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  • Menopause can feel like a very lonely place
    18/05/2022

    Coach and Nutritional Therapist, Nina Galley, discusses, how with support, reaching out and talking, can help you reconnect with yourself and others, helping to change the story of Menopause. Together we are not alone.

  • Nothing is so lonely as being apart from ourselves
    09/05/2022

    Tom Carter, who works in our Norwich centre, explains that a sense of loneliness can often be down to what’s happening within us, as parts of our personalities become disconnected from the whole, leaving us to feel fractured and uncertain

  • When the pressure becomes too much…
    21/04/2022

    Acupuncturist, Maggie Ju explains how stress shows itself in our minds and bodies, and suggests ways to release the pressure…

  • Sleep: Physical Well Being and Our Immune System
    01/03/2022

    Hypnotherapist and sleep coach, Daniel Kroneberg, starts off Sleep Awareness Month with a guide on how sleep can affect our physical well being and immune system.

     

  • Why the best life goal is having one and how to go about it
    24/02/2022

    Hypnotherapist Tom Carter shares with us the reason on why the best life goal, is to have one and how to go about it; including 5 steps to help you get there.

  • What to do when you feel lost
    23/02/2022

    Psychotherapeutic counsellor and hypnotherapist Lucy Etherington explores the psychological dark woods of being lost and the journey of discovering the way through to clarity. 

  • Homework: Beyond the classroom and in to the therapy session
    18/02/2022

    Behavioural Specialist and Solution Focused Hypnotherapist Antony Curtis explores the benefits of homework for clients in therapy

  • The sun has come out: my illuminating journey with archetypes
    09/02/2022

    Dramatherapist Molly Holland explores the use of archetypal imagery in her therapy work. 

  • The Ego
    07/02/2022

    Psychotherapist Isabell Thomas shares her poem about the Ego.

  • The Great Shift
    21/12/2021

    Director of The Practice Rooms Angus Landman shares his thoughts on The Great Shift from a fear-based world.

  • Joy to the world
    17/12/2021

    Maria and Chanden of Nexus Counselling explore how joy and contentment weave in and out of our lives, and how we can stay true to ourselves as we move through those moments.

  • Inner Joy and Contentment: A wonderful theme for December and beyond
    14/12/2021

    Helen Gormley shares her journey and continued efforts to maintain a sense of inner joy and contentment.

  • Finding Peace of Mind
    10/12/2021

    Hypnotherapist and Life Coach Clare Hines explores finding 'Inner Joy and Contentment' through having peace of mind.

  • Learning to love change
    08/12/2021

    Counsellor Omar Sattaur explores inner joy and contentment through the ability to learn to love change.

  • Coming Home
    06/12/2021

    Family Constellation Practitioner Barbara Morgan shares a poem on Joy and how she found this inner completeness through her constellation work.

  • Happy Place
    01/12/2021

    Matt Hyde reflects on having a happy place to get through challenging times.

  • The relationship between bullying and Anxiety and OCD
    29/11/2021

    Solution Focused Hypnotherapist Orla Kirby explores her experience of linking bullying to Anxiety and OCD, our individual experiences of this, and hope for recovery.

  • Shining a light on bullying
    24/11/2021

    Drama Therapist Alyson Coleman explores how bullying can make us feel and how to build our own resilience.

  • Bullying: a hard one to tackle
    17/11/2021

    Trainee Psychotherapist Luke Roberts reflects on his experience of bullying, the extent bullying can progress, our own roles as a bully, and challenging bullies.

  • Bullying and how we can all make a difference
    15/11/2021

    Wellbeing Practitioner Clare Haines explores bullying, support available, and some useful grounding and relaxation techniques to be used at home to help calm the body and mind.

  • Bullying – it doesn’t always end with school
    12/11/2021

    Counselling Psychologist, Nicole George, explores complex PTSD and how prolonged, repeated forms of bullying can link to this condition.

  • Bullying across the life cycle: Don’t face it alone
    10/11/2021

    Psychotherapist Stuart Hannah explores the impact of bullying, and how to seek help.

  • How to beat bullying without leaving long term damage
    04/11/2021

    Hypnotherapist and Solution Focused Brief Therapist, Rachel Newman, offers techniques on how to effectively deal with bullying.

