Shared Journeys Therapy

05/09/2022

05/03/2022

Umbrella Cymru are a gender and sexual diversity support service based in Cardiff. Services include emotional support, information and signposting, counselling, advice, guidance, practical support and advocacy.
For further information go to: www.umbrellacymru.co.uk

23/02/2022

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https://www.sharedjourneystherapy.co.uk/

20/02/2022

20/02/2022

(𝐌𝐁𝐀𝐂𝐏) & 𝐕𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 ‘𝐏𝐬𝐲𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐲 𝐓𝐨𝐝𝐚𝐲’ 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐃𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲

Nicola Williams, Psychotherapist, Bridgend, CF35, 01656 334572, Hi, I'm Nicola. I am a qualified and registered cognitive behavioural psychotherapist. I have over 20 years experience within the NHS as a qualified mental health nurse, mainly practicing within primary care mental health services. I ha...

23/11/2021

𝗝𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗮 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝗽𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗮𝘀 𝗜’𝗺 𝗮𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗽𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝗯𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗮 𝗯𝗶𝘁 𝗻𝗲𝗴𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗹𝘆.
𝗜𝘁’𝘀 𝘀𝗼 𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗴𝗻𝗶𝘀𝗲 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗮 𝗯𝗶𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗱𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗳-𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗱𝗲𝗱, 𝗮𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗴 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗼𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗲 𝗱𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝘃𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗴𝗼 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗮𝗰𝗸-𝗯𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗲𝗿 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗮 𝗯𝗶𝘁.
𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗰𝗮𝗻’𝘁 𝗽𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗮𝗻 𝗲𝗺𝗽𝘁𝘆 𝗰𝘂𝗽, 𝘀𝗼 𝗜’𝗺 𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮 𝗯𝗶𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗿𝗲𝗳𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗲 😊. 𝗢𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗜’𝗺 𝗳𝘂𝗹𝗹, 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗯𝗲 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗽𝗼𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗴𝗮𝗶𝗻 👍🏾

07/11/2021

17/10/2021

Inside: A child therapist's favorite ways to help kids learn to take a deep breath, including quick explanations and videos of deep breathing techniques.

13/10/2021

I don’t know why I suddenly felt the need to write this, and it’s a bit more personal than most of my posts on here, but perhaps there’s someone out there that needs to hear it right now?

There’s so much pressure on kids leaving school, and having to decide their direction in life, college, uni, deciding on a career they want for the next 40+ years. If you’re young and just don’t know, or if you feel stuck and wish you’d taken a different direction, it’s never too late.

I was never great in school for many reasons. A lot was due to my own poor mental health at the time. I wasn’t interested and never worked hard. My ‘revision time’ was mainly spent in the pub and I remember my entire revision for my English GCSE was sitting on the swing before school reading the front and back page of pride and prejudice and hoping it would get me through (it didn’t).

One of my clearest memories of picking up A Level results (which I did because I had no idea what else to do) was opening my envelope, seeing an ‘E’ which was barely a pass (not surprisingly), and hearing a girl who failed say in a horrified voice ‘even Nic passed’.

After a few college courses and jobs, still not really sure of my direction, I decided I wanted to be a nurse. I qualified at 24 and it was many years later I decided to go and do a degree module after being encouraged to do so. It had been many years since I last studied, with many personal struggles knocking my confidence in myself, and what I was capable of. Despite my doubts, I passed the module, then another, and got the confidence to complete my degree, shortly followed by post graduate study to become a therapist.

We all have different situations and I’m not saying it’s always easy. However if confidence is holding you back, or you think the decisions you made at 16-18 have to define your working life for the next 40 years, it doesn’t. During my nurse training I was studying with people in their 40s and 50’s who went on to become some of the best nurses.

Sometimes we feel stuck, and sometimes change is scary, we think we’re not good enough, or it’s hard to see the end in sight, but wherever you are in life we have a choice and a right to move in the direction that makes us happy or fulfilled. There may be setbacks, at times it may be 1 step forward and 2 back, but it’s never too late.

03/10/2021

𝙉𝙚𝙭𝙩 𝙎𝙪𝙣𝙙𝙖𝙮 𝙞𝙨 𝙒𝙤𝙧𝙡𝙙 𝙈𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙖𝙡 𝙃𝙚𝙖𝙡𝙩𝙝 𝘿𝙖𝙮

The theme this year is ‘mental well-being for all’, with a focus on improving accessibility to mental health resources for everyone, no matter who they are and where they live.

You can share awareness by simply sharing this picture, adding an awareness ribbon to your profile photo, and encouraging others to talk. Just a simple act of showing support and understanding for mental health issues can reduce stigma and enable others to feel able to open up.

Mental health services aren’t perfect and Covid has certainly caused further difficulties in accessing support and waiting times. However, those of us working within the mental health field do care, and by continuing to pull together we hope for improved access for everyone, everywhere.