The Therapy Space Arundel

01/02/2026

We've been oh so quiet on the social media front...but less so in our lovely practice in Arundel Sussex! We have created another lovely therapy room and some new team members too. And launching this week to is our online booking system.

27/01/2025

✩₊˚.⋆☾⋆⁺₊✧Congratulations to Andrea✩₊˚.⋆☾⋆⁺₊✧

The BACP Accredited status was recently awarded to Andrea. This professional recognition is a testimony to her distinguished, ethical, and safe practice. It is a rigorous process, an amazing achievement.

To learn more about Andrea, you can visit her website at https://www.fieldpsychotherapy.co.uk/

Andrea works out of The Therapy Space Arundel at The Old Print Works Shops and sees clients online.

23/09/2024

Lovely to see Bliss-It Holistic Therapies enjoying the new therapy rooms at The Old Print Works Shops!

05/09/2024

Louise and her client’s have enjoyed settling in our new space this week and shared these lovely photos. Bliss-It Holistic Therapies.

Louise offers Hypnotherapy which can help with:

🎯 Stress and Relaxation
🎯 Anxiety and Panic Attacks
🎯 Weight Management
🎯 Confidence and Self-esteem
🎯 Fears and Phobias
🎯 Smoking Cessation amongst other things to find out more visit her website at https://www.bliss-it.co.uk/

02/09/2024

We are on the move...just a few doors down to No 16 The Old Print Works Shops in Tarrant Street Arundel. After 2 years and a few months we have outgrown our space. Thousands of therapy hours later, a calm space for our clients to explore the most complex of issues, the tears, the laughter and the joy of finding new ways forward.

Thank you No 12 for being a great place to start. No 16 will continue to provide all of the above and more and we will introduce the new space over the coming week.

26/01/2024

We are enjoying some beautiful flowers from a client this week at The Therapy Space. It is such a privilege to join our clients on their journey, to be alongside them, and to see them blossom and grow.

It is hard saying goodbye, and we appreciate the lovely thank-you gesture. The Old Print Works Shops

19/01/2024

We would like to welcome Louise to The Therapy Space Arundel. Louise is a Clinical Hypnotherapist, and a Usui Reiki practitioner and is passionate about empowering you to live the life that you desire.

Louise shares 'I understand you require your personalised approach, which is why all my treatments are tailored to you. With the right help, tools and knowledge, you will be empowered to take better steps for your future, and in doing so, create a better future for those around you too. Be it health, career-related goals, or other personal goals.

I can help you live a life that you desire by releasing negative, limiting beliefs, and anxieties that may block your path to peace, happiness, and success. The health of our mind, body and spirit are intrinsically connected and I hold a keen interest in the workings of the human mind and our behaviours in particular the subconscious mind, the language you use in your daily lives plays a vital role in your habitual thoughts, actions and the decisions you make.

Hypnosis is a natural state of mind that we will all enter at times throughout the day. Have you ever read a book or an article, you know you've read that last page but you don't recall the content of the text, or when driving on a regular route upon arriving to your destination you realise you don't remember much of the journey there? Well, that is the state of mind that we call Hypnosis. Hypnotherapy is a powerful, natural form of talking therapy, which has proven to be highly effective. With the introduction of Hypnosis, we are able to work directly with your subconscious mind, allowing us together to explore and understand deep rooted beliefs, and to reframe them to enable you to reach your desired outcome.

The word Reiki itself translates to Universal life force energy. When your energy becomes blocked within the body through physical or emotional pain, and over time, these blocks can cause illness and distress. Reiki helps you relax the body, mind and spirit, to restore your physical and emotional wellbeing, and to relieve your pain, speed healing and promote deep sleep, and reduce symptoms of some illnesses, bringing peace and clarity to your mind.

If you would like to find out more or book to see Louise please contact her at louise@thetherapyspacearundel.co.uk or call on 07702 570 613

12/01/2024

Our therapist Isabel has a busy weekend ahead with a new group of counselling student starting tomorrow withBognor Counselling & Training CIC

28/12/2023

The simple freedom of being you!