  • A poem about a bully's journey to change through therapy
    02/11/2021

    Psychotherapist and EDMR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) Therapist Isabell Thomas shares a poem to illustrate the therapeutic journey a bully may take in healing themselves and changing their behaviour towards others.

  • Why digestive health matters throughout perimenopause & menopause
    22/10/2021

    Katherine Corsan is a BANT-registered nutritionist who specialises in digestive health. Katherine explains the important functions our digestive system plays, and the effects this can have on a smoother perimenopause and menopause.

  • A New Beginning (Part 2)
    20/10/2021

    In part 2 of her blog, NLP Coach and Nutritional Therapist - Nina Galley - talks about the gift of the transition of menopause.

  • Changing the story of menopause - One foggy brain at a time!
    18/10/2021

    NLP Coach and Nutritional Therapist - Nina Galley - explores menopause as a transitional process and ways to navigate this time of life.

  • The Menopause: Women’s Time For Change
    15/10/2021

    Kim Swinden likens Menopause to Autumn, a time of change into unpredictability that bridges between what has gone before and what is up ahead in the second half of our lives.

  • Space
    13/10/2021

    Helen Gormley talks about menopause and therapy - an opportunity for reflection, reconnection, reset, and rejuvenation.

  • How can counselling help women going through menopause
    04/10/2021

    Counsellor Catherine Flynn explores the inevitable changes experienced during menopause and the support counsellors offer during this life change.

  • How to help your immune system help you
    08/09/2021

    Nutritional therapist Lori Webster explores the different foods that help keep your immune system (and you) healthy.

  • Spiritual Wellness - Nutrition for the Soul
    26/08/2021

    Helen McHugh explores Spiritual Wellness - what it is and how to make time for it in the fast-paced modern world.

  • Possibility
    23/08/2021

    Craniosacral therapist Megan Hatto explores spirituality in the form of being open to possibility.

  • Healing Sleep
    20/08/2021

    Sleep Therapist Derek Elliott explores what Spirituality is, how it relates to healing and his healing work with clients with sleep difficulties.

  • Mindfulness and Spirituality
    17/08/2021

    Alexander Isaksson explores Spirituality, Mindfulness-based Psychotherapy, the Buddhist Noble Truths, and the therapeutic process.

  • Cultural Appropriation v. Cultural Appreciation
    13/08/2021

    Andrew Kempleton explores cultural appropriation, in particular within the therapy world in Western communities.

  • Essential Oil Frequencies: My aromatic journey
    11/08/2021

    Lucia Miniewska explores the energetic frequency of essential oils and their use in healing therapies.

  • Spirituality - making connections
    09/08/2021

    Jessica Barber explores spirituality in the connections we make with other people and unexplainable coincidences.

  • Spirituality – making peace with our parents
    06/08/2021

    Family Constellations Therapist, Barbara Morgan explores what spirituality means to her, and how this links to our relationships with our parents.

  • Inside Out
    04/08/2021

    Taken from John Snowden's own blog page, John explores our egos and how letting go of our mind and tuning into our feelings can help free us from the demands and stress of the modern world.

  • Learning To Play, Playing To Learn
    20/07/2021

    Feldenkrais practitioner Dianne Hancock explores the importance of play and playfulness, as children and long into adulthood.

  • Movement, Creativity and Play
    14/07/2021

    Biodynamic Craniosacral therapist Megan Hattoo explores how movement and creativity impact us, our bodies, and our lives.

  • Create, Play, and Move to Reverse the Most Common Pattern
    08/07/2021

    Acupuncturist, Megan Odell explores common energy-depleting patterns and simple life changes that can be made to help heal.

  • Vocal Sound in the Body-Mind Relationship
    23/06/2021

    Body Psychotherapist, Anne Ryan, explores the healing power of vocal sound.

  • Sleep and Emotional States
    16/06/2021

    Daniel Kronenberg (Clinical Hypnotherapist) looks at the negative impact of sleep deprivation on our emotional states.

  • Aphasia
    09/06/2021

    Dr Rachel Adams explores Aphasia, a complex language disorder resulting from neurological damage to the brain. It can affect a person’s ability to talk, write and understand spoken and written language, whilst leaving other cognitive abilities intact.

  • Fear of Going Out
    04/06/2021

    FOGO - have you, or someone you care for, suddenly developed a fear of going out?

