Therapy News & articles
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![Heal Inside and Out With These Self-Care Practices for Those Undergoing Cancer Treatment]()
Heal Inside and Out With These Self-Care Practices for Those Undergoing Cancer Treatment
Cancer treatment is a profoundly challenging journey, not just physically but emotionally and mentally. Embracing effective self-care practices can significantly enhance your quality of life during this period. This article, courtesy of HQ Therapy, explores practical tips and thoughtful ideas to support your well-being, from maintaining good hygiene to engaging in supportive social activities. Each…
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How Circe Health’s Healthcare Booking Platform Modernizes Online Access Through Digital Innovation
This week we’ve got a guest post for you from Nicky van Breugel, the founder of Circe Health. Circe [sur-see] is the UK’s first complementary healthcare booking platform designed to modernise access through digital innovation. It can be a challenge to navigate the Wild West of the holistic healthcare space, and Circe’s platform is designed…
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![The Transformative Impact of Self-Love on Mental Health]()
The Transformative Impact of Self-Love on Mental Well-Being
In pursuing mental well-being, self-love often emerges as a beacon of hope and a transformative tool. At its core, self-love is not just about feeling good about oneself; it’s a profound journey toward understanding, accepting, and valuing who we are at our deepest level. This journey influences how we interact with the world, our ability…
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![Type 2 Diabetes Management Strategies for Maintaining Healthy Blood Sugar Levels]()
Type 2 Diabetes Management: Strategies for Maintaining Healthy Blood Sugar Levels and Good Mental Health
Diabetes is a prevalent health concern affecting millions of individuals across the United States and 4.3 million people in the UK. Statistics indicate that about 38 million Americans, which is roughly 1 in 10 individuals, are living with diabetes. Among these cases, approximately 90-95% are classified as type 2 diabetes, making it the most common…
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![The Benefits of Therapy in Addiction Recovery]()
The Benefits of Therapy in Addiction Recovery: How Counseling Supports Healing
Addiction is a treatable neuropsychological disorder. In relation to substances, it is the persistent urge to use the substance, despite the adverse effects on personal, professional, and social life. A person struggling with alcohol addiction faces difficulty controlling the quantity and frequency of alcohol consumption. People do not intend to get addicted. A variety of…
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![The Wisdom of Women How Men Can Learn Through Loss and Listening]()
The Wisdom of Women: How Men Can Learn Through Loss & Listening
Something occurred to me earlier today, and I’d be lying to myself if I didn’t acknowledge the fact that the wisdom of women has played a big part in this. I’ve had a strange week, I was dumped…kind of twice, I’ve been adjusting to the lifestyle of the unemployed after leaving my job which was…
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![Happy Feet and The Benefits Of Foot Reflexology]()
Happy Feet! The Benefits Of Foot Reflexology On Your Body
It’s time for you to take the weight off your feet and learn about the benefits of foot reflexology and the finer points of this ancient practice that dates back to the Egyptians. Have you ever considered the fact that your feet are so much more than just a limb or appendage attached to your…
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![Behind The Glass: - Living Life In A Slow, Cruel, Seemingly Self-Induced Purgatory]()
Behind The Glass: Living Life In A Slow, Cruel, Self-Induced Purgatory
I feel like I’m behind the glass, knocking on a large, thick window. Sometimes impassioned, irate, wanting to shatter the pane and step through into what is ahead of me. More often, I just glance through and watch, pathetically defeated, with nothing to offer, barely even any anger or drive to stir up, let alone…
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![Group Therapy Activities For Adults Ellie Harvey]()
Therapist Ellie Harvey Talks About Group Therapy For Adults
My name is Ellie Harvey and I am a therapist and coach. As a practising psychotherapist, and someone who has experienced different kinds of therapy, I believe that while personal therapy is greatly beneficial, there are some unique and profound qualities that group therapy can bring to our personal development. I will be running a…
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Why Join A Men’s Therapy Group? Rob Francis Outlines The Reasons
If you’re a man and thinking of engaging in counselling or psychotherapy, a men’s therapy group can be an excellent place to start. Men join therapy groups for many reasons, to work on all kinds of experiences and themes, as they do in starting individual therapy. These can include things like the experiences that we…
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![Diet And Its Effect on Mental Wellbeing]()
Leveraging The Connection Between Diet & Its Effect On Mental Health
It’s no secret that a healthy diet leads to a healthier body. A well-balanced diet and regular exercise help keep us fit and healthy. However, recent studies seek to establish a scientific link between mental health and diet. For example, the connection between struggling with anxiety and depression and having a poor appetite, as well…
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![When Love Hurts How Couples Can Get Stuck in a Dance of Distress]()
When Love Hurts: How Couples Can Get Stuck in a ‘Dance of Distress’
What do you do and who do you turn to when love hurts? Most of us seek a close, committed, loving relationship; someone who is there for us when we need them, someone who can respond to us when we require close connection and with whom we can confide and share our feelings and concerns.…
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![Searching for Fireflies & Sufism With Integrative Psychotherapist Salvo La Rosa]()
Searching for Fireflies & Sufism With Integrative Psychotherapist Salvo La Rosa
Welcome to the second instalment of our ‘On the Couch’ series, My name is Melanie Cox and we have the pleasure of talking to Salvo La Rosa, who is a qualified therapist specializing in integrative psychotherapy, with an added personal interest in Sufism. Salvo has recently hosted a workshop at the CCPE called ‘Searching for…
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How Do You Love Someone? Couples Counsellor & Psychotherapist Candy Newman Asks The Big Question
So how do you love someone? It seems like a very simple question, but when someone asks ‘how do you know you love someone?’, it evokes an answer that will be totally unique to your own self and the answer can be very complex. Everyone is different when it comes to addressing their role in…
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Know Thyself And Become Who You Are – True Wisdom Is Knowing What You Do Not Know.
Socrates said that “To know thyself is the beginning of wisdom” (Latin translation – Nosce te ipsum ac fias qui es“; however, this is easier said than sensed. For nearly 2 years, many of us who were living through the Covid 19 pandemic in the land of lockdown had to retreat to our homes and,…
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Reflective Practice Workshops for Therapists: Two participatory workshops with psychotherapist Joe Moran
This Spring, psychotherapist, supervisor and facilitator Joe Moran will be offering two CPD, reflective practice workshops for therapists held over respective weekends in May and July at HQ Therapy Rooms in Haggerston, East London. These welcoming and experiential workshops welcome experienced and graduate counsellors and psychotherapists, as well as therapists-in-training in the second year and…
