by Westmeria Counselling | Oct 20, 2021 | Mental Health
World Mental Health day is a wonderful point to consider our own unique mental health and for me, writing for this blog is part of good mental health; I love writing, I love processing my thoughts and I like to connect to others. This is the dilemma with mental...
by Westmeria Counselling | Sep 1, 2021 | Counselling, Depression, Mental Health, self-care, Stress, Wellbeing
Have you ever had a thought of “I wish I couldn’t wake up? I can’t face it anymore!”. I had, but it was a temporary feeling of low mood with no intension to end my life. I consider myself the lucky one who was able to share my thoughts about difficulties of certain...
by Westmeria Counselling | Aug 12, 2021 | Mental Health
By Ashley Ward For the past nine years I have been working as a swimming instructor – having a love of the water started from an early age – swimming in the sea, jumping the waves, donning a snorkel and mask to see what lies beneath the surface, floating aimlessly...
by Westmeria Counselling | Jul 9, 2021 | self-care
The term self-care is used a lot these days, but what does it really mean? The World Health Organisation 1998 definition is: “Self-Care is what people do for themselves to establish and maintain health, and to prevent and deal with illness. It is a broad concept...
by Westmeria Counselling | Apr 27, 2021 | College, Counselling, Training
I had some feedback from one of my students recently regarding the CPCAB Level 4 Diploma in therapeutic counselling course she is studying on. It said: ‘Compared to my previous college I view this to be the Oxford/Cambridge equivalent of college courses and I feel...
