Christian Therapy UK

29/04/2024

We don’t usually like to talk about poo. But I’m going to.

You see, for someone who suffers from IBS (Irritable Bowel Syndrome) their poo can take over their life. They’re really careful about what they eat and they worry about eating out in restaurants or at friends’ houses in case it sets off unpleasant symptoms – diarrhoea, needing the toilet urgently, constipation, bloating, pain, excess gas and any combination of those.

I help people struggling with the daily stress, pain and discomfort of IBS to get relief from their symptoms, so that they can eat without anxiety and have the confidence that they’ll feel well enough to go wherever they want and do whatever they want.

If you, or anyone you know, turns down social invitations or is being held back from taking up opportunities at work, travelling and going on holiday for fear of what their IBS will do, I’m running a free webinar on 3 clinically proven ways to get relief from IBS symptoms, without medication or restricting what you eat.

Don’t let anyone tell you that ‘you just have to live with your IBS’. You can do things to make it better. This webinar will show you those things.

You can register on Eventbrite by clicking below.

Discover 3 clinically proven ways to get relief from IBS without medication or restricting what you eat

31/10/2022

I'm delighted to be speaking on Sleep and Anxiety at the 'Me-No-Pause - Thrive, Don't Just Survive' event at St Michael's Church, Southfields on 19th November.

It's open to any woman approaching, going through, or just wanting to know more about the menopause, not just members of the St Michael's congregation.

To book and for more information, go to: https://stmichaelssouthfields.churchsuite.com/events/ewy6bk01

As well as me, speakers include a Menopause GP, Women's Health Physio and Personal Trainer and a session with Amy Boucher Pye, author, speaker and spiritual director. Amy will speak on identity (as our roles start to change) and connecting with God (at a time when our heads may be foggy). There will be a time of worship and prayer and the event finishes with dinner and one-woman comedy show.

Let's aim to thrive, not just survive, as we discuss how to prepare for and manage this stage of every woman's life well.

25/10/2021

What comes up for you when you think of Autumn and the approach of Winter? Do you have positive or negative feelings? Our habitual thoughts and emotions can cloud our experience and appreciation of the present moment and that's what mindfulness helps to address.

If you'd like to be more present, more thankful and more joyful in this season, book for the next Christian Mindfulness session. There will be several different mindfulness exercises and a seasonal meditation to practise stilling the mind and being more open to God.

It's on Saturday 6th November 9.30am to 10.30am on Zoom. You can book on:
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/christian-mindfulness-practice-session-tickets-165747781075
£7.50 plus booking fee

15/04/2021

Do you have an overactive mind that keeps you awake and find it difficult to switch off when you want to sleep? Do you wake up in the night and struggle to get back to sleep because of thoughts crowding in?

If so, the next session in my 'How to Sleep Better' online series will help you. It's 'How to Calm a Racing Mind' on Wednesday 21st April at 7.30pm.

It will give you some tried and tested ways to quieten your mind chatter and settle your thoughts, so that you can go to sleep more easily, have a restful night's sleep and wake up feeling refreshed and ready to face the day.

For more information and to book, please go to: https://buytickets.at/transforminghealth/489845
£20

How to Sleep Better on Zoom, Multiple dates and times - 'How to Sleep Better' is a series of online sessions, designed to help deal with insomnia. The sessions will show you proven solutions to sleep problems, so that you can have more restful, refreshing and restorative sleep, night aft...

09/04/2021

What do you do when you can't sleep? It can be very frustrating to lie awake at night tossing and turning, when you know that you're tired and you want feel refreshed and alert to cope with the next day. If you've got something important happening the next day, you can put a lot of pressure on yourself to sleep. The more you worry about it, the less likely you are to sleep.

Thankfully, there are some very effective techniques that can help you to drift off calmly and easily to sleep when you first go to sleep and when you wake up in the night and want to get back to sleep. I'm going to cover them in the next session in my 'How to Sleep Better' online series.

