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03Jan

Here's How to Make New Year Resolutions Actually Stick

Kathryn Marlow

change, newyear, resolutions

Therapists

Setting unrealistic resolutions and giving up a few weeks in – sound familiar? Therapist Kathryn Marlow explores how to embrace a more sustainable, and successful, goal-setting attitude.
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31Dec

Meet the Therapist: James Hall

James Hall

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Therapists

James Hall is a counsellor in Bristol and online: "I was fortunate to overcome my own shadow with professional help and that gave me an appetite to want to find out more and give something back."
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20Dec

Wrap Up the Year with the Gift of Self-Compassion

Joanna Burridge

Christmas, newyear, selfcompassion

Therapists

The end of the year is often a time for celebration and reflection. Counsellor Joanna Burridge encourages self-compassion and healthy goal-setting for the New Year.
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20Dec

Dear Therapist..."Christmas Triggers Old Disordered Eating Patterns"

Kelly Hearn

Christmas, deartherapist

Therapists

The Christmas and New Year period can be a minefield if you struggle to maintain a healthy relationship with food. Therapist Kelly Hearn offers some advice to one reader.
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17Dec

Moments of Comfort: Embracing the Joy in Life’s Simple Pleasures

Gill Hasson

selfcare

Soul

Small acts of self-care and mindfulness can make all the difference to our experience. Gill Hasson offers some simple tips to help you find calm and joy in the small things.
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16Dec

Julia Samuel Says Covid Pandemic Makes Us All Feel Grief and Loss

Welldoing

bereavement, Christmas, coronavirus, grief

Mind

Grief psychotherapist and author Julia Samuel spoke to Welldoing's Louise Chunn about how the pandemic is affecting us all, and what we can do over Christmas and New Year to cope better with feelings of loss and bereavement
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15Dec

Why Do I Feel Like a Child Again When I Go Home for Christmas?

Yasmin Rashid

childhood, Christmas, family, identity, psychology

Therapists

No one can get under our skin like family and at Christmas you might find yourself acting like the child you thought you had left behind. Therapist Yasmin Rashid explains this tendency to regress and offers some tips to foster self-compassion.
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15Dec

What I Wish I Had Known About Mental Health

Nick Bracks

mensmentalhealth, OCD

Mind

Nick Bracks remembers a time when he suffered in silence because he didn't understand he was struggling with intrusive thoughts. Now he tries to help others by speaking up about mental health – here's his story.
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14Dec

Freud, Agatha Christie, and the Intrigue of Detective Stories

David Cohen

books

Mind

Did you know Freud was a big Agatha Christie fan? David Cohen's new book Inspecting Psychology explores the links between two different kinds of detection.
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10Dec

Meet the Therapist: Irena Sekulska

Irena Sekulska

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Therapists

Irena Sekulska is a therapist in Stoke Newington and online: "Therapy with me invites you to stop searching for fulfilment outside of yourself and meet yourself fully, just as you are – unfixed, unembellished, imperfect. This most simple and intimate meeting is not easy. Yet if you are willing to stop and meet this longing fully, it can reveal your true nature: radiant, free, and already fulfilled."
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