Updated Page – Anxiety

The Anxiety page of this website has been updated to include lots more information – click here.  Included now is information on Panic Attacks, General Anxiety Disorder, OCD, Eating Disorders, Substance Misuse and Phobias.  As always, should you require any further information, feel free to email or call me.  Regards  Duncan

How do I choose the right Counsellor / Therapist for me?

The NHS and Government are in the midst of their initiative – Improving Access to Psychological Therapies which is pretty much as it sounds.  It was found that there are a number of barriers to people gaining the support and help they may benefit from such as lack of NHS counsellors, long waiting lists, lack of awareness of what is available and the perceived stigma attached with seeking psychological support.  Read more …..

Life Coaching

A new page has been added.  Click here – Life Coaching in Birmingham.  Having trained as a Coach some years ago, I am now offering this for appointments in Great Barr, Birmingham and in Sutton Coldfield.  The Birmingham therapy room is at the Scott Arms betweem Walsall and Birmingham City Centre and close to West Bromish too.  The Sutton Coldfield therapy room is walking distance from the town centre.  I also provide Counselling, Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT), Psychotherapy and Hypnotherapy at these locations too.

As always, feel free to contact me if you would like any further information or if you’d like to set up an initial appointment.

How can Hypnotherapy help with Anxiety?

Hypnotherapy can help alleviate the symptoms of anxiety.  Anxiety is a human emotion experienced by everyone and if you imagine a scale of 1 to 100, where 1 is very low and 100 is very high, our anxiety levels are on that scale somewhere at all times.  Sometimes we may be veering towards the upper end, other times we may move towards the lower end.  For some people, anxiety can be particularly prevalent and they may feel that they are towards the top end of the scale for a lot of the time and are finding it hard to control this.  Read more ….

Exercise is good for your psychological health.

There are a number of reasons as to why exercise is good for us from the obvious physical effects but also from a psychological perspective.  Exercise increases the release of natural opiates within the brain called endorphins which is chemically similar to morphine. 

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