is now widely offered in...

What is Compassion Focused Therapy (CFT)?

Compassionate Focused Therapy (CFT) is an effective therapeutic approach that can help alleviate anxiety and emotional distress. It is a...

7 signs of High-Functioning Anxiety

What is High-Functioning Anxiety? Anxiety can affect people in different ways: some people are floored by it, unable to do every-day...

Managing anxiety about COVID

It’s now almost two years since Covid-19 first appeared in the UK and began changing everyday life as we know it. Some people have been...

How to ask for help (and why it's important for your emotional health)

Yesterday my daughter went into school feeling nervous about ‘percentages’. She had struggled with her homework and was anxious about...

What is hypnotherapy?

Experienced hypnotist Elise De Viell tells us all about this style of therapy. Hypnotherapy is a mixture of both talking therapy and the...

What is EMDR therapy?

EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing) is a therapy that is commonly used for overcoming traumas (both big and small)....

How many sessions of therapy will I need?

This is probably the most frequently asked question when someone makes a new enquiry for therapy. It’s also quite a tricky one to give an...

Little-T and Big-T Trauma explained. Which Little-T traumas have happened to you?

What is 'Little T' Trauma? One afternoon when I was seven our teacher set us a writing project. She must have been feeling stressed that...

4 common fears about trying therapy and my responses as a psychologist

Approaching a therapist is hard! Even if you feel pretty sure that it would be helpful you might have niggling concerns which prevent you...