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…
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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…
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Suffering
“Many people think that the point in life is to solve their problems and be happy. But happiness is usually a fleeting sensation, and you never get rid of problems. Your purpose in life may be to become more…
Posted in addiction, anxiety, Crisis & Loss, depressed, Motivation, Purpose, Meaning, Spirituality Tagged with: counselling hungerford, counselling in marlborough, john keats, meaning of suffering, psychosynthesis counselling, Psychosynthesis Psychotherapy, Psychosynthesis therapy, psychosynthesis wiltshire, psychotherapy hungerford, psychotherapy marlborough, purpose of suffering, Thomas Moore
Urge Surfing
‘Urge Surfing’ is a process that uses a mindfulness based relapse prevention programme. The video below is issued by the The Centre for Addiction Treatment Studies. Addiction is a complex subject. Abstinence and mindfulness approaches help manage the situation. Some…
Posted in addiction, Meditation, mindfulness Tagged with: addiction, breath meditation, Mindfulness, relapse
Death on the Tusheti Road
I recently took a trip up a road once described as the “most dangerous road in Europe”. It is the road that leads into the mountain region of Tusheti in the Georgian Caucasus. The road is a rough track with…