'How to Go to Sleep Quickly' is on Wednesday 14th April at 7.30pm. If you want to go to sleep easily and would like an alternative to a sleeping pill, book now on: https://buytickets.at/transforminghealth/489845

It's only £20 and you will learn a range of different things that you can use to get yourself into a comfortable, drowsy state, ready to float into restful and restorative sleep. It includes one of my favourite techniques that clients love using and say that it's one of the best things to help them. I always use it myself when I have difficulty sleeping. Come and find out what it is!

How to Sleep Better on Zoom, Multiple dates and times - 'How to Sleep Better' is a series of online sessions, designed to help deal with insomnia. The sessions will show you proven solutions to sleep problems, so that you can have more restful, refreshing and restorative sleep, night aft...

22/03/2021

What's the most scientifically proven treatment for insomnia, as recommended by NICE (The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence)? It's CBT-i (Cognitive-Behavioural Therapy for Insomnia).

To find out how CBT-i can help you sleep better, please check out my 'How to Sleep Better' series of online sessions. It starts this Wednesday 24th March at 7.30pm with 'Building the Foundations of Good Sleep'.

'How to Sleep Better' takes a CBT-i approach and includes the most important things you need to know and do for better sleep at night and better energy, focus and wellbeing in the day. There are 8 weekly sessions on Wednesday evenings covering the most effective techniques to go to sleep quickly and easily and how to deal with those enemies of sleep, the stress hormones adrenalin and cortisol, which get triggered by worry and anxiety. Information and booking are at https://buytickets.at/transforminghealth/489845
You can book sessions individually for £20 each. Places are limited, so please book now.

How to Sleep Better on Zoom, Multiple dates and times - 'How to Sleep Better' is a series of online sessions, designed to help deal with insomnia. The sessions will show you proven solutions to sleep problems, so that you can have more restful, refreshing and restorative sleep, night aft...

16/03/2021

My series of online sessions 'How to Sleep Better' starts on 24th March. All you need to know to get a refreshing night's sleep, night after night, without relying on sleeping pills.

The sessions are for you, if you:

• Have problems going to sleep
• Wake up in the night and have problems getting back to sleep
• Wake up too early and can't get back to sleep
• Feel tired all the time from poor sleep
• Have tried all kinds of sleep remedies and nothing seems to work

Sessions are Wednesdays 7.30pm to 9pm:

24th March - Building the Foundations of Good Sleep
31st March - Relaxation for Sleep
7th April - Think Yourself to Sleep
14th April - How to Get to Sleep Quickly
21st April - How to Calm a Racing Mind
28th April - Mindfulness for Sleep
5th May - Dealing with Worry and Anxiety
12th May - Dealing with Stress

You can choose the ones most relevant for you and book each individually, £20 each. Places are limited, first come, first served. For booking and more details go to: https://buytickets.at/transforminghealth/489845

How to Sleep Better on Zoom, Multiple dates and times - 'How to Sleep Better' is a series of online sessions, designed to help deal with insomnia. The sessions will show you proven solutions to sleep problems, so that you can have more restful, refreshing and restorative sleep, night aft...

20/02/2021

Still time to book for my free 'How to Sleep Better' introductory session online. If you're not sleeping well and waking up tired, with no energy, then the session will give you some practical tips on what's proven to help. Find out:
- why 'sleep hygiene' may be making things worse
- how to set yourself up for a refreshing night's sleep during the day
- a technique used by the military to help get to sleep within 2 minutes.
For more information and to book, go to:
https://how-to-sleep-better.eventbrite.co.uk
It's on 24th February 7.30pm to 9pm or 4th March 12.30pm to 2pm

An introductory session on some of the most important steps you can take to improve your sleep

12/02/2021

One of my clients described insomnia as a 'real affliction'. It can certainly affect your mood, your ability to function during the day, and make you more irritable and stressed.
If you're sleeping badly at the moment, what are you finding most difficult to cope with?
Please don't suffer in silence. Book for my free webinar 'How to Sleep Better' on 24th February or 4th March. It will cover the foundations that you need to have in place to deal with your insomnia once and for all. If you'd love to get a consistently good night's sleep and wake up feeling refreshed and alert, looking forward to the day ahead, go to:
https://how-to-sleep-better.eventbrite.co.uk

An introductory session on some of the most important steps you can take to improve your sleep

08/02/2021

08/02/2021

Always good resources on the Mind and Soul Foundation. Do check it out, if you haven't already.

