Blog

Reflections from the consulting room

Short, considered pieces on the things that bring people to therapy — and what tends to help.

September 2026

Understanding OCD: More Than Being Tidy

OCD is widely misunderstood. Learn how obsessions and compulsions really work, why reassurance keeps the cycle going, and how therapy can help.

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September 2026

Affordable Counselling with Trainee Therapists

Good therapy should not be out of reach because of cost. Meet the new therapists joining the practice and see how lower-fee sessions work.

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September 2026

Clinical Placement Opportunities for Trainee Counsellors

Supportive clinical placements at 1 Park Lane, Allestree, Derby — with long and short-term client work, online and telephone experience, and group supervision included.

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August 2026

Understanding Anxiety: When Worry Stops Being Useful

Anxiety is a normal human response, but when it becomes constant or overwhelming it can affect your body, sleep, relationships and sense of self.

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August 2026

For Trainee Therapists: Personal Therapy & Supervision

Reduced-rate personal therapy, individual supervision and small group supervision for counselling and psychotherapy students in Derbyshire and online.

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June 2026

Wellness in the Workplace: Noticing the Quieter Signs of Burnout

Burnout rarely announces itself. Learn the quieter signs of workplace burnout — from cynicism to physical exhaustion — and how counselling can help.

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June 2026

Why walking can help when sitting cannot

What actually happens, in the body and the relationship, when we move our therapy outdoors — and who it can help most.

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Coming soon

Grief doesn't have a timetable

On the unhelpful idea of 'stages', and what it's like to live with a loss that doesn't resolve on schedule.

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