23/12/2023

Our offices are now closed until the 8th of January and we will respond to any messages then.

If you need any urgent mental health support over the break please call 111, and ask for Mental Health Support and they will connect you to the relevant team in your area.

In this area Sussex Mental Health Line - a 24-hour support and information line available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. It is operated by Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust and is available to anyone concerned about their own mental health or that of a relative or friend.

Phone: 0300 5000 101

20/12/2023

We would like to welcome Andrea Field - Psychotherapist to The Therapy Space Arundel

Are you feeling overwhelmed by life’s challenges, struggling with anxiety, depression, or the complexities of a life transition? Challenges in relationships, your career, health or family life may make it difficult to cope. How would you like things to be different? Exploring your thoughts and feelings with an experienced, compassionate psychotherapist in a safe, confidential space can help you find different ways of feeling, thinking and understanding. Whether it is a current issue troubling you, or something from the past, together we can address your concerns and instigate insight and change.

As an integrative psychotherapist I have been trained to work in a variety of ways and be flexible according to your needs. Each individual is unique and what is beneficial to us changes as we encounter challenges throughout life. My approach draws on humanistic, cognitive-behavioural and psychodynamic models of therapy to help gain a better understanding of your lived experience and how you make sense of it. With a flexible approach, you may choose to explore past experiences that have impacted your current life and relationships, or you may work on finding ways to deal better with challenges and gain practical skills. Alternatively, you may seek support during a challenging life transition or loss. Fundamental to my approach is a trusting and collaborative relationship which allows us to explore your issues together.

Whether you seek short- or long-term therapy, I am committed to providing the support you need that fosters insight and change. Seeking therapy can feel challenging. I offer a free introductory call which enables you to decide whether you want to work with me.

To find out more visit Andrea's website. https://www.fieldpsychotherapy.co.uk/

23/10/2023

Helping to build a future adult is a tough job, even at the best of times, and it is impossible to get it right all the time. We have tiny people growing up in a world that is very different to the one we grew up in, and navigating that can be challenging! We need to find ways to support their individuality and help them build solid foundations for their futures. Don't forget your impact will remain.

Our highly qualified therapists are here to help you or your little one. Get in touch if we can be of assistance.

01/10/2023

Last few places remaining! For an mid October start.

Have YOU ever thought training to become a counsellor, our CPCAB approved qualifications could be the start of an exciting new adventure. Whether you're at the beginning of your training or part way through we are committed to supporting you through your counselling journey & beyond.
Applications are currently open for our last cohort of this year for more information visit

https://www.bognorcounsellingandtrainingcic.org.uk/general-9

28/09/2023

21/06/2023

I think one of our Therapists at The Therapy Space Arundel needs therapy! Isabel has a few days off.....
.....we've just found out she has booked her first day off to go to a event at Arundel Town Hall.

Thanks Google And Isabel, we will have a chat when you are back 😜

06/06/2023

Sometimes we can be so hard on ourselves, yet to someone experiencing the same we offer kindness and support. As a therapist I have come to conclude it is a universal human quirk.

How would it feel if you were to offer yourself the same kindness and support that you offer others. Sometimes (and maybe all of the time) doing your best is enough.

Be kind to yourself today!

Love from The Therapy Space Arundel team!

01/06/2023

Thank you, thank you, thank you! I am overwhelmed by the response to my request last week. This support really helps small businesses like mine.

Who knew, if you ask you will receive it seems!

30/05/2023

For many of us it is half-term week, and having some time out for ourselves can be a luxury, I have created this little Start of Week check-in for myself. Weeks can fly by, and it is easy to deprioritise ourselves in the busyness of life. Grab a cuppa and take 5 minutes to think about your week ahead and put YOU first.

25/05/2023

We love getting such wonderful feeback! And it is a joy and privilege to be alongside on our clients on their journey. After all, it is our clients doing the hard work in their everyday life.

The first steps can feel scary, and reaching out for help is brave, so if you have been thinking about counselling, please do reach out to our friendly and supportive team.

20/05/2023

My grandmother used to say 'The days are long but the years are short' and was reminded of this looking at a photo from 38 years ago. Time does fly...

