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12th November 2019 Lindsay Cox-Prior

To fear or not to fear?

In day to day life the most common fear is the fear of failure. I see this a lot in the therapy room so it’s something that I know causes people problems and stops them from fulfilling their potential. Chances are that most people when they were...

5th November 2019 Lindsay Cox-Prior

Endings in therapy

You came to therapy to readjust, to tap into what was causing you problems and to tackle your thoughts, feelings and behaviours no doubt. It was likely both a traumatic and tremendous experience if you were lucky enough to form a bond with your...

29th October 2019 Lindsay Cox-Prior

Mental health and technology

So last week was about social media and its impact. Today I’d like to explore technology and how it’s impacting on mental health in general. Let’s take a look: What’s happening that’s good: There’s an argument to suggest that technology is vastly...

22nd October 2019 Lindsay Cox-Prior

Turn off, tune out

Busy day at work, staring at a screen, headache, dehydrated, grumpy, tired and frustrated. We get home, have our evening meal and curl up to watch tv; only to reach for another screen and scroll until bedtime. Did that feel good? Did you even...

15th October 2019 Lindsay Cox-Prior

Emotions

After watching a clip of Robert Elliot explaining emotions on YouTube, it highlighted to me that in my experience, clients seem to fall into two camps- those that are really aware of their emotions and feelings and those that hide away from them...

10th October 2019 Lindsay Cox-Prior

World Mental Health Day 10 October 2019

This year’s theme is suicide prevention. I went over some facts back in September’s blog but let’s revisit: Mental distress can build-up if there is no release of what is frustrating you, whether this is feelings, emotions, situations or all...

8th October 2019 Lindsay Cox-Prior

Free Anxiety workshop 8 October 2019

Thanks to all the local business pages supporting the promotion of the workshops that I have been holding over the last two months. Your help and encouragement is much appreciated! Today’s workshop is on anxiety, held at Howard Medical...

3rd October 2019 Lindsay Cox-Prior

What role do you play?

“Victim, rescuer, and persecutor” These refer to the roles we play unconsciously and we can sometimes try to get other people to play them too. This a way to get you to think about how you behave around other people, rather than using them to...

26th September 2019 Lindsay Cox-Prior

Boundaries- Do you have them?

The diagram is a great resource from Excellence Seminars, which I feel highlights what we get drawn into on a daily basis, but when we separate it out it’s easy to see how we can feel overloaded if we are engaging in other people’s behaviours by...

19th September 2019 Lindsay Cox-Prior

Fact-checking Intrusive Thoughts

After reading a great article in BPS Digest on Fact-checking statements, it struck me how similar this is to a technique we can all utilise with Intrusive Thoughts (unwanted, upsetting, negative and unhelpful thoughts that arise when you least...

12th September 2019 Lindsay Cox-Prior

Open mornings in September

After much social media advertising in the last few weeks, I am pleased to be able host 2 open mornings in Glossop. The first one is next Tuesday, 17 September at Howard Medical Practice- 9:00am until 12:00 noon- I am offering free 15 minute...

9th September 2019 Lindsay Cox-Prior

World Suicide Prevention Day

It’s not an easy topic to discuss, however with World Suicide Prevention Day due tomorrow, 10 September, it seems timely to address it and continue to shine the light on what is a difficult, stigmatised and complex issue. IASP reports that...