ruthgem24Jan 292 minNon-negotiablesHow is 2022 treating you so far? How are you doing with your new year’s resolutions? Wherever you are with them I do hope you are not...
ruthgem24Oct 8, 20213 minNLP presuppositions - what are they and how can they help you? Part 2So in the last blog we got to the 8th presupposition, I wonder how you have felt and what you have thought about the ones so far, if any...
ruthgem24Oct 7, 20214 minNLP presuppositions - what are they and how can they help you? Part 1Last month I started my NLP Master Practitioner programme. I first came across NLP in 2018 when I was encouraged to go on the NLP...
ruthgem24Sep 7, 20212 minShiny objects!I realise it has been quite some time since I posted a blog, I can’t believe where the year has gone, its September already, how did that...
ruthgem24Feb 1, 20212 minPositivity, a help or hinderance?Positivity seems to be a bit of a buzz word at the moment, many people would have you maintain a positive mindset as the antidote to all...
ruthgem24Jan 12, 20212 minOverwhelm?Hello, sorry I haven’t been posting much recently, time seems to have got away from me recently, I have no idea how it has come to be...
ruthgem24Oct 29, 20203 minSeasonal Affective Disorder - SADIt is that time of year, the days are getting shorter, the clocks have gone back and we see less and less daylight, even during the day...
ruthgem24Sep 10, 20203 minSuicideToday, September 10th, marks World Suicide prevention day. Why is there a need for such a day? Well unfortunately suicide is still a...
ruthgem24Sep 4, 20203 minLife after Lock-down - adjusting to the 'new normal'How are you coping as things go back to this new normal? (not sure I am too keen on that phrase what do you think?). As much as many of...
ruthgem24Jul 12, 20203 minGrief and loss#grief #bereavement #loss #bereavementcounselling I have been thinking a lot recently about all the different losses that I, and other...
ruthgem24Jun 3, 20202 minLost Connections - a new way of looking at anxiety and depression?? A book review.Review of Lost Connections a book looking differently at the causes of depression and anxiety and suggesting a new way of treating them
ruthgem24May 4, 20203 minLaunching!! Compassion Focused Therapy.Hello, how are you? I realise I have been a bit quiet recently, I have been busy working away behind the scenes. I am still busy working...
ruthgem24Apr 7, 20202 minOne step at a timeI have debated over what to write in this blog recently, the obvious choice would be to talk about the world right now, the virus and...
ruthgem24Mar 19, 20202 minJust keep swimming!In this worrying time how can you take care of yourself mentally?
ruthgem24Mar 10, 20202 minChange TherapiesYou may (or may not) have noticed a slight change to my website recently, a new focus on change. Well, after some amazing training on...
ruthgem24Feb 24, 20203 min#Bekind #itwillbeokSo you probably heard the devastating news last Saturday about Caroline Flack taking her own life and you have probably seen all the...
ruthgem24Feb 10, 20204 minStruggling with sleep?Sleep, something that seems so passive and natural can actually be really difficult to do and poor sleep can affect so many parts of...
ruthgem24Jan 29, 20203 minFinding a counsellorSo yesterday I was browsing through Facebook, as you do, and came upon this short video by the BBC discussing counselling and how it...
ruthgem24Jan 19, 20202 minBlue Monday???So tomorrow, Monday 20th January 2020, is, apparently, Blue Monday. This day falls on the 3rd Monday of January and is, according to...