19/05/2023

May I ask if you knew it is National Walking Month? How blessed are we to live in such a wonderful and diverse part of the world? Most of us are within striking distance of the coast and countryside.

I'll be honest with you before I got my walk nagger....otherwise known as Holly, I didn't realise how many wonderful places were on my doorstep.

I hope you get to enjoy some this weekend......

15/05/2023

Sometimes life can feel like we are constantly firefighting, too many, too often, can take its toll on our mental wellbeing.

Are you fighting too many fires? Counselling is a wonderful place to gain perspective and support. It is through life’s toughest experiences that we learn and develop resilience. Reach out if you need our help….

"fires".

04/05/2023

WOW where has a year gone! this time last year I viewed No 12 The Old Print Works Shops in Arundel Sussex, and was plotting and planning layouts, designs and building works. It was few months on before we were in! The birth of the The Therapy Space Arundel.

I have made a mental note to watch myself around May time I seem to have developed a habit of signing new leases etc.... This time for Bognor Counselling & Training CIC at the wonderful University of Chichester - Bognor Regis Campus!! Eeeeeeek watch this space!

27/04/2023

When does being helpful become unhelpful?

I am wondering what your initial reaction to this post was. Most get upset or angry at the suggestion to stop trying to be so helpful. After all, being there for someone we love and care about is the bedrock of human relationships, and suggesting we stop trying to be so helpful might feel uncaring and mean.

When we see someone we love struggling, it is a deeply human response to want to help, and we are by no means suggesting that you stop altogether, but sometimes pulling back, and trying less can be more caring.

From my own personal experience, at some of the most difficult points in my life, having someone that was so helpful made me feel worse, an even bigger failure. Don’t get me wrong, I was grateful, but at the time it felt as if it magnified what a failure I was, rather than providing the intended and well-meaning support. Those helpful comments ‘it’s not so bad’ or ‘it will be better soon’ were things I couldn’t even hear, never mind hold on to, it didn’t provide the hope that was intended. Sometimes it even felt a judgement, a harsh judgement, that I wasn’t doing enough to ‘get myself out of it’ when I was fighting with every ounce of my being to get through the next 5 minutes, never mind an hour or a day…..

Sometimes being so helpful, or indeed too helpful, can have the opposite impact on a person struggling. Getting the balance right between being supportive and rescuing can be challenging. And indeed, sometimes we can start to drown too. Our desperation to see our loved one in a better place and take a toil too. Brené Brown shares beautifully the difference between sympathy and empathy “Empathy fuels connection. Sympathy drives disconnection” Sometimes when we desperately need empathic understanding, and we get sympathy, it can feel like the person helping might think there is a magic response to alleviate all our pain and suffering. Indeed, she further states ‘rarely can a response make something better” and “what makes something better is connection”.

Sometimes being so helpful is about our own discomfort and pain, seeing someone we love suffer, experiencing the impact of that, and how we can quickly get them or ourselves away from it. I read this somewhere many years ago and it really resonated with me ‘Never in the history of telling someone to feel better has it made them feel better’, it was an ouch moment, but a truth I recognised about my own experiences too.

Some of the most helpful help I’ve received in my journey through life has been when someone sat alongside me, there was no troubleshooting, no shared words of wisdom, there was more silence, more space to just be, to start to wrap my head around the enormity of what I was experiencing and feeling. I didn’t have to justify, label, or explain, I could just be, and take a breather from fighting my external battles of trying to please and appease those that were being so helpful. It might have felt odd to most that I needed to focus my energy on the internal battles and demons, because to many that might have looked as if I was wallowing.

Having someone alongside me, in empathy, gave me space to face those battles and demons, that though scary, there were important messages and things I need to hear and face, and being as gentle as those people who sat alongside me were with me, I could tentatively start to make changes and see a clink of light at the end of the tunnel. I was blessed that those people never rushed me in the process, giving me space and time to feel and process some very difficult things.

It is through receiving truly empathic responses that I am able do the same for those I work with, and time and time again, I see how the baton of empathy passes on in their lives. I am so grateful for those empathic and mostly silent bystanders in my life, the space and peace you provided was life-changing.

