Swindon LIFT Psychology

18/03/2025

Give our main page a follow! We Are Talking Therapies

16/01/2025

Head over to our new page - BaNES, Swindon and Wiltshire Talking Therapies We Are Talking Therapies! Give it a like!

Have you heard? We have launched our own website! 🚀

The new website is to support those experiencing stress, anxiety, low mood or depression.

Aileen McArthur, Head of Talking Therapies said: “We often hear that getting the right type of mental health information and support is difficult so we hope the new BSW Talking Therapies site will make it much easier for people to get the help and signposting they need more quickly and conveniently.”

Check out our website here: www.awp.nhs.uk/our-services/talking-therapies or to read more: www.awp.nhs.uk/about-us/news/stories/new-mental-health-website-launched

16/02/2024

Head over to our new page We Are Talking Therapies.

18/01/2024

👋 Welcome to the new Talking Therapy page for BaNES, Swindon and Wiltshire.

Here we will be posting top tips and useful information.

Follow for more!

01/06/2023

LIFT Psychology is changing to Swindon Talking Therapies as part of a national rebrand.

30/03/2023

24/12/2022

On the twelfth day of Christmas, my therapist shared with me 'The Chimp Paradox' by Professor Steve Peters.

An amazing introduction to CBT, using easy to understand language of our chaotic chimp and organised computer brain. A great read for those struggling with stress or fans of our Stress and Mood Management course.

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23/12/2022

On the eleventh day of Christmas, my therapist shared with me 'Why Has Nobody Told Me This Before?' by Dr Julie Smith.

Filled with secrets from a therapist's toolkit, Dr Julie provides simple but expert advice and powerful coping techniques to help you stay resilient no matter what life throws your way.
Written in short, bite-sized entries, you can turn straight to the section you need depending on the challenge you're facing - and immediately find the appropriate tools to help with . . .

- Managing anxiety
- Dealing with criticism
- Battling low mood
- Building self-confidence
- Finding motivation
- Learning to forgive yourself

(Available at Swindon Libraries for free)

22/12/2022

On the tenth day of Christmas my therapist shared with me 'Classic Pacing: For a Better Life with ME' by Ingebjørg Midsem Dahl.

At Lift Psychology we work with many long term health conditions, hosting a range of courses aiming to help with managing these and any mental health difficulties interlinked with this. You can find out more about these courses, starting in the new year, on our website. Pacing is something that has been strongly recommended for many conditions, including fatigue, so this is a suggestion for those awaiting our courses. Here is a book recommendation from Swindon's Chronic Fatigue team.

21/12/2022

On the ninth day of Christmas my therapist shared with me 'Overcoming Anxiety, 2nd Edition: A Self-Help Guide Using Cognitive Behavioural Techniques' by Helen Kennerley.

This is part of the Overcoming series - an amazing collection of books dedicated to overcoming different struggles with anxiety, from health anxiety, phobias, panic and OCD to worry. A short and practical book.

(Available for free at the library)

20/12/2022

On the eighth day of Christmas my Therapist shared with me 'The Sleep Book' by Dr Guy Meadows.
A third of the population sleep badly, especially with all the changes to our routines that can happen with Christmas trips and the frenzy of organising. But you don’t have to be one of them. Using a blend of mindfulness and new ACT therapy techniques, the book shares a five-week plan to help your sleep problem. The Sleep Book is the sum of a doctorate degree in sleep and well over 12,000 hours spent working with more than 2,000 insomniacs in one-to-one clinics, workshops and retreat environments.
(Available at the library for free).

19/12/2022

On the seventh day of Christmas, my therapist shared with me 'Mind Over Mood, Second Edition: Change How You Feel by Changing the Way You Think' by Dr Greenberger and Dr Padesky.

Cited as “The Most Influential Cognitive-Behavioural Therapy Publication” by the British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies. This is a self help workbook providing an introduction to CBT (the main therapy we use at Lift Psychology) with a main focus on managing critical and anxious thoughts so we can get back into the life we want. A book best read over a few weeks or months, so you can take a week or two to complete each worksheet.
(Available for free at the library)