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Comfort Zones
You may have heard this many times before, particularly in the workplace, but it seems to be quite an enduring idea that we should all...

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EHRC update: taking action
So it’s been a few months since the EHRC interim guidance was published, which I blogged about here . In the time since then there’s...

Scott
Jun 272 min read
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Coming Out (Not right now)
Coming out in 2025 is no big deal, right? No-one cares, and things are different from the bad old days of the 1980s and earlier when...

Scott
Jun 202 min read
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Finding your tribe
Growing up can be tough. When we’re kids, we just find ourselves in a particular area with other kids around us, all in a similar...

Scott
Jun 132 min read
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Do counsellors have an image problem?
In this one, I’m not asking about whether the idea of starting counselling faces barriers- that’s something I’ll look at it in a future...

Scott
Jun 62 min read
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Taking flight - Moving on from counselling
A natural part of counselling, especially CBT, is that there is a definitive end point. A certain amount of sessions are agreed with...

Scott
May 292 min read
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25 in and more to come
So here we are already at wee weekly counselling blog no.25! Since kicking things off in November, we’ve had a whole mix of topics from...

Scott
May 222 min read
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The UK benefits system: cruelty is the point
Particularly in my volunteering I’ve worked with clients who are trying to navigate the UK benefits system, whether it’s that they’ve...

Scott
May 163 min read
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What have pets ever done for us?
Animals have lived alongside humanity for thousands of years. About 14,000 years ago we domesticated dogs to help with hunting and...

Scott
May 83 min read
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Trans rights under attack
If you’re part of the LGBT+ community or you know someone who is, you’ll know that there was a pretty important ruling last week. Under...

Scott
May 24 min read
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Making room for grief
Grief is something that’s inevitable. We’re humans; we’re social beings. We build communities of people that we love and it’s distressing...

Scott
Apr 182 min read
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A.I. Counsellors? Thanks, I hate it.
Artificial Intelligence is everywhere right now. It’s being quietly added to the applications we use every day, and the Prime Minister...

Scott
Apr 113 min read
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The 'S' Word
Content warning - In this post I talk about Suicide First Aid training and a bit about how we talk about suicide in the 21st century. If...

Scott
Apr 33 min read
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Gathering the evidence - using an Activity Diary
As I’ve said in an earlier blog , what we do affects how we feel. That seems pretty obvious, right? Taking a dog for a walk or playing...

Scott
Mar 282 min read
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Putting our experience under the microscope - The Five Factor Model
When we start counselling we are asked to pay more attention to our thoughts and what’s going on, but this can be quite a tricky thing to...

Scott
Mar 212 min read
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Mental health in the workplace
Wherever we work, it takes up a lot of our time. If we’re spending most of our week in an environment that’s unhealthy for us, that...

Scott
Mar 142 min read
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Understanding CBT - it’s as simple as A-B-C
One of my favourite things about CBT is how easy it can be to grasp the fundamental elements of it and how it works. In my first session...

Scott
Mar 72 min read
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Who do you think you're talking to?
The nicest people can sometimes treat themselves terribly, beating themselves up inside about what might be the most trivial things. How...

Scott
Feb 282 min read
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Low self-esteem and 'Rules for Living'
At the heart of low self-esteem is believing that the negative core belief we have about ourselves (The Bottom Line) is true. To get...

Scott
Feb 212 min read
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