Trust in Counselling & Therapies

23/12/2025

Christmas for some people is far from merry for many reasons, if you find yourself struggling, you don't have to struggle alone, there is still support out there. Below is a list of numbers where you can access support to help you through those low periods, and remember things don't stay that way forever they can and do change.

From all the team at Trust in Counselling & Therapies we wish you all the best for 2026, see you in the New Year. Take Care.

Samaritans
Telephone - 116 123
https://www.samaritans.org/

The Mix
(under25yr olds)
Email open over Christmas holidays
https://www.themix.org.uk/get-support

Calm
(over 15yr old)
Telephone 0800 585858
https://www.thecalmzone.net/get-support

Papyrus
(under 35yr olds)
0800 0684141
https://www.papyrus-uk.org/

Childline
(under 19yr olds)
Telephone 0800 1111
https://www.childline.org.uk

Greater Manchester MH Crisis Team
Telephone 111 mental health option 2
https://www.gmmh.nhs.uk/247-helpline

NHS 111 Mental Health is not an emergency service. In emergency situations where there’s an immediate risk to life, or you need urgent physical care, you should contact 999 or go to A&E. 

15/12/2025

Grief.

At some point in our lives we will all experience the loss of a loved one, some sooner than anticipated. As time goes by, we learn to carry the weight of the loss, it never fully goes away, we just get used to carrying the weight of it.

As we learn to navigate this world without our loved ones, we find a way of moving forward taking the memories of our loved ones with us. The loss may change us, how can it not, but we can use the pain to grow and live life for those we have lost too.

If you are struggling to manage your grief, we have a team of counsellors experienced in supporting people after a bereavement.

www.trustincounsellingandtherapies.co.uk

11/12/2025

EMDR - Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing

Have you been thinking of trying EMDR?
Perhaps you have never heard of it?

EMDR has been proven to help with PTSD and Trauma, it helps the brain to reprocess memories in a healthier way. The memories don't have to be from big events, they can be any memory that causes any level of distress to you.

Here at Trust in counselling we have a trained member of staff and 2 staff currently undergoing EMDR training and able to offer EMDR sessions to help you reprocess any distressing memories.

for more information reach out to us on 07462 871719

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04/12/2025

National Grief Awareness Week
2nd - 8th December 2025

Child Bereavement UK have some amazing resources to help parents and Teachers navigate conversations with children and young people around death and grief. Many people avoid conversations through fear of saying something wrong or upsetting them by mentioning the person who has died. Often the avoidance hurts the griever more than talking about their loved one, it's important we become more comfortable talking abut grief as it is an inevitable part of life, one we can not run and hide from no matter how hard we may try.

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Taboos and awkwardness around talking about death and dying can prevent people from being supportive to grieving friends and family. Our short animated film 'Room for an elephant' has been created to help support bereaved young people after someone important to them has died.

Help us raise awareness by voting for the film in the Charity Film Awards
👉 smileycharityfilmawards.com/films/room-for-an-elephant 🐘

02/12/2025

National Grief Awareness Week
2nd - 8th December 2025

We will all experience grief at some point in our lives, as the only thing certain in life, is that one day we will all die. But as we continue to live, we will grieve those that have gone before us, grief is unique to each and every one of us and to the different people who may die before us.

Sometimes grief can be complex and complicated because of the circumstances in which someone has died or because of how the relationship was both good and bad. We never stop grieving, for each person who dies before us, we will continue to process the grief as long as we continue to live. We just get used to carrying the weight of the grief and grow around it.

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28/11/2025

Social Media is great to help people reconnect, but it also comes with a down side, we only see snippets of other people's lives and often use that information to compare ourselves and where we are in life, to the filtered version of what people want us to see, which can have a massive impact on our self esteem.

It's important to remember we don't know the full story, that we are all different and on our own unique journeys in life.

www.trustincounselling.co.uk

24/11/2025

It is fast approaching the festive time of year.

People can assume everyone enjoys Christmas and is looking forward to it. But, for many people Christmas is far from a happy time of year, it may be they have lost a loved one and it is too painful to celebrate without them.

There is also a significant increase in domestic abuse calls to the emergency services, there will also be many more not reported. So for many people, for many reasons they may be dreading Christmas this year.

It has also become the time of year many people end up even further in debt, because of the pressures of having to buy presents, many which are never actually used.

Remember Be Kind, you never know what other people are dealing with that they don't talk about and the best things in life are free, the best gift you can give to someone is your time and attention.

19/11/2025

Wednesday 19th November 2025 International Men's Day

International Men's Day aims to raise awareness of men's health, well-being and the importance of positive male role models in society. It also helps to raise awareness of Men's mental health and issues regarding the level of su***de in males.

Are you male and struggling with your mental health or feeling lonely?

You don't have to struggle alone, there is support there to help you through the difficulties you maybe facing. www.trustincounselling.co.uk

17/11/2025

This week is Children's Grief Awareness Week, 17th -23rd November 2025

Children can experience significant losses in their young lives and often don't have the vocabulary to explain how they are feeling. They may often bottle things up, because they don't want to worry other people, if they are aware they are struggling with the grief too.

Counselling can help offer a safe space to children and young people, to talk about the impact of their grief and help them process it in a healthy way. Continuing bonds with those we have loved and lost, can help CYP to make sense of their grief and keep the memory of their loved one alive.

We have a team of counsellors, who are experienced in not only working with children and young people, but also specialise in bereavement. Contact us at www.trustincounselling.co.uk to discuss how we maybe to help.

14/11/2025

Have you been thinking about if counselling can help you with your difficulties or whatever life has thrown at you?

We have a team of counsellors that are trained in a variety of modalities and with varying experiences, of working with individuals, couples and children and young people either in person from our offices in Leigh or online.

If you would like to have a chat about how one of our team maybe able to support you, please contact us on 07462871719 or have a look at the website www.trustincounselling.co.uk

03/11/2025

What do you do for self care?

Getting out for a walk either on your own or with your furbaby if you have one, can do wonders for your mental health. Especially this time of year, the colours of autumn are so lovely and warm, even on a chilly day.

Little tip to help with anxiety.

When your walking really listen to the sounds around you, life is so busy and hectic, we don't give our senses time to absorb the sounds of nature, which can be grounding and help ease symptoms of stress and anxiety.

www.trustincounselling.co.uk

30/10/2025

It's amazing how changing the words we use, can change our perspective on how we see something.

We may tell ourselves we can't do things, that it's too hard, that we're no good at it, or that we made a mistake and then tell ourselves we should give up. This type of thinking can lead us to negative thoughts and feelings about ourselves.

If we are able to change the words we use, we can change our mindset on how we perceive a situation and ultimately how we see ourselves.
Instead of saying
I can't - try I'm still learning, which enables us to keep trying.
This is too hard - try with more practice it will get easier.
I'm not good at this - try This may take some time and effort.
I made a mistake - try mistakes help me learn.
I give up - try I can try a different strategy.

Sometimes its how we talk to ourselves that can be the difference between a negative and positive mindset. The trick is when you catch yourself having negative thoughts, ask yourself would I talk to a family member, friend or colleague in this way? if not, how would you talk to them and offer yourself the same compassion you would to other people, you deserve to be kind to yourself too, but as human beings we can be our own worst critics.

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