Why “Colourblindness” Can Hurt Interracial Relationships During a recent session, Henry, a white British male client in his late 30s, shared a concern that had been quietly troubling him for months. He described feeling increasingly disconnected from his...
Struggling To Sleep? Here’s How To Rest Easy On average, adults require about 7-9 hours of sleep per night. However, contrary to popular belief, you can’t just make up for lost sleep the next day. Studies suggest it can take up to four days to recover from just one...
Is Stress Good or Bad? Often framed as a foe, stress has become synonymous with anxiety and ill health. Yet, stress is a natural response intricately woven into our biology. When faced with challenges, our bodies engage the fight-or-flight response, flooding us with...
Talking is Silver… In both my coaching and therapeutic work, communication is a regular topic. Recently, silence and the discomfort that it brings for many people has featured in several conversations prompting me to share some thoughts and my favourite poem...
Let’s Talk! Effective Communication Skills Are you a good communicator? Do you wonder if you could be better? Good communicators can both listen and talk. They can stay present, patient, and engaged in the conversation. Being a good communicator requires you to...
Test Yourself: Burnout Self Assessment Burnout can affect anyone, from savvy professionals in high-pressure jobs to people in the helping professions and students. Individual factors, such as personality traits and family life, make some people more prone to...
5 Instant Ways To Calm Down Clients often ask me how to calm down overwhelm and deal with a frantic mind. What you can do in the moment to regain control in a tense, high anxiety state is different from learning techniques to better manage your stress long-term. The...
Connecting With Your Inner Child The Inner Child is a symbolic representation of the childlike aspects of one’s psyche. The concept is often used to help personal growth in the healing process from unresolved past experiences or trauma. Fostering a deeper...
Interpersonal Dynamics in Corporate Teams and Personal Relationships Navigating interpersonal dynamics is an integral part of our daily existence, impacting us both in professional settings and within our personal lives. These dynamics are omnipresent, and while some...
Self Assessment for Mental Health Check your mental health with this quick, confidential, and clinically validated self-assessment. Feeling stressed, anxious, depressed? Something is not quite right but you’re not sure if therapy is for you? Take this test to figure...
Preventing Burnout: 13 Essential Strategies Burnout has become an all-too-common experience for many. Juggling work, personal life, and various responsibilities can take a toll on our physical and mental well-being. By implementing effective strategies, we can...
Understanding Burnout: Symptoms and Causes Burnout has been a prevalent issue in our fast-paced and demanding world, and post-pandemic it has made an even stronger comeback. A state of chronic physical and emotional exhaustion, burnout can have severe and sometimes...
How to Find the Right Therapist? What do the letters behind therapists’ names mean? How many sessions will I need? What kind of therapy is right for me? Finding the right therapist is paramount to the success of your therapy, one might argue. Nobody wants to...
Dealing with Stress and Overwhelm These days chronic stress and anxiety are common in our fast-paced world and this comes at a high cost to our mind and body. Learn how to recognise overwhelming stress and anxiety, and discover ways to cope better. The HPA-Axis HPA...
R.A.I.N. calms me down Are you struggling with stress, anxiety, and sometimes overwhelm? Try this brief practice to help calm yourself down and transform difficult emotions by expanding your awareness. The term R.A.I.N. was first coined about 20 years ago by Michelle...
5 Tips to Overcoming Imposter Syndrome Do you feel undeserving of your promotion? Want to run when people put you in the spotlight for your achievements? Do you feel like a fraud? Do you wonder what people are seeing in you, and that you must have just gotten lucky to...
Effects of the Pandemic on the Legal Profession Working in the legal profession requires a high stress resilience because of the challenges build into the inherently conflict-driven nature of the business. Often an ‘always-on’ work culture coupled with high...
7/11 Breathing Technique The 7/11 technique is a breathing exercise whereby you breathe in for a count of 7 and out for a count 11. It is used to help alleviate and overcome symptoms of anxiety and stress. A simple yet powerful technique that facilitates relaxation...
Bullying in Organisations Bullying, sometimes mobbing (German: Tyrannisieren), is a widespread issue in the workplace. It can occur at any level and in various forms. Sometimes bullying is dismissed and downplayed as a commonplace issue, such as a personality clash, a...
In-house Counselling Service We support businesses with confidential Staff Counselling Services, Resilience Seminars, and HR support. Having worked in the corporate world ourselves, we know in our own skin of the pressures and stress that can arise from trying to meet...
