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Body Image and Body Acceptance

Body image problems affect lots of different people. It’s not about vanity or being shallow. Body image issues aren’t something “silly” experienced only by teenage girls, nor are they something

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Costs vs Counselling

The cost of living keeps rising and negotiable counselling fees. Energy bills, food bills, rent, petrol. Everything is going up, yet wages are staying the same, which I feel put’s

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Are They Listening to You?

Is your smart device listening to your counselling conversations? Let me take you back to last weekend. Myself and my husband were sat in the kitchen, he was waffling on

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Conversion Therapy

First of all, what even is conversion therapy? Conversion therapy refers to any form of treatment or psychotherapy which aims to supress a person’s gender identity. It is based on

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The Invisible Pandemic

A mental health and suicide post-covid snapshot Let me preface this by saying I am not against lockdowns or their need. Recently witnessing thousands protest to the idea of frontline

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Finding mindful moments

Mindfulness is often criticised and has been branded as being ‘fluffy’ and ‘hippielike’! I will hold my hands up here and admit, I was one of those who absolutely hated

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Managing My Own BPD

A Personal Account of Managing BPD I finally realised I needed help at the age of 35 when my life collapsed. I ceased to function, I lost my Job, my

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Self Acceptance

Finding Self-Acceptance

A Personal Account of Acceptance What does acceptance even look like? For someone who has had to mask, suppress and hide who they really are for their whole life, feeling

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Addiction, Self Worth, ISPC

An Injured Soul

Addiction Everyone has different reasons and stories about who, what, where and why they have taken drugs. I often look back at my time using through rose tinted glasses. You

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Darker Side to Exercise, IPSC News

The Darker Side of Exercise

Exercise… What does that word mean to you? Health? Fitness? Sport? Well for me, and sadly many others too, it means fear, exhaustion, and addiction. Exercise “addiction” is something that

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