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High expectation is linked to success, but can it also cause low mood? There is plenty of advice out there about self-improvement, how to be better at this and that, and how your life could be improved if you only believed it. It has a lot of truth to it – if you really believe […]

The idea of going to counselling can be a daunting prospect, or for a number of different reasons it may not be possible practically. For many years counselling was undertaken in person, but with advancements in technology it is now possible to speak to a counsellor through Skype, online chat, or over the telephone. The […]

Low mood and depressive thoughts can often accompany a change in season. It can happen in any season but the winter blues are more likely in winter.

There are many different options when searching for ‘therapist Loughborough’. Due to important changes that have been made to regulatory counselling bodies over the last few years it is now much easier to determine the level of a counsellor’s training and calibre. I have completed a Masters course in Integrative Counselling and Psychotherapy which was […]

Even the most confident and socially adept person suffers the effects of Transactional Analysis (TA, Eric Berne). We can at times become unable to interact to our usual standards with certain people. It doesn’t matter whether we know them well or have just met; there is something about them that causes a change in us, […]

Usually our brains assess and deal with risks we face on a daily basis without us being aware of them. Getting out of bed, having a shower, preparing and eating breakfast, and travelling to work all have risks but for most of us they aren’t even given a second thought. Sometimes though, we are alerted […]

For many people a feeling of déjà vu is common following an argument or falling out with a close friend or partner. Disagreements on their own are not necessarily a cause for concern, but regular emotionally draining fallings out may signal something that needs to be addressed.