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Beyond Therapy

Therapy service based in Bungay. Working with you to change your problematic thoughts and emotions.

Therapy service specialising in helping people navigate intense emotions, difficult thoughts, and problems in relationships. Ultimately our work is focused on helping people build a life they can love living. 1-1 and group sessions are available from Hannah, a Registered Mental Health Nurse and Intensively Trained DBT Therapist.

24/03/2025

I stumbled across this poem thanks to social media and have to say I love it.

It reminds us that we don’t have to carry our backpacks alone. If you’re feeling the weight of life’s challenges, I’m here to help you lighten the load.

16/02/2025

Trends usually pass me by, but this one caught my eye. I might be late (which is usually unheard of!), but reflecting on what I would tell my younger self was completely worth it.

Honestly, 16-year-old me would never have believed a word of it. Trust was an issue back then, if you had told me the sky was blue I would've assumed you were lying, and the life I live now was beyond my wildest dreams as a teen.

Thinking about what I’d say to that scared, awkward, socially anxious teenager brought up a lot of compassion and pride. I've come so far and overcome some huge challenges.

Sometimes, it's essential to take a moment to reflect on our journey and appreciate the small steps that have brought us closer to our goals. They might seem insignificant at the time, but they all add up. And let's not forget the leaps of faith we've taken along the way, that can move our lives hugely in one quick decision.

Take this as a prompt to have a moment for yourself today to reflect on how far you've come and the courage it took to get here. What would you tell your 16 year old self if you had the chance?

09/02/2025

What an incredible evening at last week!

Last week, I had the privilege of combining my coaching and therapy expertise to provide a visions and goals session for our members. We dived into understanding what matters to them, why they set their goals, and how to set more meaningful, achievable targets.

This week, I’ve been hearing about the progress and positive changes our members have made in just a few days. It’s truly rewarding to see their journeys unfold.

Feeling lost on your “why”? I’m here to help you build a life aligned with your purpose and values.

If you’re ready to get started, pop me a message on here or through my website and we can book an introductory telephone call.

03/02/2025

New Session Slots Available!

We are pleased to announce my current availability for therapy sessions, designed to provide support for managing difficult thoughts and emotions, as well as improving relationships.

I currently have a highly sought-after time slot fortnightly on a Wednesday at 5:30 PM available. It is rare that I have sessions available outside of regular working hours.
Additionally, there is a slot available on Tuesday at 3:30 PM. Do not miss this opportunity to prioritise your mental well-being.

Please contact me to book a free telephone introduction and reserve your session slot.

If you have any questions do not hesitate to reach out through social media or through my website.
www.beyondtherapysuffolk.co.uk

15/01/2025

Change doesn't happen by waiting. It begins when we take that first brave step. Paths aren’t always laid out for us, but each step we take carves a new trail, just like 'desire paths' that show where our hearts lead us.

In life, sometimes we have to walk the walk and take action toward long-term change, even if we don’t feel fully ready. Our values can guide us towards what we truly desire and help us move closer to a life we love.

If you’re ready to create a new path and start your journey, reach out to book a session. Let's walk this path together.

"Paths are made by walking them" - Franz Kafka

31/12/2024

I’m not a fan of pushing people into setting new years goals and targets. However, it is definitely a time of reflection and time to think about what we want for ourselves in the year ahead.

Last year I sat and thought about what 2024 was going to be and need from me and I set myself a word “perseverance”.

2024 has been one of the most challenging and exciting years of my life and I have certainly learned the value of perseverance over these last 12 months.

So in this time of reflection I invite you to pause with me and think about your word for 2025, what you would like to bring, what you might need or want more of, or what you might already have a bucket full of but you’re going to put to the test.

I’m still on the fence about my word for next year. I’m sure I’ll know it when it arrives - patience keeps popping up in my mind. As someone who likes everything done yesterday and who isn’t great at waiting for anything I’m not sure I’m ready to accept that challenge yet 😂

Feel free to share lists and lists of ideas in the comments below. You never know, something you suggest may not be right for you but could be a perfect fit for someone else to take away.

15/11/2024

Something new clients often ask me is this:
I have always been able to cope, I used to cope with far more stress than this. Why can't I cope with stress anymore?

Often our coping strategies are tools we have learned when younger, perhaps learning from others or through our own trial and error. Often when coping with high levels of stress our measure of 'success' with managing that is linked to how much we still manage to do, despite feeling stressed and exhausted.

These coping strategies absolutely have their place to manage short-term stress but often act as a sticking plaster, masking problems, while stress builds up over time.

Imagine a bucket with a tap running out of it and a hose filling itself back up. Water runs into the bucket (stress). The tap will be more or less on depending on helpful and healthy coping strategies we have and lets the water run away. If the tap is quick enough the bucket will never fill. However, some coping strategies are a 'hose'. These strategies make us feel like we are letting water out the bottom of the bucket but the reality is it is hosing back into the top, never really reducing the stress and overtime increasing the chance of the bucket overflowing.

