Lemons to Lemonade

17/02/2023

Common life challenges

Stephen recently completed a British Psychological Society (BPS) approved Certificate in Integrated CBT for Common Life Challenges. These are problems with living that people frequently encounter; patterns of thinking, feeling, and behaviour that we can become stuck in, that prevent us living our lives as we would wish. Read more in this article on our website blog:

Stephen recently completed a British Psychological Society (BPS) approved Certificate in Integrated CBT for Common Life Challenges. These are problems with living that people frequently encounter; patterns of thinking, feeling, and behaviour that we can become stuck in, that prevent us living our li...

17/02/2023

Free help in North Wales

Free help is available in North Wales and Chester for people with mental health difficulties. This article on our website outlines some of the services that are available in each area.

Free help is available in North Wales and Chester for people with mental health difficulties. This article outlines some of the services that are available in each area.

27/10/2022

The section of Hawarden Highway outside our premises at Adlink House will be closed from 31st October to 5th November, so unfortunately if you're arriving by car for a session between those dates you won't be able to get to the Adlink House car park. If you're travelling eastwards along Hawarden Highway from the Mold/St. David's Park roundabout direction, there's a car park at the Gladstone playing fields, about 5-10 minutes' walk from Adlink House. If you're travelling westwards along Hawarden Highway, there's Tinkersdale car park close to Hawarden village centre (turn left on the A550 then the car park entrance is the first left) which is also about 5-10 minutes' walk from Adlink House. If you normally travel by bus, we expect that buses that normally stop close to Adlink House will be re-routed, so check the bus company's website (https://www.arrivabus.co.uk). We don't expect train services via Hawarden Station to be affected, but there won't be any access to the station car park.

We're sorry for the disruption! If you usually travel by car and this access issue will be a problem for you, please let us know - we can either swap your session to online video (via Zoom), or postpone it to the following week.

08/02/2022

There’s a lot of good research to support the role nature can play in protecting and supporting our mental health. Our top tips on how you can build your own connection with nature.

07/04/2021

Want to know what happens when you sleep? Read about sleep in our latest blog:

This is the second of three blogs about sleep. It describes what normally happens in healthy sleep. We begin by outlining what happens in your brain to get you off to sleep, and then describe what happens during sleep. We finish by summarising what the different stages of sleep are thought to be for...

25/03/2021

In addition to our therapy and coaching work, at Lemons to Lemonade we also keep our psychology skills honed through research and consultancy. One of our partners, Dr. Stephen Skippon, has just received an award for his work as a reviewer for the prestigious academic journal Energy Research and Social Science. We’re not sure why the 2019 awards are made over a year later!

18/01/2021

Is "Blue Monday" really the most depressing day of the year? Find out by reading our latest blog at

Is Blue Monday really the most depressing day of year? No, but depression is serious. Therapy can help if you're depressed.

11/10/2020

Most of us need somewhere between seven and nine hours of sleep every night. In modern society it’s quite common to have less than this. In our latest blog we discuss how chronic sleep deprivation can lead to mental health difficulties. Read it here:

Insufficient sleep isn't just a consequence of mental health difficulties; it can lead to depression, anxiety, stress, anger, and other problems too. This article outlines some of the negative effects of poor sleep on our mental health.

28/09/2020

Read our latest blog article - it's about ways our thinking can go astray if we're depressed, anxious, stressed, angry, or having negative, unwanted thoughts that stop us living your life as we'd prefer.

Psychology has identified various ways our thinking can go astray when we're depressed, anxious, stressed, angry, or having unwanted thoughts that stop us living the life we’d prefer: “nothing’s going right for me”, “everyone will be staring at me”, “I’m a failure”, “there’s no...

07/09/2020

Please check out the link below for an update about how we're working with our therapy and coaching clients as the Covid-19 pandemic continues:

At the moment guidance from our professional associations and the Welsh Government indicates that, because of the risk of Covid-19 infection in face-to-face contact, giving therapy via video or phone is safer than working face-to-face. Based on this, we’re currently working with our therapy and co...

30/11/2019

Recent feedback from a client who completed therapy with us after 5 sessions of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT):

"I instantly felt comfortable enough to engage in frank conversations and over the course of a few weeks I could sense a shift in my mental state...the path we took was structured and designed wholly round me...I would recommend Lemons to Lemonade to anyone who needs professional help in the knowledge that they would be looked after."

30/11/2019

Lemons to Lemonade now provides a specialist therapy service for anyone who has difficulties sleeping or has a diagnosis of insomnia. Find out more on our website: https://lemonstolemonade.co.uk/news/specialist-therapy-for-sleep-difficulties