How Can Counselling Help with Stress, Anxiety and Depression
Stress, anxiety and depression can be made worse when we feel alone with it or feel as if no one else can understand what we’re going through or how hard it is. It can feel very isolating and very frightening, as if the feelings will last forever and it can feel as...
Why meditation can be REALLY hard
Meditation has become increasingly popular in recent years, and with good reason as there is a huge amount of research that shows that meditation can help with a wide range of health issues. It has been proven to help with both physical wellness: - a study by the...
The Power of ‘AND’
How do you feel today? Happy? Sad? Tired? Content? Anxious? The list of available feelings can go on and on! It’s common for us to just pin our emotions on one word e.g. I feel anxious. Often clients in our counselling practice will us one word repeatedly, which can...
Self-Kind or Selfish?
On your list of things to do today, how far down that list is doing something for yourself, something that nourishes you? Are you even on that list? It’s really common for us to get caught up in the busyness of life and the list of things that ‘must’ be done. This...
Has lockdown felt like an emotional bootcamp
For some of us it feels as if lockdown has been a very mixed blessing. It’s been the chance to reset, perhaps refocus and give ourselves time to rest. However, it’s also meant that our usual ways of coping and/or distracting ourselves are not available to us. How...
Do you feel ‘stuck’?
Clients often describe a feeling of being ‘stuck’. Sometimes at first when they describe it, that can sound really rigid and as if they have no control over either the situation or the feeling. I often hear phrases such as ‘it’s just the way it is’ and ‘I’ve got to...
Booking your first counselling session in Hull
It's perfectly normal to feel frightened or worried before booking a first counselling session with our team, it's a big step for many people which is why we're called Courage Counselling - it takes courage to make that first step and book a counselling session....
What is Counselling
If you’ve never had any experience of counselling it can be quite a daunting thing to undertake, you might have lots of questions like, ‘What’s it all about?’, ‘How can counselling help me?’, ‘What goes on in a session?’. I’m going to use this space to explain how my...
Stress Counselling and Therapy
Stress Counselling in Hull. Offering a real solution to your problems. Stress can cause genuine problems in your life, not just for yourself but for your loved ones too. Stress is something that often builds up slowly over time, meaning that we end up in a position...
How does Anxiety Counselling work
What is Anxiety Counselling? If you're feeling overwhelmed by your emotions it can be very frightening. Whether you are suffering anxiety, depression, weight issues, anger, OCD, or self-esteem, and eating disorders, your feelings can start to feel very overwhelming...
