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Are your negative thoughts bringing you down? You may be experiencing an ‘Attack of the NATS’ (Negative Automatic Thoughts)
What are NATS and why do they ‘attack’? Negative automatic thoughts (NATs) are thoughts that tend to occur involuntarily as part of our day-to-day ‘self-talk’ and inner dialogue about how we are doing. They help us to monitor whether things are going OK or whether...
What is OCD? Understanding Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder and How Therapy Can Help
How OCD can affect people Many of us engage in behaviours that can resemble aspects of OCD, even though this is very different from having Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD). British culture is full of superstitions such as knocking on wood, crossing our fingers for...
What Is Your Safe Place?
The idea of a safe place or relaxing place is a widely used therapeutic technique that helps people calm their minds, regulate their emotions, and soothe their nervous systems. Creating a sense of safety and relaxation can support deeper emotional processing during...
11 reasons why acting on suicidal thoughts will not help you to feel better
When life feels unbearable, suicidal thoughts can be frightening and isolating. Support, practical alternatives and sources of immediate help can offer hope and a way through.
Why EMDR can be seen as a transformational therapy and how it can help you.
Have you ever experienced an event that was too upsetting to process and deal with at the time? Do you have recurrent nightmares or disturbing dreams, or negative thoughts that will not go away? If so, then EMDR processing could be a good therapy for you. In my...
How CBT can help you cope with life’s ups and downs
Life can feel overwhelming at times, but CBT can help you make sense of your thoughts, feelings and behaviours. Using REBT and the ABC model, I support clients to question unhelpful beliefs and build resilience.
What is ADHD in practice?
Working with ADHD has taught me that understanding, structure and compassion matter. I help clients manage symptoms, build confidence and create practical strategies for daily life.
Internalizers vs externalizers
One of the most interesting things I have found out about as a therapist and academic is the existence of ‘internalizers’ and ‘externalizers’ as a way of viewing and behaving in the world and how this can affect people’s mental health.
Suffering from anxiety? How my CBT and EMDR therapy approach can help you regain your inner calm, confidence and control.
While it is normal to have some kind of low-level ‘healthy anxiety’ related to a task or event, or internal rumination, it can get out of hand and even lead to panic attacks.
Latest reflections & recommendations
Re: Gabor Mate on ADHD
In Scattered Minds, Gabor Maté writes poignantly about ADHD, drawing on his own experience with Attention Deficit Disorder to help those who struggle with inattention, impulsivity, and emotional overwhelm. The book is particularly powerful because it combines his personal experience of living with ADHD with insights from psychology, neurology, and child development. Maté argues that ADHD is shaped primarily by environmental influences, offering an alternative perspective to the view that it is predominantly genetically based.
Gabor Mate in his book 'Scattered Minds' writes about ADHD
Low self-esteem? Here is a good book that might help
A good book for anyone suffering from low self-esteem. It can help you move away from the vicious circle of unhelpful thoughts, feelings and behaviours, and self-destructive thinking. The book gives some practical techniques from Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) to help move towards self-acceptance and improved self-worth.
Overcoming Low Self Esteem
Re: Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents – a great book
What I like about this book is that it explains the four different types of parents who can lack empathy and can be challenging, and also suggests how you could deal with them without becoming too upset yourself.
A really good book if you have challenging parents who can er towards being self-centred or narcissistic
Latest reflections & recommendations
Re: Gabor Mate on ADHD
In Scattered Minds, Gabor Maté writes poignantly about ADHD, drawing on his own experience with Attention Deficit Disorder to help those who struggle with inattention, impulsivity, and emotional overwhelm. The book is particularly powerful because it combines his personal experience of living with ADHD with insights from psychology, neurology, and child development. Maté argues that ADHD is shaped primarily by environmental influences, offering an alternative perspective to the view that it is predominantly genetically based.
Gabor Mate in his book 'Scattered Minds' writes about ADHD
Low self-esteem? Here is a good book that might help
A good book for anyone suffering from low self-esteem. It can help you move away from the vicious circle of unhelpful thoughts, feelings and behaviours, and self-destructive thinking. The book gives some practical techniques from Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) to help move towards self-acceptance and improved self-worth.
Overcoming Low Self Esteem
Re: Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents – a great book
What I like about this book is that it explains the four different types of parents who can lack empathy and can be challenging, and also suggests how you could deal with them without becoming too upset yourself.
A really good book if you have challenging parents who can er towards being self-centred or narcissistic
Latest blog posts
Are your negative thoughts bringing you down? You may be experiencing an ‘Attack of the NATS’ (Negative Automatic Thoughts)
What are NATS and why do they ‘attack’? Negative automatic thoughts (NATs) are thoughts that tend to occur involuntarily as part of our day-to-day ‘self-talk’ and inner dialogue about how we are doing. They help us to monitor whether things are going OK or whether...
What is OCD? Understanding Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder and How Therapy Can Help
How OCD can affect people Many of us engage in behaviours that can resemble aspects of OCD, even though this is very different from having Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD). British culture is full of superstitions such as knocking on wood, crossing our fingers for...
What Is Your Safe Place?
The idea of a safe place or relaxing place is a widely used therapeutic technique that helps people calm their minds, regulate their emotions, and soothe their nervous systems. Creating a sense of safety and relaxation can support deeper emotional processing during...
11 reasons why acting on suicidal thoughts will not help you to feel better
When life feels unbearable, suicidal thoughts can be frightening and isolating. Support, practical alternatives and sources of immediate help can offer hope and a way through.
Why EMDR can be seen as a transformational therapy and how it can help you.
Have you ever experienced an event that was too upsetting to process and deal with at the time? Do you have recurrent nightmares or disturbing dreams, or negative thoughts that will not go away? If so, then EMDR processing could be a good therapy for you. In my...
How CBT can help you cope with life’s ups and downs
Life can feel overwhelming at times, but CBT can help you make sense of your thoughts, feelings and behaviours. Using REBT and the ABC model, I support clients to question unhelpful beliefs and build resilience.
What is ADHD in practice?
Working with ADHD has taught me that understanding, structure and compassion matter. I help clients manage symptoms, build confidence and create practical strategies for daily life.
Internalizers vs externalizers
One of the most interesting things I have found out about as a therapist and academic is the existence of ‘internalizers’ and ‘externalizers’ as a way of viewing and behaving in the world and how this can affect people’s mental health.
Suffering from anxiety? How my CBT and EMDR therapy approach can help you regain your inner calm, confidence and control.
While it is normal to have some kind of low-level ‘healthy anxiety’ related to a task or event, or internal rumination, it can get out of hand and even lead to panic attacks.