Ali Binns CBT & Mindfulness

22/03/2022

With everything that's going on in the world right now, it's natural to be feeling stressed and concerned for the future. But there are things you can do to help yourself to be psychologically healthy in these difficult times. The World Health Organisation has created a fantastic free handbook full of exercises, all based in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and ACT (a modern form of CBT); all of which will help you to develop the flexibility to deal with life's challenges wherever you live and whatever the circumstances. You can download it here.

An Illustrated Guide

23/10/2021

For anyone noticing they are finding life more exhausting than pre-pandemic, there's a reason. Your brain has just been trying to protect you...

It’s not just you – the pandemic has changed our brain psychology.

20/09/2021

I'm busy preparing for my new 8 week week mindfulness courses on Wednesday evenings. If you'd like to find out more, please feel free to drop me a line. The course will be a complete foundation for develping a mindfulness practice to develop resilience and flexibility when managing stressful events or situations.

As part of my preparation to teach the course, I've been reflecting on the nine attitudes of mindfulness and how these can help us. Part two covers - Patience... Have you got it or not? How might patience help?

Discover the mindful attitude of patience - one of the nine attitudes of mindfulness. We go into these in detail in my 8 week online mindfulness programme

09/09/2021

In preparation for running my first 8 week mindfulness programme, I'm writing a series of blog posts covering the 9 attitudes of mindfulness. These attitudes are helpful philosophies which help you to manage difficult thoughts and feelings when life gets tricky.

The first in the series is the attitude of 'non-judgment'.

If you're interested in taking part in an 8 week programme, please get in touch to register your interest.

He’s busy thinking. Thinking is doing. Mindfulness is being. When we think we automatically and naturally begin to apply judgments to people, places, things and situations based on our individual experience…

05/09/2021

Booking now! At the end of September on Wednesdays I plan to start running an 8 week Mindfulness Now programme. This programme is best suited for people who want to find ways to manage stress and anxiety in their lives. It will be run in a small group online so you can fit it easily into your day.

The series of 1.5 hour workshops will be split into two four week blocks before the October half term and after.

If you'd like to find out more about what is involved in terms of your commitment to get the most from the course, please get in touch to discuss and I will send some further information.

03/06/2020

If you want to know more about online CBT therapy, I've written a post about how to get the most out of online CBT therapy.

As social distancing looks set to consider for some time, I’m writing to introduce you to the idea of online CBT with a therapist and how to make the most of your online CBT therapy session. Many clients wonder what is it really like to have therapy when you’re not in the same room? Having spent...

26/03/2020

A helpful diagram for the current time - this concept is based on Stoic philosophy which informs much of modern CBT. If you can step back and look at what is outside of your control or influence, you can choose to practise letting go of this. When you focus on what you can do in a given situation, you will experience less stress than if you try to control the uncontrollable!
Difficult times for everyone - I'll be practising this myself regularly! :)

Students! If you’re finding things stressful, try to focus on what you can control.

Our Welfare team are still here for you, even when you’re not physically in College, you can call text:
07973 851462 (CCC)
07811 980754 (SVC)

11/03/2020

Unfortunately coronavirus is the topic of the year so far, so I've written a new post on anxiety about the new coronavirus (Cov-19) and hope it will help anyone feeling increasingly anxious or panicky. Stay healthy, stay concerned!

Tips to manage anxiety about coronavirus (Cov-19)

17/01/2020

Some musings on the CBT and REBT philosophy on failure... Often when we mess up or make a mistake, we are quick to rate ourselves a failure. Albert Ellis the grandfather of CBT argues that in order to accept ourselves, it's better to stick with rating our actions and not our whole selves... Here are some of my therapist thoughts on the topic...

CBT REBT self acceptance philosophy. How rating yourself a failure is inaccurate and untrue

20/12/2019

As I clock off for the festive season, I'd like to wish all my followers a very Merry Christmas! 🎄