I would be interested in your thoughts on this. Do you recognise yourself in this? Are you struggling and feeling lost and alone, or burning out trying to be there for someone? Please do share your experiences if you can.

Thanks Isabel The Therapy Space Arundel

17/04/2023

I had to share this one. It easy to get lost and forget about ourselves.

We know that to help our children to manage their emotions they need a calm adult to regulate with them and work through the difficulty together. We all know that when we have had very little sleep or we are at “breaking point” from over commitments, our tolerance levels are low. We become just as reactive as our kids and end up modelling the behaviour that we desperately want them to STOP.

A parent who is on edge is not going to be able to help an anxious child, it is a volatile combination. We need to recognize how we are feeling and do what we need to restore calm.

More information on my blog:

https://www.thetherapistparent.com/post/self-care-isn-t-selfish-your-child-s-mental-health-depends-on-it

Link in bio

30/03/2023

Anyone else have a super helpful toddler or little person? This is why we should let them help:

https://www.psychologytoday.com/intl/blog/freedom-learn/201809/toddlers-want-help-and-we-should-let-them?fbclid=IwAR1VBucsPMTI20HhpssoRwLneYQMajSPjWD9aFHBRJjokxkieuEYfuz43j4

If allowed to help, toddlers become great work partners later in childhood.

28/03/2023

Donna Ashworth The worse thing.
A gentle reminder to be you.

21/03/2023

A great FAQ article from Child Mind Institute on Sensory Processing.

What are the signs that a child is struggling with sensory processing issues? And what we can do to help these kids get more comfortable and confident?

21/03/2023

The Therapist Parent - "Our expectations of our kids can be so incredibly unfair. They are learning everything. It is our job to teach and guide. Emotions are hard to negotiate. Adults often find it hard, so why do we expect kids to know? " Love this!

Our expectations of our kids can be so incredibly unfair. They are learning everything. It is our job to teach and guide. Emotions are hard to negotiate. Adults often find it hard, so why do we expect kids to know?

www.thetherapistparent.com

19/03/2023

Why we are here at The Therapy Space Arundel

"Thank you! Thank you So much for your help & support and for being a kind and compassionate listening ear. Being able to speak openly to you has hugely alleviated the worries that had been carrying. You've given me the practical tools and kind words that I needed to start living in the present again, and thank you enough. can" ~ NH

17/03/2023

Does money buy happiness ??

Research suggests the answer is no.

17/03/2023

'The first order of business is to find ways to cope with feeling overwhelmed by the sensations and emotions associated with ther past.' ~ Bessel Van der Kolk

17/03/2023

'All of life is education, and everybody is a teacher, and everybody is forever a pupil' ~ Abraham Maslow

13/03/2023

"If you want to change the world, go home and love your family" ~ Mother Teresa

13/03/2023

"Anger doesn't have to be eliminated. Instead, one can choose to relate to its message of legitimacy, worth, and efficacy." A great article from Psychology Today
https://www.psychologytoday.com/ca/blog/the-wisdom-of-anger/202303/the-wisdom-of-anger?fbclid=IwAR3PPj4yOTOEVH5GVg_6u3yDzvXDwp4D06P8evIXilg1dIafiuoRcrZltFQ

Your anger may have more to teach you than you think.

10/03/2023

Lets talk War and Conflict. Its scary as an adult dealing with the uncertainty of war, and feeling sad for the people effected If we are feeling like that how do we begin to explain this to our children? Here Is a very useful article from Beacon House Therapeutic Services and Trauma Team about how to talk to your children about it:

09/03/2023

In 2021 it was report that Su***de is was the biggest cause of death in men under the age of 50 in the UK, and that around three quarters of deaths from su***de each year are men.
In this blog from Mind it explains why it so important for men to talk.

Jordan blogs about how much better he felt when he opened up about his depression.

08/03/2023

local leaders with Men Walk Talk

08/03/2023

Thank you Sign Management Limited. I think this looks fantastic !

Hanging sign graphics for The Therapy Space at The Old Printworks, Arundel