laurenstreetcounsellingFeb 53 minA different kind of conversation.......A different kind of conversation
laurenstreetcounsellingNov 29, 20193 minEmotional responsibility & meI've gone back into the therapy room for this month's blog post and looked at what's been discussed frequently between myself & my clients. Last month's post...
laurenstreetcounsellingOct 29, 20194 minThe importance of boundaries!Usually I have a long list of things to blog about but for this month's issue I've been drawing a blank. I am not usually stuck for ideas so believe me when ...
laurenstreetcounsellingSep 26, 20194 minFeeling in a rut? Stop beating yourself up!As the darker mornings and evenings draw in, the leaves fall from the trees and Christmas food starts creeping onto supermarket shelves it's natural we start...
laurenstreetcounsellingAug 28, 20193 minIs it perception or reality?What is reality? It sounds like such a simple question but doesn't always give us the answer we'd like. Albert Einstein put it like this "Reality is merely a...
laurenstreetcounsellingJul 30, 20193 minThe art of self-acceptance................Acceptance - what is it? how do you learn it? can you lose it? It's such an easy word to say but sometimes so difficult to do. As a therapist I spend a lot o...
laurenstreetcounsellingJun 26, 20193 minDecisions, decisions, decisions!Do I? Don't I? How often do you find yourself at a crossroads trying to make a decision? Decisions are a daily part of life, some studies claim that on avera...
laurenstreetcounsellingMay 14, 20193 minWhy is failure not an option?It just so happens that the usual week for my monthly blog post also falls on Mental Health Awareness Week. It seems as if mental health is everywhere at the...
laurenstreetcounsellingApr 12, 20193 minWhat is the role of a therapist?Have you ever thought about doing something and decided against it as you thought it wasn't for you? How many times have you then been proved wrong or realis...
laurenstreetcounsellingMar 8, 20192 minIt's all in the wording......In one of my first blog posts I highlighted that only 7% of the way we communicate is through the words we use. So much is focused on how we speak and body l...
laurenstreetcounsellingFeb 12, 20192 minWe're all the same right? WRONG!It's a common misconception that all therapy, and therefore all therapists, are the same. If that were true life would be boring wouldn't it? Or that only ce...
laurenstreetcounsellingJan 21, 20192 minI am feeling blue; and I am not ashamed to admit it.So apparently today is now known as "Blue Monday". The third Monday of January shall forever be labelled as the most depressing day of the year. However, let...
laurenstreetcounsellingJan 7, 20192 minNew year new who??Happy New Year to you all. How many of us now hear "new year new me", "what's your new years resolutions?" and "this is the start of a brand new you"..... it...
laurenstreetcounsellingNov 20, 20183 minWho's afraid of the big C?Can you believe we're only 35 days away from Christmas? I don't know about you but I feel that I've only just gotten over Christmas 2017 and here we are agai...
