Vale Coast Psychology

28/10/2025

I often introduce clients to mindfulness, meditation and breathing. The benefits for overall wellbeing are well known and if practiced regularly can reduce anxiety and depression.

The body scan is one exercise that can help you learn to focus on the present moment, noticing thoughts and emotions without judgement and redirecting attention back to breath or body.

Here is Jon Kabat Zinn to guide you through a 30minute body scan.

Jon Kabat-Zinn guides a 30-minute Body Scan meditation practice. (From The Mindful Way through Depression, 2007)

22/08/2025

This is a really helpful clip that I often share with clients, regardless of the type of therapy we are doing.

It helps people to change how they respond to their thoughts and emotions, so they don’t get tangled up in distressing emotions and thoughts.

Check it out:

Cognitive fusion and defusion is an important concept in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) that explains why we get stuck to our thoughts and how we ca...

05/08/2025

I often signpost people to this clip when they are struggling with bad dreams and nightmares, particularly when these are related to trauma experiences. It can be really helpful especially when therapy or a life experience is bringing distressing material to the surface in your dreams.

Watch this 5-minute animated video to learn how to stop all types of nightmares (including PTSD and no-recall dreams) and return to peaceful sleep using The ...

05/08/2025

We can help:
*if you are seeking a specific type of therapy
*need support for a particular problem
*if you are struggling and are uncertain about the cause and the best approach

📧 Email us at info@valecoast.co.uk to request your FREE information pack and take the first step towards feeling better.

We have good online availability and have some available slots for face to face appointments. Currently, we also have some availability in Neath and Porthcawl.

Clinical Psychologist providing therapy for adults who are experiencing adversity or difficulties with their mental well-being. 07789 915114

16/07/2025

Get unstuck!!

If you find yourself stuck when treating OCD with CBT & ERP, then join me to learn an alternative evidence-based approach - Inference based CBT.
For more information and to book:

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I also offer:
• small group supervision/ consult to clinicians
• 1:1 supervision for OCD, I-CBT and CBT with ERP.
• For more information and/or to book email me at andrea@valecoast.co.uk

For more information about I-CBT and to review the evidence base visit: https://icbt.online

For other training dates and self-study options: https://www.ocdtrainingschool.com/ocd-trainings

06/07/2025

Whether you're seeking short-term support or longer-term therapy, we're here to help.

📧 Email us at info@valecoast.co.uk to request your FREE information pack and take the first step towards feeling better.

Clinical Psychologist providing therapy for adults who are experiencing adversity or difficulties with their mental well-being. 07789 915114

03/07/2025

If you find yourself stuck when treating OCD with CBT & ERP, then join me to learn an alternative evidence-based approach - Inference based CBT.
For more information and to book: https://www.ocdtrainingschool.com/september-2025-i-cbt...
I also offer:
• small group supervision/ consult
• 1:1 supervision for OCD, I-CBT and CBT with ERP.
• For more information and/or to book email me at andrea@valecoast.co.uk
For more information about I-CBT and to review the evidence base visit: https://icbt.online
For other training dates and self-study options: https://www.ocdtrainingschool.com/ocd-trainings

01/07/2025

There are a growing number of large, well financed, corporate therapy providers in the market place at the moment.

Offering online therapy to everyone for everything.

What customers don’t know is why they are not necessarily the best choice. That they charge the customer high prices for sessions whilst passing on sometimes as little as half of that to the therapist.

Here is more information about the advantages of choosing a small private provider over a large corporate one.

Finding the right therapist can make all the difference when you’re going through a difficult time. Whether you are dealing with anxiety, depression, bereavement, trauma, relationship difficulties or something else, therapy should be a space that feels safe, consistent and focused on your individu...

11/04/2025

For those clinicians with an interest in OCD and BDD Andrea will be delivering a - Virtual /Online Live Inference based CBT Basic Training - on May 12th and 13th 2025. 12noon to 4pm each day. For those who require CPD hours for BABCP, I am a BABCP accredited CBT psychotherapist and clinical psychologist.

The course comes with 365-day access to a huge array of supporting resources. The cost is $175 (Approx. £135 exchange rate variable).

This course is a comprehensive I-CBT training based on the I-CBT manual. You will learn the information contained in the 12 modules of I-CBT as well as in-depth information about the mechanism of change in I-CBT: Inferential Confusion. This course includes access to the Resources Hub as well.

You will gain access to course materials one week before the trainings. You must attend live to get CEs for this course, but will have access to the videos for one year to continue your learning.

For more details and to BOOK visit: https://www.ocdtrainingschool.com/may-2025-i-cbt-basic-training-uk

27/01/2025

24/01/2025

Thought for Friday - Negative Thoughts

Those negative thoughts that come into your mind?
You have no control over them - they just appear.
ANY thoughts that come into your mind - just happen!

What you do have control over, is what you do with those negative thoughts.

🌺 You can believe they are true
🌺 You can think that's the only outcome because you thought it
🌺 You can limit yourself by thinking there's no other way

Or

💡 You can take control of that thought. Recognise that it is, just a thought.

Think about it and decide, what's the best thing, for me, that I can do with this thought?

Here's an example: We are very quick to put ourselves down aren't we? Saying things such as, "I'm rubbish at this." Or "I'm crap at that."

How can this negative thought be turned around into something positive?

By realising you've just had the thought that you're rubbish at this, or crap at that, and then deciding that you are going to think of it a different way.

Of course you're not rubbish at this. That's a belief (and as we know, beliefs aren't true). So let's have a go.....

After that negative thought, ponder and say...

"I want to be better at doing this than I am at the moment, so I'm going to practice and become better."

Or

"I am good at this."

This turns the original, negative thought, into a positive thought. With you realising there's a learning opportunity here, if you so wish.

This is just one example of the many thoughts we have, and believe them to be true, because we have thought them.

Be aware of what you're thinking, and you'll become more aware of the control you have over your thoughts.

Happy Weekend!🤩