What is EMDR, and why am I offering it?
EMDR is a therapy that can reach distressing memories that talking alone sometimes can't. Using guided eye movements, it engages the same process the brain uses during REM sleep. The emotional charge attached to the memory is lessened. Recommended by NICE and the NHS, it is used for trauma, anxiety, depression, phobias, and more.
What is People-pleasing?
For many people, people-pleasing only becomes visible when it starts to cost something: a growing anxiety, guilt that feels out of proportion, a sense of feeling unseen even in close relationships. This post explores what people-pleasing actually is, where it comes from, and why it can be so hard to recognise in yourself.
The Real Meaning of Self-Care: Compassion in Practice
Self-care is everywhere, in magazines, on social media, in adverts promising glow-ups and calm minds. Often, it’s linked with things like bubble baths, expensive serums, scented candles, or spa treatments. There’s nothing wrong with any of that, small pleasures can be lovely. But, self-care has been packaged and sold to us, tied up with messages […]
So, you’ve decided you want to see a therapist. But how do you find the right one for you?
At its heart, therapy is a relationship – a relationship built on trust. You need to feel that you can open up about intimate details of your life, to someone who is able to really listen to you and who won’t judge you. Opening up is not an easy process, but it is necessary for […]
