Many people don’t know the difference between a psychologist, counsellor or psychotherapist and it can make looking for therapy confusing. Counsellors and psychotherapists are qualified in supporting you with many difficulties and challenges which you may not need a psychologist for. Find out more.

Therapists don’t really have it all figured out. They are human beings who face life’s inevitable challenges and stressors just like anyone else. If the idea that your therapist might need therapy of their own unsettles you, read on to find out why you want your therapist to do their own therapy.

Authenticity allows for deeper and more genuine connections. It enables us to live a more joyful, meaningful and fulfilling life. How and why did you learn to mask who you really are? What have you lost along the way? Find out what gets in the way of you being yourself and how to start changing that.

We all have parts of ourselves that we dislike and yet they are what makes us whole. When we keep a part of ourselves hidden from the world, we may never quite feel loved and accepted.

We cannot have equality without equity. We don’t all come with the same privileges and we’ve not all had the same starting point or journey in life. While, as a counsellor, I don’t have the power to change my clients’ circumstances, I can support them in becoming better equipped for facing them.

Do you dislike your body, find it inconvenient or consider it your enemy? Or do you love your body, take care of it without agenda and listen to what it communicates to you? Why are so many of us struggling to have a healthy relationship with our body and why may we want to work on having one?

Daniela MacAulay, a gestalt psychotherapist provides her reflections on Jonah Hill’s Netflix original documentary “Stutz” about his relationship with his therapist, Phil Stutz, who is also the author of a unique method ‘The Tools’, which he uses in his work to help people live a more fulfilling life.

More often than not, when we talk about self-care, we are already badly in need of some. Many people find it difficult to even acknowledge that they have needs and allow themselves to focus on them. I believe self-care is not just about regular routines, such as meditation, rest, physical activity and connection with others, although these are really important. For me, the art of self-care is in recognising our needs and responding to them as they come rather than committing to strict “healthy habits”. So how do we go about applying self-care to life and fitting it into our already busy schedules?

What happens to our nervous system when you feel anxious? Why do we disconnect from the present moment when we’re anxious? Practise these grounding techniques that can help you come back to the ‘here and now’. Learn about why they help when you’re anxious and how they can prevent anxiety long-term.

Learn about the way your beliefs and self-talk link to your anxiety. Where do our beliefs come from? What have they got to do with feeling anxious? How do the things you say to yourself impact how you feel? What to do with beliefs that no longer serve you? Why understanding your triggers helps?