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Mindfulness Spaces Created by Christine Rivers, Yateley - Mindful Life Expert, Therapist, Health Coach & Professor.

04/05/2026

Health Anxiety, Dr Google and why one coaching session might be better than therapy

In today’s video, I talk about something many people recognise checking symptoms online.
It often starts with reassurance but quickly leads to more worry, more checking, and more anxiety. For many, this pattern doesn’t always need ongoing therapy. Sometimes a single focused coaching session can be enough to understand what’s happening and how to break the cycle.

I’ve written a blog exploring this in more depth www.yateleytherapyspace.com/blog/health-anxiety-symptom-checking

https://www.psychologytoday.com/gb/counselling/christine-rivers-camberley/1543009

https://www.yateleytherapyspace.com





27/04/2026

Therapy Highlights - When Anger Arises, Anxiety Can Step Back

Recently, many clients have been noticing a shift from anxiety into anger. And while that can feel uncomfortable, it can also be important. Anger carries movement. Energy. Direction. When it’s allowed to surface, it can give anxiety space to step back.

For some clients living with chronic conditions such as fibromyalgia, chronic pain or fatigue, this shift can even ease how the body feels.

In therapy, we don’t just notice the anger
we work with it. Through simple release techniques movement, breath, expression
we allow that energy to move safely rather than stay held in the body.

https://www.psychologytoday.com/gb/counselling/christine-rivers-camberley/1543009

https://www.yateleytherapyspace.com - website host currently has connectivity issue so please bear with.







20/04/2026

When Clients Worry They Ramble Too Much… Therapists See Something Else

It’s something many clients say at some point
“Sorry, I feel like I’m rambling.”

But what might feel like rambling is rarely random because these perceived disjointed thoughts and stories often carry an emotional thread. A pattern. A connection that isn’t obvious at first.

What I notice is that when there’s space to speak freely, without needing to be structured or make perfect sense it open a space for something deeper to emerge. In therapy, rambling isn’t something to fix.
It’s often where meaning begins and understanding unfolds.

https://www.psychologytoday.com/gb/counselling/christine-rivers-camberley/1543009

https://www.yateleytherapyspace.com





13/04/2026

Why Your Therapist Won’t Tell You What To Do

One of the most common expectations in therapy is this: “Can you just tell me what I should do?”

And it makes sense. When you feel stuck, overwhelmed, or unsure, you want clarity. But therapy isn’t about giving advice or making decisions for you. Because if someone else makes the decision, it doesn’t really belong to you. And more importantly, it doesn’t help you build trust in yourself.

In therapy, the focus is on helping you understand what matters to you, what’s driving your choices, and how to feel more confident in your own decisions. That way, the change lasts beyond the session. It might feel frustrating at times…but it’s also where real growth happens.

https://www.psychologytoday.com/gb/counselling/christine-rivers-camberley/1543009

https://www.yateleytherapyspace.com






🧭 The Inner Compass: finding your North Star and coming back to yourselfI often sit with people who feel anxious and unc...
03/04/2026

🧭 The Inner Compass: finding your North Star and coming back to yourself

I often sit with people who feel anxious and uncertain about where they’re going. Not because they don’t have options, but because something doesn’t quite feel right or off or not “me”. I recognise that feeling, because I’ve experienced it too.

For a long time, I thought clarity came from having a plan. What I’ve come to understand, both personally and through my work as an academic, coach, yoga teacher and psychotherapist, is that this space can feel uncomfortable, even scary, and yet it often holds something important. Anxiety is not always something to fix. Sometimes it is something to listen and carefully with help even respond to. It is this space that me to shift not just in my career, but in how I relate to myself and others. 💛

In a recent conversation on The Mandy Sunner Show, I shared how this idea of an “inner compass” has shaped my path and helped me reconnect with myself and who I am.



https://youtu.be/CX6ulLVfg9k?si=XrSAP_TT2gGdX54n

30/03/2026

Therapy Highlights: What Feels Random in Therapy… Often Isn’t

It’s the last Monday of the month — Therapy Highlights. Sometimes in therapy, especially when connecting with the inner child, something comes up that feels completely random. And then… it suddenly makes sense, the penny drops.

Those moments often carry real insight, they are not random just not yet understood. This kind of work takes time, but it can open the door to deeper healing and self-understanding.

https://www.yateleytherapyspace.com

https://www.psychologytoday.com/gb/counselling/christine-rivers-camberley/1543009





23/03/2026

What If Criticism Is Actually Anxiety?

Criticism is often experienced as hurtful, frustrating, or even overwhelming. But sometimes, it’s also a coping strategy.

For the person criticising, it can be a way to manage anxiety — to create control, reduce uncertainty, or protect themselves from feeling vulnerable.

For the person on the receiving end, it can trigger self-doubt, tension, or a sense of not being good enough.

Different roles. Same underlying dynamic. Anxiety and Criticism — Two Sides of the Same Pattern

In this video, I explore how criticism can function as a response to anxiety and how understanding this can shift how we relate to both giving and receiving it.

https://www.yateleytherapyspace.com

https://www.psychologytoday.com/gb/counselling/christine-rivers-camberley/1543009






Anxiety can be overwhelming and like an unwanted friend constantly knocking at your door. While we want to push anxiety ...
20/03/2026

Anxiety can be overwhelming and like an unwanted friend constantly knocking at your door.

While we want to push anxiety away and shut it up, it is also important to understand why it is knocking so strongly.

If this resonates with you, feel free to reach out and maybe we can find a way together to understand your anxiety.

I currently have a concession space coming up.

https://www.yateleytherapyspace.com

16/03/2026

The Four Different Faces of Anxiety in Motherhood

Motherhood is often talked about as if it were one shared experience. In therapy, I see something very different.

Anxiety can show up in many forms.

The woman who longs to be a mother but cannot be.
The new mother terrified of doing something wrong.
The mother who loves her children deeply but struggles with the role of motherhood itself.
And the mother who wonders who she will be when her children grow up and no longer need her.

These experiences are more common than we think, yet many women feel they have to keep these thoughts to themselves.

In therapy, motherhood, identity and anxiety can be explored honestly, compassionately and without judgement.

https://www.psychologytoday.com/gb/counselling/christine-rivers-camberley/1543009

https://www.yateleytherapyspace.com







09/03/2026

My preferred therapist has a waiting list. Shall I reach out?

Making the decision to look for a therapist often is a big step and so it is understandable that if you feel a connection with a therapist who has a waiting list can feel discouraging. I encourage to still reach out, because waiting lists change, spaces open, and sometimes the wait is shorter than you think. If you feel a connection with a therapist, it’s always worth asking if you are happy to wait.





02/03/2026

Reduce Anxiety in the Moment: 4-7 Breathing

Anxiety isn’t just in your thoughts.
It’s in your nervous system. When your body shifts into threat mode, your breathing changes first.

In today’s video, I’m sharing the 4–7 breathing technique a simple way to calm your system quickly. Before analysing the thoughts and before unpacking the emotions.
We start with the body because when the body feels safer, the mind can think more clearly. One of my clients recently said: I can’t believe something so simple is so powerful.

https://www.psychologytoday.com/gb/counselling/christine-rivers-camberley/1543009

https://www.yateleytherapyspace.com







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