  • A Self-Compassionate Approach to Low Self Esteem
    18/05/2021

    Sarah Lane (Counsellor) explores our inner critic and how to be more compassionate towards ourselves to help improve our self-esteem.

  • Three Parenting Mistakes That Damage Teenagers’ Self-Esteem
    14/05/2021

    Confidence and Self-Esteem Coach Kevin Birch talks about the 3 main mistakes parents make that can damage teenagers self-esteem, and what to do instead.

  • Self-Esteem
    12/05/2021

    Susan Malone-Hoyle what self-esteem is and how to improve it, including a Self-Esteem Inventory worksheet.

  • How to build self-esteem and feel confident
    07/05/2021

    In aid of National Teen Self Esteem Month, Jessica Vassallo looks at limiting self-beliefs and six steps to building self-esteem.

  • How to Boost Your Self Esteem in the Work Place
    04/05/2021

    Life Coach, Caroline Rushforth, looks at the causes of self-esteem and how to boost it.

  • Coping with a diagnosis of Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD)
    21/04/2021

    Nicole George (Psychological therapist) talks about IBS, the psychological impact it has on sufferers, and how Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) can help. 

  • Power & Control
    19/04/2021

    Family Constellations Practitioner, Barbara Morgan, explores Power & Control in our lives and the wider world.

  • What does your gut tell you?
    14/04/2021

    Trainee Psychotherapist Luke Roberts explores the important role our gut plays, not only in the digestion of food but also in psychological wellbeing.

  • Detecting Root Causes of IBS
    07/04/2021

    Nutritionist Helen Cooke explores 4 key root causes of IBS.

  • 10 Daily Affirmations for Self Love
    22/03/2021

    Life Coach, Caroline Rushforth, shares 10 daily affirmations to help self love.

  • It’s a woman thing!
    15/03/2021

    Anne Duke looks at dealing with the Menopause and what can help women during this transitional period.

  • Western Diet Impact on Female Fertility
    08/03/2021

    Karina Smith-Reyes looks at the impact Western Diet can have on women's health and offers some online programmes for those wanting to start making positive changes.

  • Binge eating when we're asleep - it's time to wake up
    01/03/2021

    Jessica Vassallo explores unconscious eating and our habits around food, and how to gain healthier mindsets to help practice more mindful eating.

  • Does Sex Matter in Covid Times?
    17/02/2021

    Maria and Chanden of Nexus Counselling explore the importance of sex during difficult times such as Covid-19.

  • Four Nutrients to Increase Libido & Sexual Performance
    10/02/2021

    Nutritionalist Karina Smith-Reyes looks at the impact on nutrition on our sex lives.

  • But it was my fault
    03/02/2021

    Jessica Barber reflects on her role as a Psychotherapist when working with clients who have suffered from abuse.

  • Metamorphosis
    25/01/2021

    New Practice Manager, Stephen Holmes, reflects on the New Year, embracing the darkness we're faced with, and emerging stronger from it.

  • I am the centre. The centre is me.
    21/01/2021

    A beautiful poem written by Charley, our Practice Manager in Queen Square (Bristol).

  • A Change for the Better
    20/01/2021

    Dianne Hancock explores the use of The Feldenkrais Method to help identity limiting habits and create change.

  • Top 5 Nutrition & Lifestyle Tips to Strengthen Your Immune System in 2021
    06/01/2021

    Nutritional Therapist and Health Coach Karina Smith-Reyes gives her top 5 nutrition & lifestyle tips to strengthen your immune system this year.

  • Poetry from Ayaz Angus Landman
    23/12/2020

    Poetry featured on our Christmas as The Birth Of Truth evening with Ayaz Angus Landman and bard Gayan Tony Donaghy.

  • Mindful Walking through the Seasons
    21/12/2020

    Sarah Lane (Counsellor and Mindfulness Teacher) brings mindfulness to our everyday walks.

  • Biophilia and the mind
    17/12/2020

    An extract from towards the end of James Brennan's forthcoming book, Making Sense of Being Alive: A Natural History of the Mind.

  • Connecting with Nature
    14/12/2020

    Piia Laakso (Massage Therapists) reflects on the joy and peace she finds from connecting with nature, and how it can aid her and her clients in their massage experience.

  • Christmas as The Birth Of Truth
    10/12/2020

    Join poet Ayaz Angus Landman and bard and psychotherapist Gayan Tony Donaghy for a poetic solstice Sufi ramble, weaving a mystical meditation and exploration of the meaning of Christmas as  “The Birth of Truth”.

