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Perimenopause and health anxiety
Perimenopause can be a confusing time can’t it? One minute you’re getting on with your day and the next you’re convinced a headache means something catastrophic, your heart is beating like you’ve just run a marathon despite the fact you’ve been...
The Role of Suggestibility in Therapeutic Change
The Role of Suggestibility in Therapeutic Change: Understanding How the Mind Responds to Influence Suggestibility is one of the most misunderstood yet fundamental aspects of therapeutic change. Often associated with the idea of being easily...
Understanding the Conscious vs Subconscious Mind
Understanding the Conscious vs Subconscious Mind in Everyday Experience and Therapy The relationship between the conscious and subconscious mind is often described in simplified or overly symbolic terms, yet in practice it reflects a far...
What Hypnotherapy Actually Is (Beyond the Myths)
What Hypnotherapy Actually Is: Understanding the Practice Beyond the Myths Hypnotherapy is often misunderstood, frequently shaped by dramatic portrayals that bear little resemblance to real clinical practice. For many people, the word itself...
7 Benefits of Taking Your Child to a Mental Health Professional
7 Benefits of Taking Your Child to a Mental Health Professional When your child is struggling emotionally or behaviourally, it can be hard to know what to do next. One of the most supportive steps you can take is reaching out to a qualified mental...
Can Hypnotherapy Help with Stress and Anxiety?
Yes! Hypnotherapy can be very effective for stress and anxiety, especially when those feelings have become automatic or difficult to switch off. Stress and anxiety aren’t just “in your head” in a simple sense. They’re patterns. The mind and body...
The joy of sex: reclaiming pleasure as part of a healthy life
A guide to understanding intimacy, desire, and how to nurture a fulfilling sexual life, whatever that looks like for you. Sex is one of the most natural parts of human experience, and yet it's also one of the most talked-around,...
Why spring just makes everything feel a bit better again.
Why spring just makes everything feel a bit better again. There’s something about spring that just feels like a quiet exhale, isn’t there? Like the world has been holding its breath all winter and suddenly everything starts to breathe again. ...
Putting the key to your happiness in someone else’s pocket
You don’t notice the exact moment it happens. Most people don’t. No one wakes up one morning and thinks, Today, I’m going to hand over the responsibility for my happiness. But it happens anyway, quietly, gradually, almost imperceptibly, the way a...
When Therapists Feel Sleepy in the Room: Exploring the Hidden Dynamics
When Therapists Feel Sleepy in the Room: Exploring the Hidden Dynamics As therapists and counsellors, many of us strive to be deeply present, caring, and active in our sessions. Yet sometimes, unexpectedly, we notice ourselves growing drowsy or...









