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Mindfulness Spaces Created by Christine Rivers, Yateley - Mindful Life Expert, Therapist, Health Coach & Professor.

29/05/2026

Anxiety can shrink our world and for some of my clients it has held them back to do normal things - going out the house, driving - so when after months of therapy clients regain confidence and drive again, it is a massive achievement.

18/05/2026

PMDD Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder can cause severe psychological and physical symptoms one to two weeks before the period starts. Psychological symptoms might include severe anxiety and depression resulting in being absent from work or engaging in life.

You can read more about this condition here BBC link

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cx21kypwpzno

Therapy during this can time can be helpful to navigate these symptoms and learn how to cope with them longer term.

Get in touch for a free consultation.

https://www.psychologytoday.com/gb/counselling/christine-rivers-camberley/1543009

https://www.yateleytherapyspace.com







Health Anxiety and “Dr Google” - New Blog available After Monday’s video, I had many conversations with people who recog...
07/05/2026

Health Anxiety and “Dr Google” - New Blog available

After Monday’s video, I had many conversations with people who recognised this pattern checking symptoms online in themselves or in someone they care about and how this increases anxiety.

Because so many people related to it, I’m sharing the blog separately here as well.

In it, I explore:
• why health anxiety can escalate online
• why reassurance checking rarely helps long-term
• and how this pattern can begin to change

For many people, this doesn’t necessarily require ongoing therapy. Sometimes a single focused coaching session can help explore and interrupt the cycle.

Read more here: https://www.yateleytherapyspace.com/blog/health-anxiety-symptom-checking





04/05/2026

Health Anxiety, Dr Google and why one coaching session might be better than therapy

In today’s video, I talk about something many people recognise checking symptoms online.
It often starts with reassurance but quickly leads to more worry, more checking, and more anxiety. For many, this pattern doesn’t always need ongoing therapy. Sometimes a single focused coaching session can be enough to understand what’s happening and how to break the cycle.

I’ve written a blog exploring this in more depth www.yateleytherapyspace.com/blog/health-anxiety-symptom-checking

https://www.psychologytoday.com/gb/counselling/christine-rivers-camberley/1543009

https://www.yateleytherapyspace.com





27/04/2026

Therapy Highlights - When Anger Arises, Anxiety Can Step Back

Recently, many clients have been noticing a shift from anxiety into anger. And while that can feel uncomfortable, it can also be important. Anger carries movement. Energy. Direction. When it’s allowed to surface, it can give anxiety space to step back.

For some clients living with chronic conditions such as fibromyalgia, chronic pain or fatigue, this shift can even ease how the body feels.

In therapy, we don’t just notice the anger
we work with it. Through simple release techniques movement, breath, expression
we allow that energy to move safely rather than stay held in the body.

https://www.psychologytoday.com/gb/counselling/christine-rivers-camberley/1543009

https://www.yateleytherapyspace.com - website host currently has connectivity issue so please bear with.







20/04/2026

When Clients Worry They Ramble Too Much… Therapists See Something Else

It’s something many clients say at some point
“Sorry, I feel like I’m rambling.”

But what might feel like rambling is rarely random because these perceived disjointed thoughts and stories often carry an emotional thread. A pattern. A connection that isn’t obvious at first.

What I notice is that when there’s space to speak freely, without needing to be structured or make perfect sense it open a space for something deeper to emerge. In therapy, rambling isn’t something to fix.
It’s often where meaning begins and understanding unfolds.

https://www.psychologytoday.com/gb/counselling/christine-rivers-camberley/1543009

https://www.yateleytherapyspace.com





13/04/2026

Why Your Therapist Won’t Tell You What To Do

One of the most common expectations in therapy is this: “Can you just tell me what I should do?”

And it makes sense. When you feel stuck, overwhelmed, or unsure, you want clarity. But therapy isn’t about giving advice or making decisions for you. Because if someone else makes the decision, it doesn’t really belong to you. And more importantly, it doesn’t help you build trust in yourself.

In therapy, the focus is on helping you understand what matters to you, what’s driving your choices, and how to feel more confident in your own decisions. That way, the change lasts beyond the session. It might feel frustrating at times…but it’s also where real growth happens.

https://www.psychologytoday.com/gb/counselling/christine-rivers-camberley/1543009

https://www.yateleytherapyspace.com






🧭 The Inner Compass: finding your North Star and coming back to yourselfI often sit with people who feel anxious and unc...
03/04/2026

🧭 The Inner Compass: finding your North Star and coming back to yourself

I often sit with people who feel anxious and uncertain about where they’re going. Not because they don’t have options, but because something doesn’t quite feel right or off or not “me”. I recognise that feeling, because I’ve experienced it too.

For a long time, I thought clarity came from having a plan. What I’ve come to understand, both personally and through my work as an academic, coach, yoga teacher and psychotherapist, is that this space can feel uncomfortable, even scary, and yet it often holds something important. Anxiety is not always something to fix. Sometimes it is something to listen and carefully with help even respond to. It is this space that me to shift not just in my career, but in how I relate to myself and others. 💛

In a recent conversation on The Mandy Sunner Show, I shared how this idea of an “inner compass” has shaped my path and helped me reconnect with myself and who I am.



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