by Laura Prins | Aug 11, 2014 | Health and illness, Therapies, Transition and change
One of the most important dimensions of counselling and psychotherapy is the experience of emotional release – the ability to express and let go of strongly held feelings. This isn’t an easy process. In the therapy room, I often find that people are afraid of...
by Laura Prins | May 19, 2014 | Therapies, Transition and change
I’ve heard this question quite a lot over the years from clients. They wonder aloud if what they’re doing – talking to someone about their problems – is self-indulgent. “Shouldn’t I just be getting on with it,” they ask. “I feel like I’m moaning,” they say. Now,...
by Anna Kinnaird Folkman | May 9, 2014 | Transition and change
A significant element of living a happy and healthy life is one’s ability to adjust to change, and as Heraclitus eloquently put it several millennia ago, ‘change is the only constant in life’. It’s how we adjust to the changes around us which determines whether we...
by Anna Kinnaird Folkman | Apr 30, 2014 | Anxiety and Depression, Postnatal depression, Transition and change
A friend recently asked me whether it was possible for men to get postnatal depression, to which I replied ‘Absolutely.’ She was referring to her husband’s depressive feelings which seemed to appear following the birth of their second baby. I thought it was an...
by Anna Kinnaird Folkman | Apr 22, 2014 | Therapies, Transition and change
Sometimes the decision to go into therapy or counselling can seem a difficult one. Will it help? How does it work? Where might it lead? How long will it take –are all typical questions new clients may have when thinking of coming to see someone about their problems. I...
by Anna Kinnaird Folkman | Apr 20, 2014 | News, Transition and change
Springtime and more specifically, Easter, is a time for renewal, regeneration and change. Although ostensibly a religious festival, the essence of the Easter tradition transcends religion and resonates with the desire for something new in all of us. The notion of...
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