  • Is Nature Outside Of Us?
    10/12/2020

    Charley Roux (Acupuncturist) explores the beauty of finding nature within us.

  • The Importance of Spending Time in Nature
    07/12/2020

    Physiotherapy, Matt Kinal explores the benefits of spending time in nature.

  • A Wholearth Approach - a relationship of Oneness
    02/12/2020

    Starting this month's Nature blog topic, Ally Stott explores the 'Wholearth Approach' which recognises that we are nature - we humans are of the same Body as the wider than human world, of plants, water, animals, trees, insects, sky, rock.

  • A Rock and a Hard Place
    25/11/2020

    Ben Jones (Counsellor) explores the portrayal of men as hardened individuals who must strive to perform, the threat this can place on their mental health, and how therapy can help men explore deeper within themselves.

  • Hypnotherapy for erectile dysfunction
    20/11/2020

    Jon Creffield (Hypnotherapist) looks at the links between stress and erectile dysfunction and how hypnotherapy can help.

  • Men, Be Kind to Yourself
    16/11/2020

    Jamie de Carvalho (Psychotherapist) looks at male stereotypes and learning to speak about your feelings.

  • Becoming a Father – Why Dads need more mental health support
    12/11/2020

    Clinical Psychologist Jenny Griffiths looks at mental health in fathers - the struggles they may be under, how they might be feeling, depression, and what to do.

  • Men’s Mental Health During Covid-19
    09/11/2020

    Owen Lewis (Hypnotherapist) explores the strain Men's Mental Health is under during Covid-19.

  • Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia (BPH)
    04/11/2020

    Katherine Corsan, a BANT-registered nutritionist, provides an in-depth exploration of Benign Prostate Hyperplasia (BPH).

  • The Transformation of Cotham Hill
    26/10/2020

    Practice Manager, Sam Hill, write about the transformation of our Cotham Hill centre in Bristol. 

  • The Pieta
    23/10/2020

    Poetry by Angus Landman on seeing Michaelangelo’s Pieta St Peters Rome

  • Cage Maker or Cage Breaker?
    22/10/2020

    Villy Tichkova's blog on Addictions and how to recreate ourselves in a world of uncertainty and social isolation.

  • Addiction
    13/10/2020

    Hermione Brown looks into what addiction is, the difference between a habit and an addiction, and breaking free from addiction.

  • Facing up to addiction with solution-focused hypnotherapy
    07/10/2020

    Jon Creffield explores addiction and how solution focused hypnotherapy can help.

  • Frequency Medicine Offers New Hope for Overcoming Chemical Dependency
    02/10/2020

    The first of our Addiction blog topics - Bioresonance practitioner, Kasey, explains how this form of treatment can help chemical dependencies.

  • The Breath
    24/09/2020

    Emma Cayless reflects on her experience of true mind-body connection through meditation and the breath.

  • Frondescence
    21/09/2020

    Emma Bartley's leafy ramble into the wonderful world of Greenery.

  • Happiness through Body and Mind
    18/09/2020

    Psychotherapist Sonja Anthony looks at finding happiness through body and mind.

  • Wellbeing and the language of the Body Mind
    17/09/2020

    Body Movement Psychotherapist, Hannah Murdoch, discusses the language of Body Mind.

  • Holistic Health
    14/09/2020

    Susan Lacroix looks at holistic health and ways of helping ourselves.

  • Mind and Body: What's the connection?
    11/09/2020

    Psychotherapist, Hermione Brown, explores our mind - body connection and how we can listen to our bodies to gain insight into our stresses and troubles.

  • The Holistic Benefits of Healing Through Sound Meditation
    09/09/2020

    Paula Bowen-Scott explores the soothing powers of a Gong bath.

  • Is Psychotherapy touching?
    07/09/2020

    Caroline Duggan looks at the mind and body connection through her work as a Body Psychotherapist and her use of touch with sessions.

  • Mind and Body Connections
    04/09/2020

    Villy Tichkova explores the dance between Mind and Body.

  • The Brain-Gut Connection: IBS and Hypnotherapy
    01/09/2020

    This month's focus is on the mind-body connection and holistic healing. Daniel Kronenberg starts us off with his blog on IBS and Hypnotherapy.

