You know you need to put yourself first sometimes, but you always find a way of not doing it. The question is why? You know it is healthy, you know it is a good thing to do yet you still cannot do it. There may be a few reasons that…
How to Cope with Post Lockdown Social Anxiety For many people, the easing of the lockdown restrictions cannot come quick enough. However, for those who suffer with anxiety, the national lockdown has made it harder than ever to get back out and socialise. Here at Kays Counselling, we have compiled…
Understanding a therapist’s role Therapy is a learning process, for you to learn about yourself, a great tool to work through your feelings or cognitive processes, identify anything that you feel isn’t working for you and to allow you to implement a change if you wish. Your therapist will provide…
Looking After Your Mental Health During COVID-19 With the Government’s recent announcement telling us all to stay at home apart from essential needs, it has led to feelings of ongoing uncertainty and worry and impacted all our lives by changing our daily routines. Many of us are adjusting to working…
Prior to this article, I read something which interested me about how the truth does not have versions, rather it has many sides to it. Which may be confusing to understand, but the truth does exist, in one version. Yet, the truth is complicated for many of us and can…
How do I deal with grief? When a loved one dies, we may experience some very intense and frightening emotions. Feelings such as anger, frustration, confusion and despair can consume us. Please be assured that these are all very healthy and normal reactions in grief. Grief support can be beneficial…
Why do I daydream? You might find that you spend hours at a time daydreaming about another reality you’ve created in your mind, you might use people your reality in these daydreams, the scenarios could be real situations which play out with alternative outcomes or you may even create scenarios…
It’s very easy to look at yourself and think you’ve said or done something that warrants other people’s negative behaviour towards you. Surely there’s got to be a reason why they’re treating you badly? Being treated in a negative manner can be highly confusing, questions start to arise such as…
Love can be like any other addiction, you feel intense pleasure when things are going well, you feel like you’re on cloud 9 however the feeling doesn’t last. You find yourself yearning to feel that pleasure feeling again and may find yourself doing or saying things to bring that feeling…
If you have a fear of being in a loving relationship you’ll find that you have very intense feelings of fear, far greater than what others may feel. There are a number of signs when you have a fear of commitment: You’ve got a history of being in short relationships…