Wendy Priscott Psychotherapy

03/10/2025

𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗼𝗳𝘁𝗲𝗻 𝗱𝗼 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗽𝗶𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺 𝗮𝗴𝗮𝗶𝗻?
Did you know that looking at photos; especially those with a personal meaning or nature can be effective to improve wellbeing?
Several studies have shown that they can reduce stress, improve mood and promote mindfulness.

I have this picture on my phone and pinned to my fridge. Playing cricket with my dad when I was about 11. It always makes me smile and I notice myself relax.

I'll often suggest to clients to choose some go to pictures to look at for when they are feeling anxious. This may not completely reduce anxiety however they can help regulate the nervous system.

01/10/2025

If we regularly notice how we feel and identify if there is anything we need, our feelings are more likely to come and go like rippling waves.
If we've learnt that feeling our feelings isn't a good thing it can often lead to unhealthy coping mechanisms.

Understanding why we have feelings and how to be ok to feel them can be life changing.

29/09/2025

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29/08/2025

𝗔𝘀𝗹𝗲𝗲𝗽 𝘁𝗼 𝗮𝘄𝗮𝗸𝗲
When you have a family, pets or both it can be very easy to focus on others as soon as you wake. Matching the pace of others and immediately focusing on all the demands of the day can have a negative effect and leave our nervous system feeling unregulated.
Even if we only have ourselves to think about it can be easy to immediately start checking social media and be impacted by what we see.
Allowing ourselves time to transition from asleep to awake can make a difference to how we feel during the day.

27/08/2025

𝗙𝗲𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗽𝘆 𝗿𝗼𝗼𝗺
For some people my therapy room can be the only place where they can honestly express how they feel. This may be because:
- they don't have the safe people around them
- don't have anyone else in their life to talk to
- others discount what they have to say and how they feel
Having a consistent place to share feelings, understand why they can feel overwhelming and have someone else validate experiences can be life changing.

20/08/2025

𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗱𝗼 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝘁 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝘆𝗼𝘂'𝘃𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗳𝗲𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗱?
There isn't a set way to look after ourselves so take some time to find what works for you.
If we force ourselves to do the same as others or listen to social media 'experts' it can leave us feeling less ok and that we must be doing something wrong.
I know that meditation doesn't work for me however spending time looking after my many houseplants is calming.

15/08/2025

2010 was my 1st year of Psychotherapy training and I only intended to stay the 1st year as it would benefit my work at the time.
Instead in 2014 I completed my Advanced Diploma in Transactional Analysis Psychotherapy and started private practice alongside my day job. I also volunteered for 5 years to increase my skills. In 2018 I took redundancy, embracing self employment and the joys of private practice.

Like my route to private practice, therapy sessions are rarely linear. We often explore stuff that people didn't realise affected them and getting to a place of being ok can look different than expected.

29/07/2025

There are other ways of expressing emotions!

18/07/2025

Trying to remove everything in one go can be overwhelming.
It can be more helpful to slowly unpack things and explore why we are holding onto things that may no longer be useful.
This might be beliefs about ourselves or others, relationships or ways we interact.

09/07/2025

There are quite a few analogies that show how grief becomes part and not all of our life. Saw this post today and really liked it.

From .

"Imagine that you are this bookshelf and grief were this thick, heavy, and permanent book sitting in it. Over time, that book doesn't change in shape or size. It just stays there and becomes a part of you. As the days and years pass, your library grows around it as everything you add to the shelf becomes another chapter and dimension in your life".

30/06/2025