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This Is Why Therapy Is So Important

Well our minds are just like the backpack, and get so clogged up with thoughts, that as the years tick by, if we don't release some of t

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I don't have all the answers but I do have the power to change this

I was thinking about a family but slowly over 2019 things started to “erode” me. The frustration was that I didn’t realise this. I didn’t ev

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The emotional impact of parenting a disabled child

The range of emotions parents feel in relation to having a disabled child can be confusing, paradoxical and change in response to their envi

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Thinking of changing Therapist? Me too

This isn’t the first time I’ve thought about changing therapist. Along the way I’ve considered this before. Here I outline some of the think

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What I have learnt from my mental health

The saying ‘Once you have hit rock bottom, the only way is up’ really applies, I have walked through such darkness and felt things I would n

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This Is Why Therapy Is So Important

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