Therapy News & articles
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![Bodywork As An Adjunct To Talk Therapy Max Mora]()
Bodywork As An Adjunct To Talk Therapy
One of my favourite quotes is from the Zen Buddhist teacher Shunryu Suzuki in his book Zen Mind, Beginner’s Mind. He writes, “Our body and mind are not two, and not one.” What he’s talking about is the inextricable connection between body and mind. They are not two discrete manifestations, to be handled separately. But…
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A Recovering Addict Discovers The Clearmind Awakening Workshop
This is the story of a recovering addict called Paul and his experience with the Clearmind International Awakening workshop, a life-altering invitation to a deeper, richer experience of self, through the transformative power of authentic, vulnerable connection. The Clearmind international institute offers speaker series events, personal growth workshops, a counsellor training program and a personal…
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The Weekend University: Making Psychology Accessible
It’s called The Weekend University (TWU), and its aim as an organisation is to make the most important ideas in making psychology accessible to a wider audience. We believe that a great deal of human suffering is unnecessary and caused because we don’t properly understand the human mind, and how it works. Therefore, by making…
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How To Deal With Uncertainty In An Uncertain World
The question that I’m sure many of us have been asking ourselves regularly in recent times is ‘how do we deal with uncertainty?’ Especially in a world that feels like it has radically changed over the past 2 years. The ongoing Covid-19 pandemic and the resulting stress and anxiety caused in our everyday lives, as…
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Healthy Eating Plans: New Year’s Resolution Food Tips You Can Stick To
When it comes to healthy eating plans there are few people more well placed than Rowena Humphreys to share knowledge on how to maintain a healthy diet. And not only eat well but still enjoy cooking and helping get more plants (vegetables, fruits, grains and beans) on your plate. Which in turn results in improving…
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Christmas Stress & Anxiety: How To Cope During The Festive Period
Christmas can be a time of magic and wonder for children, but for some of us, the festive period can also be a time of Christmas stress and anxiety. This was amplified in the past by the Covid-19 pandemic and the lockdown measures that were put in place, affecting all of us, along with the…
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Lonely At Christmas: Dealing With Anxiety & Isolation That Causes Christmas Depression
Many people are worried about feeling lonely at Christmas this time of year, even with the relaxation of lockdown measures, the Covid-19 pandemic is still very much present. Added to that, they are unaware of the anxiety and the onset of Christmas depression that can occur from isolation during the festive season. For most of…
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Transitioning Back To Normal: The Long Road Back From Lockdown To A Sense Of Normality
There have been many announcements in the press recently about ‘Getting Back To Normal‘ now that many of the Coronavirus lockdown restrictions have been lifted, but what is ‘Normal’? At this time of health alert and uncertainty during the Covid-19 pandemic in the land of lockdown, we have been witnesses to great changes. In the…
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Eating Disorders: The importance of a Mind-Body approach on the journey to recovery
So What Are Eating Disorders? Dr. Jenna Daku explains in this article how eating disorders can affect many of us in this modern world. Our minds and bodies are deeply connected. Tears well up in our eyes when we are sad, and tension builds in our muscles when we feel anxious or afraid. Perhaps the…
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Alice Paton’s TRE Exercises (Tension & Trauma Release): New relaxation techniques for anxiety & stress
London based Alice Paton has been a qualified Craniosacral Therapist since 2012, and has been involved with TRE Exercises since 2014. Alice has had a keen interest in yoga since my teens, and it was whilst on a yoga retreat that she learnt about Craniosacral Therapy. She recalls “It made me think about how our…
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BodyTalk Therapy: The New Consciousness-Based Healthcare System For Rebooting Your Body
What is BodyTalk and how does it work?: BodyTalk Therapy is based around the belief that your body knows how to heal itself and the ability to carry this out, but just like in this day and age, similar to a computer, your body can get overloaded, leading to malfunction. A BodyTalk Therapy practitioner offers…
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How To Build Emotional Resilience – The Benefits Of Meditation & EFT (Emotional Freedom Technique)
When it comes to a person’s ability to deal with stressful situations or personal crises, learning how to build emotional resilience is key to adapting to the problems that arise and managing them in a healthy way. It has been shown that people with a higher degree and understanding of emotional resilience will be able…
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Body Psychotherapy: Getting your body & mind into a harmonious relationship with each other.
What is Body Psychotherapy? Many forms of psychotherapy, as well as other embodied practices, acknowledge the body not only as a biological network of physical information but also as an accurate and wise messenger of emotive and intuitive knowledge. The body and the mind are different parts of us, yet they are not opposites, they…
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How To Be Kind To Yourself: Showing self-compassion to both you & others experiencing the same kind of feelings
Why it’s important to be kind to yourself: It’s an ongoing internal tug of war, attempting to be kind to yourself using self-compassion can sometimes be a difficult task, especially when so many of us are having to deal with very similar challenging situations and emotions as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic. During this…
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The Labels We Live By: And Why Labelling People With Addiction Problems Is Complex
Modern society it seems is intent on labelling people, why do we have the need to do that? At what point did the person become the label, or did the label become the person? It’s an interesting question that can be applied to pretty much any form of human behaviour. My name is Rowenna Clifford…
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Mind Training: Become an observer of Your Own Mind With Mindfulness Meditation
Gaelle Tuffigo is someone who knows a lot about Mind Training and Mindfulness Meditation, she is passionate about equipping people and teams with the right tools and skills to be happier and more performant, and over the years has worked with thousands of people teaching her Mindfulness Meditation classes in London and Paris. She remembers…
