Magic Hands : Calm Minds - Counselling, Reiki and Bowen

25/09/2025

How can I help you? My counselling clients come to me for many different reasons.

💜 This is an example of one of the things I can help with ⬇️

One of my first clients came to me with a self-confidence problem. She had a good job with plenty of prospects, but she didn't dare speak up in meetings and she felt that was holding her back. Our early sessions were about what was going on for her when she was in a meeting, and

24/09/2025

💜 For counselling, it really is a question of how long is a piece of string.

If you've been struggling for a long time you might need to come regularly for months or even years, but you should start to feel better fairly quickly, often after only a few sessions.

My job is not to turn you into some pre-defined version of 'normal' or to apply a process to you, but to leave you feeling the way you want to feel. Only you will know when that's happened. For that reason I don't ask clients to sign up to a specific number of sessions, although I might suggest making a recurring appointment just for practical reasons.

23/09/2025

Not really sure what counselling is, or how it could help?

💜 This video gives an introduction to what counselling from Magic Hands : Calm Minds might do for you ⬇️

This video gives an introduction to what counselling from Magic Hands : Calm Minds might do for you.

22/09/2025

How you can support someone else with their mental health 💜 Tip 6

✨ Talk understandingly about mental health issues ✨
Trying to be there for someone today won't work if you were talking about nutjobs and lightweights yesterday.

🌟 Make emotional health a normal topic of sensitive discussion.

💜 I hope you have found these tips helpful. If you missed any, do go back and have a look.

19/09/2025

Supporting someone else with their mental health 💜 Tip 5

✨ Be observant and reach out ✨
People struggling emotionally often feel they should be able to cope and realising they can't makes them feel even worse.

That makes them reluctant to ask for help.

🌟 So if someone seems a bit 'off' their usual self, ask if they're
ok and when they say yes, say 'Are you sure?' That will encourage them to talk, but don't push them if they aren't ready.

18/09/2025

6 ways to support someone's mental health - tip number 4 💜

✨ Be genuine and specific ✨
'Let me know if there's anything I can do' feels like being supportive but leaves it with the struggling person to ask for help, which can be very hard.

🌟 Offer specifics, even if it's only taking them for a coffee, to demonstrate your willingness to be there for them and don't take no for an answer.

17/09/2025

How can you support someone else who is struggling with their mental health?

💜 This is tip number 3, so if you missed the first 2 do take a look at my posts from this week.

✨ Validate their emotions ✨
Telling them to cheer up, not to be silly or to remember that it could be worse isn't helpful for someone who is struggling with their mental health.

If it was as simple as 'just cheering up' they would have done it.

🌟 Saying something like 'that sounds really hard' or 'it's ok to feel like that' is supportive and empathetic.

16/09/2025

6 ways to support someone's mental health - tip number 2 💜

✨ Don't make it about you ✨
You might have had a similar experience or something far worse, but that doesn't mean you know how they feel or what they should do.

They're not you and talking about your experiences can make them feel even more inadequate because they aren't coping as well as you.

15/09/2025

How can you support someone else who is struggling with their mental health?

💜 I have some tips to share with you over the coming days. Here is the first.

✨ Don't try to fix things ✨
The natural tendency when someone talks about their problems is to try to offer advice or solve the problem for them.

When someone has mental health issues that's the last thing they need.

🌟 It's far better just to listen.

12/09/2025

What is rumination and what can I do about it? 🤔

Do you struggle to turn your brain off? It's called rumination and it's a thing.

💜 Watch for more information and hints on how to fix it.

Do you struggle to turn your brain off? It's called rumination and it's a thing. Watch for more information and hints on how to fix it.

11/09/2025

✨ If you would like to book some emotional or physical therapy, or have any questions, you can get in touch via email or phone ⬇️
💻 therapist@magichandscalmminds.co.uk
☎️ 07974 203480

10/09/2025

💜 Finding one thing a day to be glad of 💜

If things are tough it's difficult to avoid looking on the dark side. But there is always something positive; so make an effort every day to find one thing, no matter how small, that has gone well or that you're grateful for.

What is that one thing for you today? Let me know ⬇️