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13Oct

Does Hoarding Relate to Childhood Experiences?

Stuart Large

childhood, hoarding

Mind

Hoarding disorder is thought to affect 2.5-5% of the population; it's characterised by a need to acquire and keep hold of objects. Stuart Large talks to researcher Jessica Barton about how hoarding disorder and childhood experiences may relate.
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12Oct

Sands Ambassador Genelle Aldred Shares Her Experience of Baby Loss

Welldoing

bereavement, experienceoftherapy, grief, loss, miscarriage, PND, video

Mind

For Baby Loss Awareness Week 2020, we speak to Sands ambassador Genelle Aldred about her own experience of baby loss and therapy
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12Oct

4 Practical Steps that Helped Me Overcome Imposter Syndrome

Fiona Thomas

career, confidence, impostersyndrome, self, work

Work

Fiona Thomas, author of Out of Office, shares four practical tips towards overcoming imposter syndrome, especially at work
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09Oct

Meet the Therapist: Kim Harrison

Kim Harrison

meetthetherapist, video

Therapists

Kim Harrison is an outdoor art therapist in Greater Manchester and online: "Nature-based art therapy offers the opportunity to recalibrate, to attune all of our senses, to reconnect with our own bodies and the animate earth. Through the creative process and through journeying in the natural world together throughout the seasons."
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08Oct

Understanding Desire and Sexual Fantasies: An Introduction

Alexander Gray

couples, identity, intimacy, self, sex

Therapists

Being honest about our sexual desires and fantasies can be difficult with our partners, even with ourselves. Trainee psychotherapist Alexander Gray offers an introduction to sexual fantasies and where they might come from.
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07Oct

Dear Therapist..."How Can I Cope With So Much Uncertainty?"

Charlotte Fox Weber

anxiety, coronavirus, deartherapist, uncertainty

Therapists

The Covid-19 pandemic has highlighted how nothing in life is certain – in this week's Dear Therapist Charlotte offers her advice to one reader who, like many of us, is struggling with anxiety in the face of uncertainty
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07Oct

Andrea McLean on How Her Breakdown Led Her to Therapy

Welldoing

cbt, coronavirus, experienceoftherapy, video

Mind

Loose Women's Andrea McLean suffered a breakdown last year due to unprocessed trauma and stress. She talks to Louise Chunn about how therapy helped her recover her sense of wellbeing and optimism, even in the Covid period
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06Oct

What's the Difference Between Counselling and Coaching?

Funmi Oni

coaching

Coaches

Individual counselling and coaching both involve working one-to-one with a professional. Funmi Oni, who works as both a counsellor and a coach, outlines some of the key differences between the two processes.
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05Oct

The Impact of the Pandemic on Children's Mental Health

Place2Be

children, coronavirus, society

Mind

Place2Be, a children's mental health charity, share their inside knowledge on how the pandemic has affected children and young people, as well as details of their new training programmes for teachers and mental health professionals
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02Oct

5 Ways to Combat Loneliness in the Elderly

Imogen Clarke

elderly, loneliness, tips

Relationships

Especially in the context of the Covid-19 pandemic, loneliness amongst the elderly population is a problem. Here are five ways you can try to connect with the older loved ones in your life.
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