In the media: What's the worst thing to say to a single friend?
Chuffed to have contributed to this article in the Huffpost https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/worst-thing-to-say-to-single-peopl_uk_...
So Covid stole your Christmas?
I was very pleased to have some advice on surviving Christmas during the pandemic published in the Metro https://metro.co.uk/2021/12/24/...
Hoarding project success
I was so very happy to have been one of the counsellors working as a 'decluttering buddy' for a new scheme run by Mind in Croydon for...


6 ways to raise your self-esteem which you can start today.
Our self-esteem tends to rise and fall over time and can sometimes take a battering if we have a negative life experience. Our...


What’s self-care and why should I bother?
The most basic definition of self-care is that it is the action we take to look after ourselves, but it’s so much more than that. We’ve...


Big list of self-care ideas
Self-care at it's most basic is what we do to look after ourselves, but it's much more than that. Here is a list of ideas for ways to...


How to practice mindfulness without meditating
It feels like I see or hear something every day about mindfulness and how we should all be practising it. There’s a huge body of...
Identifying low self-esteem thoughts and behaviours
Here are some thoughts and behaviours common in people with low self-esteem. It can be useful to identify which ones resonate with you,...


Practical ways to build self-esteem
For most people looking to build their self-esteem, the first step is to raise their awareness and understanding of what might be...


Learning from 'in the moment' experiences in therapy
Channel 5 has recently run a reality TV series showing celebrities in therapy with psychotherapist Mandy Saligari. In Episode 2 we see...