It’s important to remember that burnout is a human condition. Other animals aren’t affected by it because they don’t experience the world in the way that we do. Our cognitive processes have a large part to play in burnout as Read more…
Author: Carol Hickson
Mental Health First Aid Okay you’ve decided that you want to have mental health first aiders in your workplace…what next? From a single Google search there are so many options available to employers so, how do you choose the best Read more…
Let me tell you about a young therapy client I saw recently. They play academy football and, at ten years old, the fear of failure has started to make them anxious. They are terrified that they will let their team Read more…
If you’re not sleeping well, it will likely have started to stress and frustrate you. The extra stress just sends you spinning further on a runaway wheel of anxiety. The more you focus on something the more it happens. I Read more…
Those people who live with chronic pain will tell you that on top of the pain itself, they feel exhausted. Constant pain debilitates you to the point where you may have days, weeks, or even months, at a time when Read more…
Here is a radio interview from August. I was invited to be a Denise Oliver’s guest on Calon FM’s Empowerment Hour. There’s a brief description of why I retrained as a therapist and also, a short explanation of the flight Read more…
Generalisations, we all make them. There you go – there’s another one! In fact, generalisations are one of the filters our minds use to make our personal meaning of the world. Some are useful shortcuts for us to follow. Like Read more…
We live in interesting times. It seems that the world has been shaken like a snow globe and nobody is quite sure where it’s going to settle. There’s a sense that the world is recalibrating, forcing us to address issues Read more…
We talk about mental resilience, but what is it? Mental Resilience is about being able to accept and adapt to change. Having a well-balanced mental state means you can react and respond successfully to all of life’s challenges. Even Read more…
We often use simple techniques in therapy. The secret is to practice them every day so that when you notice anxious feelings begin to appear you have a technique, which you know well, to help you. With practice these techniques Read more…