Birthday Thoughts As today is my birthday, I thought I would share some random thoughts about how birthdays can effect our mental health. For many, indeed most, birthdays are a time to celebrate the anniversary of them coming to life. … Continue reading →
Random Kindness Whilst having breakfast today, I noticed something interesting. A man who was finding it difficult to get around to the buffet was engaged in a conversation with a person at an adjoining table. The chap at the adjoining … Continue reading →
Sport Society and Mental Health On Saturday this week I spent an enjoyable day at the England versus South Africa test cricket match. When I was a younger man, I used to love going to baseball or football games and … Continue reading →
The Importance of REAL Friendship With so much discussed about things like Facebook friends and Twitter followers, I think there are times when we could be forgiven for forgetting really friendships. What do I mean by real friendship, I mean … Continue reading →
Anti Professionalism I was online yesterday and came across a rant from an owner of a hypnotherapy school. This owner was bemoaning the professionalisation of hypnotherapy, knocking national standards and being rather insulting to those who are trying to make … Continue reading →
Normalising Nasty I have written a bit about this in the past, but feel the need to return to it as the situation seems to be getting worse rather than better. Though I will use the recent events regarding Anthony Scaramucci, … Continue reading →
The Importance of Self Renewal I thought I would write about the importance of self renewal today after a conversation I had with an old friend and colleague. We, as therapists, are in the renewal business. One of our most … Continue reading →
Thousands More NHS Mental Health Staff It has been announced by Jeremy Hunt, Secretary of State for Health, that by 2020-21 one million more mental health patients will be treated by the NHS. Thousands of new therapists, mental health nurses … Continue reading →
Embrace Simplicity I like many professionals spent the early part of my career working hard to be successful. That success was based on position, titles and other things which seemed so very important at the time. I have been re-assessing … Continue reading →
NICE Looking at Counselling and Depression The National Institute of Clinical Excellence is currently conducting a consultation as to the effectiveness of using counselling with depression. The three lead bodies, the United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy, the British Association for … Continue reading →
