The rapid changes of the last week are challenging, and we need to actively support our mental health during the lockdown. Both the threat from the virus and the changes in how we live are stressful, so you really have…
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Keeping safe in Lockdown
Posted in Stress Tagged with: mental health and lockdown, mental health coronavirus, psychotherapy in hungerford and Marlborough
Coronavirus and mental health
Below is a link to a BBC article on basic mental health, including protecting yourself from what I would call the ‘stress virus’ associated with the news. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-51873799
Posted in Stress
Guidance for Psychological Therapists: Enabling conversations with clients taking or withdrawing from prescribed psychiatric drugs
New guidance gives psychological therapists information to help clients struggling with side effects and withdrawal issues which have resulted from an increase in the prescription of psychiatric drugs. While this guidance is aimed at therapists, if you are interested in…
Overcome trauma with yoga
Trauma and distress become lodged in the body, so often it is useful to combine physical movement with a talking therapy to support recovery. Yoga is one way to do this, and in the video below Bessell van der Kolk…
Magic Mushrooms and depression
Below is a link to a Guardian article about current research surrounding psilocybin (the active ingredient in ‘magic mushrooms’) and depression. https://www.theguardian.com/science/2019/jun/10/magic-mushrooms-treatment-depression-aztecs-psilocybin-mental-health-medicine If you have had any difficulty integrating psychedelic experiences, I can offer a confidential space to explore those…
Self-Care
Often I hear self-care described in terms of what we can do. We can balance work with rest and play. We can care for ourselves through nutrition, exercise, socialising and getting support when things are difficult. Acting to manage life…
Narcissism
For a good article on what narcissism is, and ‘healthy narcissism’, read Dale Kushner’s article on Revisiting the Myth of Narcissus and “Healthy Narcissism” .
How the Modern World Makes Us Mentally Ill
This is a video from the School of Life that points to some of the challenges modern life hands us. Whether you agree with what it says or not, it’s worth looking at to get you thinking about your lifestyle…
Coming off prescribed medication
Medication prescribed to help people through mental health issues may itself become a difficulty, especially when taken long term. For anyone who wants to know more about medication, how it works and about the potential withdrawal effects of coming off…
Posted in addiction Tagged with: counselling hungerford, counselling in marlborough, counselling near me, medication withdrawal, prescribed medication addiction, psychosynthesis counselling, Psychosynthesis Psychotherapy, psychosynthesis wiltshire, psychotherapy hungerford, psychotherapy marlborough
The Guest House
Translated by Coleman Barks This being human is a guest house. Every morning a new arrival. A joy, a depression, a meanness, some momentary awareness comes as an unexpected visitor. Welcome and entertain them all! Even if they’re a crowd…
Posted in mindfulness, Purpose, Meaning, Spirituality Tagged with: counselling hungerford, counselling marlborough, depression, emotion, joy, poem, Rumi, shame, spirituality
