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03Jul

How I Use Mindfulness to Soothe Anxiety

Trishna Patnaik

anxiety, meditation, mindfulness, self, wellbeing

Soul

Artist Trishna Patnaik shares her beginner's guide to mindfulness meditation, which has helped her manage her anxiety. Mindfulness can reduce stress and calm the physical symptoms of anxiety by increasing our ability to focus on the present moment.
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03Jul

Meet the Therapist: Amanda Stone Nash

Amanda Stone Nash

meetthetherapist

Therapists

Amanda Stone Nash is a therapist in Pembrokeshire and online: "I have a lot of clients who are facing significant life changes either by choice or through health issues or bereavement. They are often juggling family care and relationship problems and want a safe space in which to explore their feelings and reactions to these challenges."
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02Jul

How We Coped With Our Teenage Daughter's Anorexia

Mark Simmonds

anorexia, children, eatingdisorders, family, fatherhood, parenthood, parenting, teenagers

Mind

Mark Simmonds shares how he and his wife supported their daughter Emily, who lived with anorexia as a teenager. Family therapy gave Mark and his wife helpful tools to ensure their own behaviour gave Emily the best possible chance of recovery.
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01Jul

Why a Compassionate Approach to Living with Anxiety is Key

Dr Eric Goodman

anxiety, emotions, self, selfcompassion

Mind

Anxiety about being anxious often makes our feelings even harder to live with. Dr Eric Goodman asks you to discover a new relationship with your anxiety, a compassionate one.
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30Jun

How Training as a Therapist Changed My Relationships

Pat Capel

friendship, therapists, therapisttips

Therapists

Training as a therapist or counsellor is a long journey that often involves significant change on a personal level. Therapist Pat Capel reflects on how his training changed his relationships and understanding of himself.
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29Jun

What is Acceptance and Commitment Therapy?

Margarita Chacin

acceptance, ACT, typesoftherapy, video

Therapists

Acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) supports clients in living a full, meaningful life, while accepting the inevitable challenges and painful situations that arise. Psychologist Margarita Chacin explains further in this video.
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26Jun

Starting Psychotherapy Was the Best Decision I Ever Made

Elizabeth Vann

bipolar, experienceoftherapy, self-harm

Mind

Elizabeth Vann shares her experience of therapy, from working through self-harm to exploring a diagnosis of bipolar disorder. She estimates 19 years of therapy have cost over £30,000 – but she deems it the best decision she ever made.
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26Jun

Meet the Therapist: Karen Stallard

Karen Stallard

meetthetherapist, video

Therapists

Karen Stallard is an art therapist in Islington and online: "The arts provide a safe and contained way of exploring very vulnerable parts of the self. Sometimes words just can’t describe the feelings that lay deep down."
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25Jun

Covid in the Consulting Room: How My Therapy Practice Has Changed

Sue Cowan-Jenssen

coronavirus, therapists

Therapists

Therapist Sue Cowan-Jenssen reflects on how Covid-19 has changed her therapy practice, both in terms of moving online, and in terms of her work with clients
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24Jun

Anti-LGBTQIA Abuse and How to Respond to it

Dora Darvasi

abuse, LGBT, society

Therapists

LGBTQIA abuse wrongly still occurs and is deeply hurtful, scary, and damaging to mental health. Therapist Dora Darvasi shares their own experience and offers ways to support yourself and others who may experience abuse.
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