So many of us can have difficulty sleeping. But how do I help myself fall asleep? What can I do to stop myself waking up in the night? What can I do to avoid disrupted sleep? Here are some tips that are widely recognised as the best ‘sleep hygiene tips’ by doctors, psychologists and therapists, […]
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Different Therapy Types
There are so many different types of therapies, but what do they each do? Here I’ve written a comprehensive (but not exhaustive) list of the different kinds of therapies on offer, what the different therapies treat, how they work and what to expect from each therapy. If I’ve missed one, then let me know and […]
Worry Time
Do you find yourself spending a vast amount of your time worrying? Do you spend too much time worrying? Do you worry about a huge variety of things, from ‘what will happen if?’ scenarios, to very real situations, to your health, to your family’s safety, to money, to work, to your appearance? Do you worry […]
Which therapist should I choose?
So you’re feeling, low, anxious, scared, obsessive, self-critical, you’ve got low self esteem or maybe your relationship needs a fix. You’d like some help. You need a therapist. But where to start looking? What do you look for? What qualifications should they have? How do I know they’re any good? Here’s a step by step […]
Fatigue & Concentration Tips
Neurons (the cells which make up our brain) are like other cells – they are living with their own metabolism. Â They need oxygen and glucose to work and survive and when they’ve been working hard (thinking, concentrating, remembering, coping) they experience fatigue. When our neurons are fatigued, we will feel it too, our brain will […]
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Motivation Tips
This is one of the most common difficulties reported by clients with depression. We all know how it feels too, there can be so many things to do, and what there is to do just doesn’t appeal to us. Even worse, what there is can be so overwhelming, we don’t even know where to start […]
Motivation – the theory
Attempts to define motivation are varied, but it can be understood as a dynamic state which drives us to act and behave in a particular way. Here we will detail and critically analyse the principal theories of motivation to understand, in more depth, this complex concept. If we think of a human, stripped back to […]