We recently received a lovely testimonial from a lady who had been living with anxiety for years. “Well, what can I say about Chris !! He is just amazing, and he has changed my life completely. I had suffered from anxiety for a very long time, but when Covid hit us, it got a lot …
Imagine a friend of yours shows you a cave….. It’s pitch black in this cave, there are lights available, but they can’t find the main switch – yet. All you have to find your way around is a pencil beam of light. As you try to find your way around the cave, your light picks out …
Sometimes, when I’m having a bad mental health day, I just say I’m tired or that I simply need a night in. Living with a mental illness takes some getting used to. To me, it is like spending all your money on a new house and having nothing left in the bank to furnish it. …
Stuck in Life’s Problems Stuck is a word often heard and used in therapy sessions. I sometimes feel stuck in certain aspects of my life, but luckily there is a lot that can be done about it. Often stuck can feel heavy, almost gloopy, and painful. It can be frustrating, disempowering, and angry. Being stuck …
What noise makes your skin crawl? Nails on a chalkboard or the scraping of a fork on a plate. Imagine never being able to escape the everyday noises that cause your fight or flight response. For those with Misophonia, a rare disorder triggered by certain sounds, running away is not always possible or practical. Misophonia …
Consistency is often sought in people’s beliefs and perceptions, so what happens when our beliefs conflict with those previously held? The term is used to describe the feeling of discomfort that results from two conflicting beliefs. Where there is a discrepancy between the two something must change to eliminate/reduce the dissonance. How does it work? …
Have you ever been in the position of a Victim, Persecutor or Rescuer, in a situation or a number of situations? For forty years, Stephen Karpman designed and utilised this three-sided model to reflect itself in daily situations. People over the years and to this day go back into one or all three sides of …
Have You Ever Done Something You Knew You Shouldn’t Have And Wondered Why? Yesterday I rushed through sending an email about our latest hypnotherapy training course. There was a part of me that knew by checking all the links and pages it would have been a much more thorough job. So why did I rush through …