  • Parenting in a pandemic
    27/08/2020

    Counsellor, Martin Alderton, reflects on his client's experience of parenting in a pandemic.

  • Parenthood in lockdown
    24/08/2020

    Family Therapist, Richard Clarke, reflects on his experience of parenting during lockdown.

  • Parenting Yourself
    21/08/2020

    Holistic Hypnotherapist Melody May explores the importance of parenting yourself as well as your children.

  • The Right Port in a Storm
    19/08/2020

    The Practice Rooms' manager, Nicola Hall, reflects on being a Practice Manager in Bristol.

  • The Psychology of Parenting in a nutshell: Reflections from a Clinical Psychologist
    17/08/2020

    Clinical Psychologist, Dr Jenny Griffiths, reflects on the psychology of parenting.

  • A Pocket Guide to Parenting
    14/08/2020

    How to raise adults who thrive in an ever-changing world.

  • The Millstone of Parental Guilt
    11/08/2020

    In our first of this month's Parenthood blogs, Jo Lloyd looks at the feelings of guilt that parents battle with.

  • The Art of Listening
    23/07/2020

    In this short blog, Angus Landman outlines and suggests the four stages of the “Art” of listening and expands a little on each.

  • Friendships (and what to do if you’re an introvert…)
    20/07/2020

    CBT Therapist, Tom Holland-Pearce looks at socialising and friendship as an introvert.

  • The Practice Rooms in Exeter
    13/07/2020

    What our centre in Exeter and the surrounding area have to offer.

  • Friendship
    06/07/2020

    The impact of friendship on our wellbeing.

  • Pride or shame: Working well with LGBTQ+ clients
    01/07/2020

    Pride and shame: two end points on a spectrum of acceptance of oneself regarding gender identity and sexual orientation.

  • Sleeping Clifton Practice
    30/06/2020

    We reflect on the vast changes at our centre in Clifton from it's opening last Autumn to the present situation.

  • A Solstice Reflection - So too the World
    19/06/2020

    When considering the troubles of the world, I sometimes ask myself, if the world were my client how would I be in relation to it?

  • Proud in the absence of Pride
    18/06/2020

    Zayna Ratta, an LGBTQIA+ hypno-psychotherapist, talks about sexual, gender and relationally diverse minorities.

  • Salisbury - a historical hub
    18/05/2020

    Getting to know our quirky Salisbury centre, written by manager Alison. 

  • Self care: a path to reach your dreams
    13/05/2020

    A how guide on using self care to manifest your hearts desires by our therapist Laura Cocconi, a holistic therapist based in Hove. 

  • Practitioner Interview - Katrina Allen
    08/05/2020

    Getting to know one of our practitioners, Katrina Allen who practices as a sex therapist and psychotherapist in Sheffield.

  • The energy of stress
    20/04/2020

    Why do we come to feel stressed and how does it affect us? More importantly, how can we discharge that energy? A blog by kinesiologist and Shiatsu practitioner, Jacqueline Lawes. 

  • A little oasis
    13/04/2020

    Clifton Village - a bustling inner city suburb hiding a lovely little oasis. 

  • Lessons from Covid-19: how to stay sane in self-isolation
    30/03/2020

    Some simple tips from Ana, a psychotherapist in Hove about how to care for our mental health whilst isolated. 

  • Pause for Thought by Angus Landman
    28/03/2020

    I think this will be seen to be a truly epoque defining moment in human history. Are we ready to take advantage of it? 

  • Managing Stress as a Therapist
    25/03/2020

    Creating and reviewing your self-care routine as a therapist to manage your stress better. 

  • Nutritional Tips for Coronavirus
    19/03/2020

    Some nutritional tips from Helen Cooke, a nutritionist in Bristol about how to boost immunity during Coronavirus. 

  • Online Emotional Support - Seeking talking therapists
    17/03/2020

    As part of a professional response to the current unprecedented crisis, the Help Hub are seeking qualified psychotherapists and counsellors to provide an online or telephone service to those in urgent need of emotional support.

  • The Practice Rooms and Coronavirus - a letter from Angus
    16/03/2020

    A letter from Angus, the managing director of The Practice Rooms, about the business' stance on coronavirus, and how we can all help each other. 

  • Mindfulness and Community
    06/03/2020

    When people first come into one of our centres, they are often struck by how beautiful the rooms are, both structurally and with the furnishings.

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