From Inpatient to Therapist: An Unexpected Journey
Sometimes life draws you into situations that you never thought you’d be in. Spending time as an inpatient on a psychiatric ward for a few months has got to b
Why I want to work with Mormons across the belief spectrum
Recently I became a member of the Mormon Mental Health Association. This was met with confusion from a few people I know, and I wanted to clarify my position re
Thoughts and Feelings Aren’t Facts
This is important to realise when reflecting moment to moment, why am I feeling or thinking the way I am? It gets even more complicated if what we are thinking
Living Life by Our Values
Every day we make choices which affect the way we feel about ourselves and the world around us. It is amazing when we break them down, how often we make choices
Why has nobody told me this before? – Dr Julie Smith
Dr Julie Smith is a psychologist who came to appreciate how valuable therapy can be for people, but was equally frustrated that this knowledge wasn’t read
Safe Space in Therapy
It is so important that wherever therapy takes place, it is somewhere that you feel physically and emotionally safe. Felt good today with a client at the UKCN c
“What is grief, if not love persevering?” – The Vision, Wandavision
Wandavision is a series set in the Marvel cinematic Universe, about a woman with extraordinary powers and abilities, cope with the grief of losing someone she l
How my inner child feels, matters. You might struggle to hear its voice, but it’s there.
Children’s mental health awareness week has had me reflecting on what I wish I knew about mental health. We might experience things and assume that time h
Matt Haig, Notes on a Nervous Planet
“Keep allowing yourself the human privilege of mistakes. Be less robot, more human. Be more imperfect. Evolution happens through mistakes.” I read t
