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Asking For Help: The First Step

by Westmeria Counselling | Jun 8, 2022 | Depression, Health, Mindfullness, self-care, Wellbeing

Getting help and support can often be the first step towards getting and staying well. It’s not always easy, especially when you are feeling low. It is important to remember that you are not alone and that you deserve support. Reasons that you might want to get help: ...

Stress Awareness Month

by Westmeria Counselling | Mar 31, 2020 | Blue Monday, Counselling, Depression, Health, self-care, self-compassion

Rather aptly it seems, April is Stress Awareness month. In the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic, many of us are facing an incredible stressful and uncertain time. In this blog, we’ll take a look at what stress is, some ideas on ways to cope, and a personal account from...

Eating Disorder Awareness

by Westmeria Counselling | Feb 27, 2020 | Counselling, Depression, Health, Mental Health, Nutrition, self-care, self-compassion

Sharing my personal experience, knowledge and enthusiasm about how we can do more for people with this serious mental illness. I know how it feels to be extremely slim. Until my thirties I was under-weight, and in my twenties people mistakenly thought I had an eating...

Overcoming the January Blues

by Westmeria Counselling | Jan 6, 2020 | Blue Monday, Health, Mental Health, self-care

With the highs of Christmas activity starting earlier and earlier each year, and the fun of the festive season feeling like an ongoing period of celebrations, it is no wonder that January pales in light and mood when we are left feeling the discomfort of...

Understanding the freeze stress response

by Westmeria | Jul 10, 2019 | Counselling, Health, Mental Health

When we are faced with actual or perceived dangerous or threatening situations, our fight, flight or freeze stress response is activated. This unconscious defence mechanism enables us to instantaneously evaluate the situation and triggers a series of physiological...

An insight to Anxiety and Panic Attacks

by Sue | Mar 28, 2019 | Counselling, Health, Mental Health, self-care, self-compassion

Generally anxiety is a normal reaction and we need this to survive. It only becomes a problem when it gets out of our control. Learning to understand our body and our own normal range of anxiety is paramount to us being able to manage heightened anxiety and...