Here are the Human needs and the Human rights that I use in my work constantly. I’m not sure who has written them but I’m sure they wouldn’t mind me using on my blog to help others. We all have [...]
Over thinking comes up in the therapy room constantly. If only we could turn off our brains from over thinking with a switch of a button. If only it was that easy. The answer is to keep active [...]
My career is where it is today because of the panic attacks I suffered. At my lowest I probably had 20 a day. Only people that have had to cope with them will realise the severity of them. They [...]
I felt I need to write a short blog on surviving Christmas. Christmas can be great fun but can often bring on stresses. Check out my calm breathing blog and remember as you breathe out, blow away [...]
Sadness, like happiness, is a way of life, but when someone is depressed energy drains from you and can make you exhausted and unable to concentrate on anything for very long. Doing tasks such as [...]
Anxiety covers a wide range of problems from stress to panic attacks, compulsions, phobias or nervous illness. Anxiety and fear trigger the release of hormones such as adrenalin, which then [...]
Over the next few weeks I am going to tell you about OCD, anxiety, panic attacks and depression. So you can get a better understanding of them. This week I’m going to start with OCD. The OCD list [...]
How do you estimate yourself? You may ooze confidence but lack in self-esteem. Do you walk in to a party and chat away to everyone but after the event question yourself? “Everyone looked better [...]
Last week I talked about positive change, unfortunately not all change is positive. Today I wanted to talk about bereavement. The only definite thing in life is that we will all die at some [...]
In this blog post, we’re going to look at change in a positive way. I understand that some changes in life can be negative. Examples of this include when someone dies or we lost our jobs [...]
Today, I would like you to look at your life balance. Below, I’ve made a list of ways to ensure your life is balanced. If you’re currently letting a large amount of commitments get in [...]
As you begin to learn the art of relaxation, I am going to guide you through a visualisation. This is a highly pleasurable technique which involves taking a mental holiday by focusing the mind on [...]
Before this muscle relaxation, why not try my calm breathing exercise. Follow this muscle relaxation with a relaxing guided visualisation. Here’s a quick and easy way to release muscle [...]
Calm breathing is a technique that helps to slow down your breathing when you feel stressed or anxious. Our breathing changes when we feel anxious. We tend to take short, quick, shallow breaths, [...]
My name is Christine Elvin, I’m a counsellor who in the past has suffered from mental health issues. I want to become a therapist blogger in hope I’ll be able to help people with mental health [...]