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šŸ“– a great book -ACT for Burnout -for anyone struggling with burnout or stress. It gives a lot of helpful information ab...
14/06/2024

šŸ“– a great book -ACT for Burnout -for anyone struggling with burnout or stress. It gives a lot of helpful information about what burnout is and how is does not only refer to those in busy jobs but also busy parents or carers, sports people or those involved in activism.

It describes different cycles of burnout which may be more relevant to specific individuals and then lots of strategies on how to reconnect with values and look after yourself whilst continuing to engage meaningfully in your work!

Highly recommend!


Started offering therapy at my lovely therapy room at today!
26/02/2024

Started offering therapy at my lovely therapy room at today!

I'll be offering therapy sessions on this iconic building in
09/02/2024

I'll be offering therapy sessions on this iconic building in

šŸŒø This premise lies at the heart of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy! (Hayes, Stroshal, & Wilson, 1999)ACT gently teach...
22/01/2024

šŸŒø This premise lies at the heart of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy!
(Hayes, Stroshal, & Wilson, 1999)

ACT gently teaches us how to be with the difficult so we can live a life that is meaningful and fullfilling!

If you'd like to see if ACT would be helpful for you please contact me through my website for a free initial consultation!

www.unavitatherapy.com

šŸŒø This premise lies at the heart of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy! (Hayes, Stroshal, & Wilson, 1999)ACT gently teach...
22/01/2024

šŸŒø This premise lies at the heart of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy!
(Hayes, Stroshal, & Wilson, 1999)

ACT gently teaches us how to be with the difficult so we can live life that is meaningful and fullfilling!

I've been using ACT personally and with my clients for 20 years. If you're interested in finding out of ACT would be the right therapy for you, please contact me via my website to stable a free initial consultation!

All sessions are online for the time being! šŸ’»

www.unavitatherapy.com

A lovely metaphor for the Observer Self that I just came across. If you're interested in accessing ACT therapy with an e...
04/01/2024

A lovely metaphor for the Observer Self that I just came across.
If you're interested in accessing ACT therapy with an experienced psychologist please have a look at my website and get in touch.

Need help to transform in 2024! I've got over 20 years of experience helping people develop more rich and fullfilling li...
02/01/2024

Need help to transform in 2024!
I've got over 20 years of experience helping people develop more rich and fullfilling lives.
Contact me via my website to arrange a free initial consultation!

Taking new clients! šŸ„³I hope you have had a wonderful Christmas šŸŽ„ and are able to reflect on your achievements throughout...
28/12/2023

Taking new clients! šŸ„³

I hope you have had a wonderful Christmas šŸŽ„ and are able to reflect on your achievements throughout 2023!
If you are looking to make some positive changes in 2024 and feel you want some support, please reach out for a free initial consultation!
I'm a Clinical Psychologist with over 20 years of experience and trained in multiple therapy approaches and I'm ready to help YOU!
Head over to my website (link in bio) to see what I can offer and complete contact form!

Anxiety tip! Swipe right āž”ļø I've been talking about how safety behaviours can be deceptive, making us think we're doing...
08/09/2020

Anxiety tip! Swipe right āž”ļø
I've been talking about how safety behaviours can be deceptive, making us think we're doing the best we can to manage our anxiety.
Unfortunately they are only a very short- term solution and usually come at a cost to our long-term happiness!
A note effective way of overcoming anxiety is learning how to sit with it! Allowing it to be there without needing to push it away! Then we can focus on doing the things that are imp to us!
Do you have any unhelpful safety behaviours you want to give the boot?
@ London, United Kingdom

Have you ever done this exercise? It's quite a common exercise we do to help explore the idea of "controllability of th...
05/09/2020

Have you ever done this exercise?
It's quite a common exercise we do to help explore the idea of "controllability of thoughts".

We often have an idea that we have full control over the thoughts that pop in to our minds and that we should be able to stop "bad" thoughts from coming in.
This belief often leaves people feeling distressed when they have difficult thoughts and they might try to push thoughts out of their minds, which is called "thought suppression!"
Thought suppression might work initially but it's definitely not guaranteed to, and people tend to find the more they try to push thoughts away, the more the thoughts come back (with a vengeance)!
This little exercise helps us to see how much we can control what thoughts come in to our mind and also what happens when we try to push the thought away!
The exercise is simple and will only take 30 seconds!
šŸ§˜ā€ā™‚ļø Find somewhere quiet to sit where you will be free from interruptions
ā° Set a timer for 30 seconds
šŸ˜ For the next 30 seconds DO NOT think about a pink elephant
How did you go? What did you notice?

Most people come to therapy saying "I don't want to feel anxious or down any more!" As a therapist I have to be really c...
04/09/2020

Most people come to therapy saying "I don't want to feel anxious or down any more!"
As a therapist I have to be really careful with how I respond to this. On the one hand of course I hope that the work we do together will lead them to feeling "better" about their lives which may include feeling happier and calmer!
But on the other hand just focusing on reducing difficult emotions such as anxiety and sadness as a goal for therapy would be counterproductive and potentially damaging!
Not wanting to feel difficult feelings or experience difficult thoughts is called Experiential Avoidance. It's like never wanting there to be clouds ā˜ļø in the sky and wherever there was doing anything you could to try and get rid of them even if this was harmful for you in the long-term!
We need a different approach to our emotions which includes
ā™” Acknowldging
ā™” Allowing
ā™” Exploring
ā™” Accepting

The aim is to learn to "be with" our difficult emotions rather than pushing them away! So that if its a cloudy ā›… day we are OK with this because we know that the clouds are just here at the moment and they will move on at some point and it will be sunny again! šŸŒž


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