As outlined in the first and second posts in this series, anxiety is a common experience that affects millions of people globally. While it’s normal to feel anxious occasionally, chronic anxiety can have a significant impact on a person's quality of life. Anxiety disorders can manifest in different forms, each with its own set of…
Anxiety is a common yet complex emotion that has evolved as part of our brain's mechanism for survival. As outlined in the first post in the Anxiety Series, it is a normal reaction to stress and uncertainty but when it becomes chronic, anxiety can have significant impacts on an individual's mental and physical health. In…
This post explains what anxiety is, how everyday anxiety differs to anxiety disorders, introduces different types of anxiety disorder & outlines how anxiety manifests in the body.
The focus of this year’s Mental Health Awareness Week is movement for mental health but should we just be talking about mental and physical health as simply health?
There are a myriad of different types of counselling available and to be honest even trained counsellors can struggle to understand all of them so I thought I would put together a little introduction to some of the most common types. For the purposes of this article, I'm going to call them all counselling but…
Often people who are thinking about having counselling can feel a bit daunted about it or unsure about where to start, so I thought it would be helpful to put together some information about what to think about when have decided to look for a counsellor. This is not an exhaustive list but I thought…
The aim of this ‘Notebook’ section of my website is to share information and insights about mental health, wellbeing and counselling. It is based on knowledge and understanding I’ve gained through my studies, work and personal experience which I think people might find helpful – to give the reader a look inside my own notebook…