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My Mental Health: Writing saved me

We use words every day, we speak them, we text them, we tweet them but how often do we sit down with pen and paper and actually write about

2 min

Diary of a Therapist: You've started your private practice...how's it going?

My client base is building slowly, and I’m feeling humbled by the material that’s shared with me and am grateful for the supervision I’ve ha

3 min

Self-care: Increasing activity the compassionate way

Often when people try to increase their activity levels in an attempt to feel better, they often want to start with the things they “should

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5 things I've learnt in my first year of private practice

You will feel vulnerable, and that's ok. I lost count of how many times I changed my online profiles and my website in the first few mon

5 min

The Power Of Writing

When I was hospitalised 7 years ago for severe depression, my husband used to give me three words a day and I had to write a poem for each w

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My Mental Health: Writing saved me

Diary of a Therapist: You've started your private practice...how's it going?

Self-care: Increasing activity the compassionate way

5 things I've learnt in my first year of private practice

The Power Of Writing