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ARE WE TOO PRESCRIPTIVE IN THE SERVICES WE PROVIDE?

In some areas it would seem so.  In general business it would not make sense to produce a product or service that we think is great but the customers don’t.  Most successful businesses would do lots of market research to see what their proposed customer base wanted before investing resources.  So why then does it […]

July 21, 2022 in AA, Addiction, Al-Anon, Anger, Anxiety, Borderline Personality Disorder, CBT, Counselling, Counselling online, counselling via skype, couples counselling, Depression, Domestic violence, Face to Face Counselling in Haywards Heath, Online Counselling, Panic Attacks, Psychotherapy, relationship counselling, Relationships, Skype Counselling, Skype Therapy, Stress, Uncategorized by

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DO YOU HAVE SOMEONE CLOSE WHO STRUGGLES WITH ADDICTION?

One of the hardest thing in the World is to watch (The Concerned) someone (The Addicted) destroy themselves – little by little.  The method of their destruction is in fact not so important as the fact that they are hurting so much inside (even if they don’t actually realise it) that they do so.  Therefore, […]

April 15, 2019 in AA, Addiction, Al-Anon, Anger, Anxiety, CA, Counselling, Counselling online, couples counselling, english counsellors for ex-pats, ex-pat counselling, Face to Face Counselling in Haywards Heath, NA, Online Counselling, Psychotherapy, REBT, relationship counselling, Relationships, Skype Counselling, Skype Therapy, Stress by

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Who Are You?

Usually we just accept that things are ‘just the way they are’ and in particular ‘I am just the way I am’.  But usually we haven’t given much thought to this particular way of being – it is just how it is.  Until……..things start to go wrong, really wrong and we can’t seem to make […]

April 1, 2019 in Addiction, Anger, Anxiety, Borderline Personality Disorder, Counselling, couples counselling, Depression, Domestic violence, Face to Face Counselling in Haywards Heath, Online Counselling, Panic Attacks, Psychotherapy, relationship counselling, Stress by

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Some People

Some People have a clear vision of what life should be like Some People just jump into life head on   Some People are always afraid of what could happen Some People just embrace what does and make the most of it   Some People are never happy Some People never want anyone to know […]

March 28, 2019 in Counselling, Counselling online, Face to Face Counselling in Haywards Heath, Online Counselling, Panic Attacks, Psychotherapy, relationship counselling, Relationships, Skype Counselling, Skype Therapy, Stress by

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Mother’s Day – A day for celebrating or a day for regrets?

Most of us instantly see Mothers Day as a day for celebrating and thanking our mums for looking after us and doing the best they could for us during our lives.  However by definition the noun Mother is “a woman in relation to a child or children to whom she has given birth” and for […]

March 27, 2019 in Addiction, Anger, Counselling, Counselling online, counselling via skype, Depression, Domestic violence, Mothers Day, Psychotherapy, Relationships, Sexual abuse, Uncategorized by

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Quit smoking but avoid the pot holes!

Everywhere we turn we are faced with signs asking us to Quit Smoking.  There is a national campaign  to provide smokers with all the evidence to persuade them that smoking is bad for their health and to cease in their own best interests and we have  large scale offerings of how to do that.  We […]

March 13, 2019 in Addiction, Anger, Counselling, Depression, News, Psychotherapy, Relationships by

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Counselling – No Just Talking in Haywards Heath or Online!

I am still surprised how by just talking about a worry can make the World a nicer place for us to be.  It also never ceases to frustrate me how we are still are so backward about coming forward if we have some emotional sadness that we haven’t overcome. If we have a physical ailment […]

February 13, 2019 in Addiction, Anger, Counselling, Depression, Psychotherapy, Relationships, Uncategorized by

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WORLD BOOK DAY 2018 – Helping You to Help Yourself Recommendations

I believe that Counselling is about empowering people and as it’s World Book Day I would like to help that process by make the following reading recommendations.  This isn’t an exhaustive list as I am continually learning and updating from such wonderful authors as these.  These book recommendations are light, often funny reads which are also most […]

March 1, 2018 in Addiction, Anger, Borderline Personality Disorder, CBT, Counselling, Counselling online, counselling via skype, couples counselling, Depression, Domestic violence, english counsellors for ex-pats, ex-pat counselling, expatriot counselling, Face to Face Counselling in Haywards Heath, Online Counselling, Psychotherapy, relationship counselling, Relationships, Skype Counselling, Skype Therapy by

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Time to Talk Day

Wow.  We now have a special day to make “#time to talk”.    But as one of the complaints I hear from clients is “I find it difficult to talk” or “he/she won’t talk to me” if we now let ourselves off the hook by providing a special day for letting others know how we feel – […]

February 1, 2018 in Addiction, Anger, Borderline Personality Disorder, CBT, Counselling, Counselling online, couples counselling, Depression, Domestic violence, english counsellors for ex-pats, ex-pat counselling, Face to Face Counselling in Haywards Heath, Online Counselling, Psychotherapy, Skype Counselling, Skype Therapy by

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NEW YEAR – NEW YOU OR…….?

It’s here again – that time when some of us feel compelled to make Changes.  A New Year seems to hypnotise us into making new resolutions to stop eating so much, stop drinking so much, find a better job, find a better relationship, stop gambling etc. etc.  But unless we are 100% committed to making changes […]

January 5, 2018 in Addiction, Anger, Borderline Personality Disorder, CBT, Counselling, Counselling online, counselling via skype, couples counselling, Depression, english counsellors for ex-pats, ex-pat counselling, Face to Face Counselling in Haywards Heath, Online Counselling, Psychotherapy, relationship counselling, Relationships, Skype Counselling by

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