What is the Menopause and can Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT) help?

This year, World Menopause Day is the 18th October. The aim of the day is to provide support to women who are going through menopause and to raise awareness of the menopause and the support options available. My experience of the (peri)menopause thus far is that it’s an exhausting, lonely, scary and overwhelming place to … Read more

How to look after your mental health when working from home

This week, the government announced that due to coronavirus cases spiking across the UK, anyone who could work from home, should do so. The latest guidelines suggest that these new coronavirus restrictions for England could last for up to six months. With this in mind, it is important to note that working from home for … Read more

How to Avoid Being Psychologically Destroyed by your Newsfeed

The past couple of months have been awful, in terms of what I have been seeing in my newsfeed – storms Ciara and Dennis, flooding throughout the UK, Brexit, Megxit, coverage of the Weinstein trial, the sudden death of Caroline Flack and the Coronavirus amongst others. I’ve been thinking a lot about the mental health impact … Read more

What Do I Do When Someone is Suicidal?

World Mental Health Day is on October 10th and this year, the theme is Suicide Prevention. EVERY 40 SECONDS, SOMEONE LOSES THEIR LIFE TO SUICIDE. There are more deaths from suicide than from wars and murder together! Let’s just take a moment to let that sink in … Furthermore, for each suicide it is suggested … Read more

Finding a Cognitive Behavioural Therapist and the importance of Accreditation

Over the last few years there has been an increasing demand for Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT). At the time of writing, the psychotherapy profession is unregulated. What this means, is that anyone can call him or herself a Cognitive Behavioural therapist and anyone can say that they provide CBT (whether they have had appropriate training … Read more