Some examples of 'hoses' that help us feel better in the short-term but refill our bucket in the long-term could be - over exercising, alcohol, avoidance

Ultimately, we carry the stress with us and long-term our capacity to cope reduces which can lead to burn out. We can learn tools and techniques to help us 'turn on the tap' and regain our ability to cope and manage stress.

If you have found your tolerance to stress reducing recently I would always advise getting in touch before reaching the point of burn out and seeking support early from professionals. A first step that can help is to pause and ask yourself how you manage stress and whether there is the potential that some of those ways of managing could be sneakily adding back to the stress you are already feeling.

As always if you have any questions please feel free to comment below or get in touch by message.

- Hannah

28/10/2024

While this time of year can bring challenges in terms of our mood as the daylight hours start to reduce there are some perks. This sunset in the office is definitely one of the perks I’ve enjoyed this week!

Just like the year our lives have seasons and periods of change. These changes can bring challenges and also often are the thing that moves us toward the life we would like to be leading.

If you struggle with change, or feel trapped and stuck in life, then therapy can be helpful. We might be able to help you create the circumstances that move you toward the life you would like to be leading, or equally, a therapist’s role could be to help you hold fast and learn to cope with changes when that’s what needs to happen.

30/09/2024

Had a few hours today at home between sessions and spent some time making some goodies! I’m no cook but this is one of my favourite recipe books by . What we eat has such an impact on our mood - both in the long and short term.

In the longer term deficiencies and deficits really impact on our energy and mental health and have a knock on impact to other areas.
In the here and now spikes and crashes, emotion based eating, not eating enough or too much will also impact on how we feel.

This is one of my favourites from this cook book. Chocolate energy bars filled with fruit and seeds (and dark chocolate 🍫).

Often we associate food with only our physical health and ignore the emotional impact of what we are and aren’t eating.

The way to combat this is to start just paying attention to your mood / emotions after meals and snacks. Check in and ask yourself how you’re feeling. You might be surprised by what you notice 🙂

10/09/2024

One of my clients shared this quote with me at the end of last week. We were discussing acceptance and, specifically, radical acceptance and how this works for us in changing our life. I'm always impressed by how motivated my clients are and love to hear about their learning and exploration of the skills beyond what we cover in sessions together.

She shared this quote with me she had found and it feels a perfect description in many ways about why we have to work on radically accepting situations and our lives as they are. Not so we passively resign ourselves to the situation but rather so that we have the energy to do what needs to be done to improve the situation.

For the first time in a little while, I have some limited availability coming up for sessions. So, if you would like to learn about how we can work on accepting and seeing reality just as it is, to reduce your suffering, then get in touch to book your free telephone introduction to think about how I may be able to help you.

*Now, she didn't share who said this quote and a (quick) google today didn't help me so if you know who said it then please feel free to comment and I will include this information here.

09/09/2024

I bang on all the time about life worth living and building a life that brings us repeated joy, excitement, and ultimately pleasure in all forms. I’ve been practicing what I preach this last year or so and am running and cycling across Scotland at the end of the week.

A year ago I felt stuck in a rut, life wasn’t as I wanted it to be and honestly I felt pretty miserable and “trapped”. I loved what I did as a therapist supporting other people and I never want that to end but my own life goals were being neglected around my work.

How life has changed this year though. This weekend, for me, feels like it coming together. I’m going to take my time to reflect and pause on this (literal!) journey and just think about where I am right now and what I’m doing; now working as a coach bringing mental and physical health together, leaving the NHS and still working as a therapist, and undertaking a challenge I would’ve once believed was impossible for me.

The last 12 months have been life changing and at the point of signing up to this event if you had described my life now I wouldn’t have believed you!

When we are at Point A, getting to Point B can feel impossible or an overwhelming challenge and task. Ultimately I’m here due to small steps and shaping in life. This didn’t happen overnight, yet each day something will shift towards the life I’d like to be leading. I promise, you can do it too and it’s something we can all learn how to master taking these manageable moves. Sometimes we leap, sometimes we crawl, we do what is manageable for the time.

So… what would your “Point B” dream be? Sometimes we can’t even imagine what life might hold for us in a year. So perhaps ask, what can I do today that moves me toward how I’d like my life to be?

02/09/2024

An exciting parcel arrived in the post today! My new door sign for use when I’m in sessions 🪧

Having a private quiet space is so important. Often my clients find this might be the only hour in the week where they pause, prioritise their own needs, and give themselves a chance to think about what they need to happen to improve their mental health.

I often find myself supporting people who are over worked, burnt out, and exhausted. My clients work with me to build a life that is fulfilling and that they can thrive in- rather than just surviving and getting through each day.

Do you give yourself time each week to pause and reflect on where you are in life and where you would like to be? If so what does that time look like for you?

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Bungay

Opening Hours

Thursday	9am - 5pm
Friday	9am - 4:30pm
Saturday	10am - 12pm
Sunday	10am - 12pm

Website

https://www.beyondtherapysuffolk.co.uk/

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