Ongoing Support Psychotherapy & Counselling

17/02/2025

An interesting article on walking and health. Additionally there are great benefits from just walking on the spot, so you don't necessarily have to go out and walk!

The benefits you get will depend on how long – or short – your walks are

28/02/2024

Great training with Graham Music 😀

We are offering Subsidised Counselling training in Cornwall. This one day workshop with Graham Music for £75, is an opportunity not be missed. With only limited spaces available, reserve your place now by emailing info@psychologicaltraining.co.uk, or by clicking the ‘send message’ button below.

22/12/2022

As some of you are aware, we said goodbye to our beautiful Bear last month. The death of a pet can sometimes be more painful than a friend or human family member, after all, they are in our lives nearly every day, where our interactions often include unconditional love, cuddles, strokes, and baby talk. If you are interested in the science around this process, then this article might be worth a read 😊

Several studies have found that the bereavement of a pet can be just as traumatic as the bereavement of a human family member.

13/08/2022

An older post, but a good reminder of body first, brain second. The article references the brilliant work done by Wilder Penfield in the 1940’s, who has helped us understand the phenomenological experience; crucial for understanding how unprocessed trauma is stored and triggered in the body.

A robotic arm allows users to feel the sensation using digital digits.

08/08/2022

An interesting read - let me know what you think about it.

What can we learn about relationships from Salsa dancing? Adam Day explains how the two are connected

05/02/2022

Overall, women scored higher on compassion-related items and self-reflection, while men scored higher on emotional regulation and cognitive-related items.

22/11/2021

If you would like to join our fortnightly psychotherapy group please get in touch. It runs every other Tuesday night from 7-9pm.

30/07/2021

At the beginning of this month we posted an article about rats and drug addiction, if you found it interesting and want to know a little more about how an experiment with rats links in with human addiction, spend 15 minutes watching this fascinating TED talk. It also touches on the Portugal decriminalisation programme that is showing us all how to tackle drug addiction in our society, Let us know what you think.

What really causes addiction -- to everything from co***ne to smart-phones? And how can we overcome it? Johann Hari has seen our current methods fail firsthand, as he has watched loved ones struggle to manage their addictions. He started to wonder why we treat addicts the way we do -- and if there m...

14/07/2021

BBC Food

01/07/2021

A powerful article. Let us know what you think.

This article has been read by 20 million people. I know that many would choose not to hear what I say in the article, but your children need you to hear this message. — Victoria Prooday

01/07/2021