Getting a diagnosis of a serious illness can be a traumatic experience. And trauma has its own health risks. Unresolved, it can compromise the immune system because it can heighten the response of the sympathetic nervous system, which is responsible for producing stress hormones such as adrenaline and cortisol. These hormones reduce the efficiency of [...]
If you’ve experienced the trauma of cancer, now may be the time to start looking forward to getting your life back to normality. Finding a sympathetic experienced counsellor based locally in Surrey can be a great support as you may find that you need to make adjustments following changes to your body and your feelings. Both [...]
We all lead difficult lives. Pressures of work, family and lifestyle can sometimes find us struggling to deal with certain situations and lead to addiction as a way of coping. Whether it’s you that’s experiencing the addiction or you are the friend or loved one of a person that has a developed an addiction, counselling can [...]
We compartmentalise so much of our lives. We have our home life, and our work life, our social life, and our sex life. We get advice from an expert in this field, and then in that. And sometimes we forget to consider the whole, to notice the effect one area of our life has on [...]
Losing a loved one is one of the most difficult and harrowing experiences to cope with in life. Bereavement can affect people in any number of ways. If you’re in Surrey, local specialist bereavement counselling can help you to discover coping mechanisms and gain reassurance following the loss of a loved one. After a loss [...]
HEALING VISUALISATIONS Have you ever heard the phrase “spontaneous remission”? Its the term the medical profession gives to cures for which there does not appear to be a cause, i.e. no linked proven treatment. Despite their mystery, they happen all the time. It may be that one reason for the mystery is that patients are [...]