Peppermint Practice

17/09/2021

Excellent evidence based leaflets on looking after yourself and others with mental health problems such as depression, bipolar, social anxiety, panic, self-esteem, procrastination, perfectionism and eating disorders

Self-help resources for common mental health problems such as depression, anxiety, low self-esteem, sleep problems, and perfectionism. Includes workbooks made up of modules, brief information sheets, and worksheets that you may wish to use, or that your therapist may help you with. Materials develop...

11/09/2021

Trusted evidence based support for anyone with an eating disorder

09/09/2021

I love the school of life for distilling down complex ideas in an engaging easy to understand way

However old we might be, none of us is ever quite emotionally mature - but having a list to hand of what maturity consists of might be a way of keeping score...

23/08/2021

So true!

How our body image is developed✨ // .holistic.psychologist

03/06/2021

Another poem one of my wonderful clients shared with me recently.
For Grief by John O'Donohue.
When you lose someone you love,
Your life becomes strange,
The ground beneath you gets fragile,
Your thoughts make your eyes unsure...

27/05/2021

Lots of loss around in my practice at the moment so I've been reminded of this lovely poem that one of my clients took to the funeral of her loved one who was a Christian. We don't choose those dark threads and loss almost always feels messy and confusing.

20/05/2021

Lots of conversations recently about how under represented Men are in the Counselling world (both as therapists and clients) but if we are ever going to make it easier for men to share how they are (and change the disgraceful stats on male su***de), therapy alone will not be enough. We need more initiatives like this, probably in a town very near you

It’s here to remind all men that they are not alone, that other men feel exactly the same way they do, and if we share our feelings we can become mentally strong. 

13/05/2021

Great example of a womans response to a violation of her right to privacy. Especially important in these post covid times when lots of couples have had to move their s*x life online https://voic.org.uk/ make sure you check out https://revengepornhelpline.org.uk/ if this applies to you

Victims Of Image Crime: Speak Out!

06/04/2021

28th May is International Day of action for Women's Health. Women's health issues have been coming up in my practice a lot more over the last few years. Bias in medical research means that many women end up trawling the internet in search of answers but some brilliant communities have sprung up sharing their experience and this book is a collection stories, brilliantly told with humour and grace from one such community. https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B08SHVL5ZM/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=not+your+typical+menopause&qid=1610099260&s=digital-text&sr=1-1

05/02/2021

Another sanity saving video for new parents from Swansea University https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dpXg0qLYV_Y

29/01/2021

Excellent documentary made as part of the Student S*x Work Project https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xCRucByQsJw glad to see the handy work of Chris Morris and Newport Film School again

26/01/2021

Looking forward to my CPD with Birkbeck, University of London tomorrow. The last one I did on working with Trauma was brilliant and sounds like Working with Race in Short term HE will be every bit as good.