Remember January? It seems an age since everyone was planning their new year’s resolutions. Imagine if we’d known then what we know now.

Many of our services are now delivered online, whether it’s banking, shopping or healthcare, and we are increasingly used to the flexibility of accessing services from our own homes. Counselling is no exception.

Helping a Friend with Anxiety One of the best ways to help a friend with anxiety is to understand a little about anxiety and recognise how significantly it can affect someone’s life. Anxiety is a widely recognised feeling of fear, worry or uneasiness that can occur during stressful situations, such as job interviews or first… Read more: Helping a friend with anxiety

Food is part of everyday life, but our relationship with it isn’t always simple. What we eat and drink can play a part in supporting both our physical and mental wellbeing, but it is only one part of a much bigger picture. How we feel can also be affected by our experiences, relationships, physical health,… Read more: Food and mental health

When someone you care about is experiencing depression, it can be difficult to know what to do. You may be worried about saying the wrong thing. You might want desperately to help but have no idea what would make things better. Sometimes you may wonder whether you should encourage them, give them space, ask questions… Read more: Helping someone with depression

Animals and Mental Health For some people, an animal is much more than a pet. They might be company when the house feels very quiet, a reason to get out of bed in the morning, someone to talk to when talking to another person feels too difficult, or simply a warm body curled up beside… Read more: Animals and mental health

Deciding whether to try counselling can be difficult. You might know that something doesn’t feel quite right but not know whether it is something you need help with. You might have been thinking about counselling for a long time, or perhaps something has happened recently that has made you wonder whether talking to somebody could… Read more: Considering counselling?

Most of us know what it feels like to have a low day. Life can bring difficult experiences, losses and changes that leave us feeling sad, tired or overwhelmed for a while. Depression can feel different. Things that once mattered may seem distant. Getting out of bed, answering a message, making something to eat or… Read more: What is depression?

Anxiety can be a mixture of feelings such as apprehension, fear, agitation, nervousness, tension, stress and foreboding. Everyone experiences anxiety at some time in their lives, especially when faced with new, uncertain or challenging experiences such as exams, starting a new job or school, being unwell or meeting new people. Being anxious can sometimes be… Read more: What is anxiety

Self-compassion is about noticing when something is difficult and responding to ourselves with some of the kindness and understanding we might naturally offer to somebody else. It also means recognising that getting things wrong, struggling and sometimes not coping as well as we would like are all part of being human. It sounds quite simple.… Read more: Self-Compassion: Why Is It So Hard to Be Kind to Ourselves?