Coping With Depression: Three Domains For Recovery 04/02/18Depression can often feel like signing a contract to live with painful emotions, negative thought processes, isolation and a future filled with misery. This contract can often feel like there is no way out, no...

Understanding psychological distress an insight from phenomenology 19/12/17 Continuing looking at psychological distress and well-being from different perspectives, I would like to introduce a short description of just one of the contributions from Phenomenological...

Grounding Techniques #2 – Using Your Senses   20/11/17I hope those of you that have tried the grounding breathing useful. I have had confirmation that it has been helping people so that is great news. I recommend checking out and practising “Grounding Techniques...

Grounding Techniques #1 Finding Presence and Calmness Through Breathing   20/11/17This is the first step in using grounding techniques in order to ‘ground’ yourself in the present moment. Grounding can help people manage anxiety as it can enable you to bring your...

Understanding Psychological Distress: A 5-Stage Character-Analytic Theory 20/11/17There are many different frameworks for understanding psychological distress and well-being. It is accepted by many that there is no “right way” of understanding or working with mental...

Trauma and the body: Part 1 Why a post on Trauma and the Body? Despite the devastating effects trauma has on psychological well-being, trauma is a highly physiological state. Body memories can occur, and our Autonomic Nervous System gets re-programmed. This can lead...