03/02/2021

If you don't sleep well and long for a refreshing night's sleep, please book on my free webinar 'How to Sleep Better'

An introductory session on some of the most important steps you can take to improve your sleep

03/02/2021

So important to be able to still the mind and make space to be open to God. Mindfulness is a good way to do it.

22/10/2020

Christian mindfulness sessions are continuing online. There are 2 more scheduled before the end of the year:

14th November & 5th December 9.30am to 10.30am on Zoom

Here's what one participant said about the last session:
"Thank you so much Anne! It was a wonderful session, so very helpful as I was feeling quite overwhelmed yesterday, but feel as if space has been created in my head - a wonderful feeling!"

If you'd like some space to step back from the busy-ness and stresses of everyday life, to be still in the present moment and open to God, you would be very welcome at the next session.
For more details and to book, go to:
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/christian-mindfulness-practice-session-tickets-126402442107

Take a break from the busyness of life and come along for an hour to still your mind and enjoy an oasis of calm. Regular practice of mindful

10/06/2020

Christian Mindfulness Practice sessions are going online. Would you like an hour of calm to pause, breathe and still your mind?

Mindfulness is all about 'taking thoughts captive', being present and so being more aware of God. The sessions include several mindfulness exercises and meditations to provide a space for this.

Colossians 3 encourages us to: 'Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things'. I will include a meditation on this in the June session.

Next sessions are: 20th June and 25th July, 9.30am to 10.30am on Zoom.

Please book on: https://christianmindfulnesspractice.eventbrite.co.uk

The cost is £7.50 plus booking fee

Some knowledge of mindfulness is helpful, but not essential. Please contact anne@christiantherapyuk.com for more information.

Take a break from the busyness of life and come along for an hour to still your mind and enjoy an oasis of calm. Regular practice of mindfulness has been shown to bring profound benefits for health and wellbeing, particularly helping with anxiety, stress, depression and chronic pain. When practised....

26/05/2020

So true - take the pressure off yourself and be kind.

So much of what we are reading about is achievement-focused. It can feel like the only way to succeed in this season is to me massively productive and use the time really well.🙇‍♂️

But at the same time many of us are dealing with changes and challenges that have raised our stress and anxiety level. Even walking down the street presents the possibility of challenges and things we might need to do to reduce risk. And all of this means that our minds are on overdrive - a kind of high alert, constantly scanning the environment for the next thing that might happen, the latest change or any new threats.

When your brain is in that place, focusing on any one thing becomes really hard - because the system that usually lets you drop your awareness of the world around you so you can 'zoom in' on something is doing precisely the opposite and warning you it might be risky to do that. And all this plays havoc with our productivity - particularly for tasks that require you to get 'in the zone' like creativity or problem solving.

So what can you do? Recognise that this is an unusual time and take the pressure off. You don't have to achieve to win at lockdown - just getting through is a success in its own right. Do what you can to drop your overall stress level - find ways to rest and relax and limit your exposure to anxiety triggering news broadcasts.

And try to break down bigger tasks into things which are more achievable with a twitchy mind - look for small things you can achieve to help your motivation and focus. But, most of all, be - this is not a sign you are rubbish, it is a sign of your human response to an extreme situation, and it will pass.

02/09/2019

It's normal to be experiencing significant levels of anxiety whilst living a life of faith; trusting wholeheartedly in the promises of God. This is evident in the lives of thousands of anxious Christians who, by virtue of their struggles, largely reflect a deeper level of trust and commitment to God than those untouched by anxiety.

Are trust and anxiety mutually exclusive? Absolutely not. Is anxiety a reliable measure of a person's trust? Absolutely not. Does the absence of anxiety demonstrate the depth a person’s trust in God? Absolutely not. Is anxiety a sin? Absolutely not.

Does God care about your anxiety and want you to know that you can trust him despite what your anxious mind is telling you? Yes he does.

New article "Is anxiety a sin?" by published on our website today: https://bit.ly/34e9yhh