Counselling and Psychotherapy
How Mindfulness Can Complement Your Psychotherapy
Mindfulness and Psychotherapy have a huge amount in common and when combined, the therapeutic benefits can be very powerful. So what exactly is Mindfulness and how can it help…
Understanding How Our Brain Impacts On Our Relationships
When considering your important relationships and thinking about what makes the good ones good and the bad ones bad there may be lots of things that come to mind. You…
Depression: Coping With The Desire To Hide Away
When we have depression, we sometimes feel like we want to run away from everything and everyone. The urge to get away and leave everything behind can seem like an…
What Is The Therapeutic Alliance and Why Is It So Important
The therapeutic alliance is the key to successful psychotherapy. It is the strength of the bond and connection that can be built between you and your therapist over time. Without…
Diagnosis vs. Person
As a therapist I see my role as someone who is there to listen to you as a person with a unique history and own story to tell. I believe…
World Mental Health Day – 10th October 2018
Today is World Mental Health Day and the focus for 2018 is young people and mental health in a changing world. Mental health, also known as emotional well-being, isn’t just…
Psychotherapy at Bluecoats Sports Club Horsham
Southdowns Psychotherapy is also now at Bluecoats Sports Club in Horsham I am pleased to announce a second location for Southdowns Psychotherapy. In addition to a base in Washington, I…
How Should We Be Talking About Suicide?
Today is World Suicide Prevention Day. World Suicide Day is an annual day to encourage awareness about the single biggest killer of men under the age of 45 today. As…
Why Psychotherapy is Vital in Treating Depression
These days depression is so common that at any some point in our life we are bound to encounter someone experiencing some form of depression or experience depression ourselves. 1…
Anger vs. Aggression: What’s the Difference?
Anger is an acceptable feeling. Aggression is a behaviour. For many, anger is a problem feeling. It gets a bad name and is considered tricky and challenging to address and…
How to choose a therapist
It may not be difficult to come across multiple listings of therapists who are local to you – but how do you go about deciding which one is right for…
5 Things to Consider When Starting Therapy
So, this is it. You’ve thought about looking in to having counselling for a while. You’re now at the point where you’ve had a look online and started to identify…
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