If you’ve experienced trauma, stress, or chronic fatigue and feel disconnected from your body, therapy can help you begin to reconnect with it — one safe step at a time.

If you've experienced a traumatic event, it's essential to recognize that your feelings are normal responses to an abnormal situation....

Trauma is not a one-size-fits-all experience. It affects everyone differently and can manifest in various forms. Broadly, trauma can be...

Anxiety is something that all humans experience. In fact, if you did not experience any anxiety you would be considered to be abnormal!...

We have evolved to think. From the moment we wake up in the morning - off our thoughts go. We think, think, think about the future and...

Before reading this article, I would like you to familiarise yourself with the basic model used in Cognitive-Behavioural Therapy, called the five-area model, which can be found here: https://www.drstuartpsychologists.com/post/cognitive-behavioural-therapy. I am writing this on the 29th January, 2021, which I believe is one of the best times of the year to talk about guilt but before we discuss ways of dealing with guilt, we will understand together how it fits within evolutio

A Portable Paradise or as psychologists call it 'A Safe Place'. Help with trauma, feeling overwhelmed and generally to help us feel better.

E MDR (Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing) What is EMDR? EMDR is a form of therapy based on the understanding that the...

What is depression? The term depression comes from the Latin ‘deprimere’ which means to ‘press down’. It is far more, however, than just...

The 'Observing Mind' and the 'Thinking Mind' You may have heard the term ‘ mindfulness ’. One way of explaining this is in terms of the...

For most people there is nothing better than getting in to bed and relaxing before dropping off to sleep. For others, this process can be a painful one of fretting, worrying and hours of trying to sleep. Here we will briefly outline the important areas of consideration when wanting to drop off easily. Let’s begin with the important things to remember during the day. Day-time events: · It is important to try to exercise each day – if we use our muscles during the day this can

Research shows that if we have the same routine for between thirty minutes and an hour each evening before going to sleep, then our brains develop the understanding that that particular set of behaviours results in us going to sleep. After a short time of having the same routine each night, when we carry out the first behaviour in the set of behaviours, our brain starts to shut down in preparation for sleep. As such, a sleep routine is really important. A sleep routine is ver

How do we develop beliefs and how could evolution be working against us?