by Gareth Taylor | Apr 10, 2026 | Blog
7 minute read Starting therapy takes courage. Not the dramatic, headline kind of courage. The quieter kind — the kind it takes to admit that something isn’t right, to decide you’re worth investing in, and then to actually do something about it. For a lot...
by Gareth Taylor | Apr 10, 2026 | Blog
7 minute read Anxiety is exhausting. Not just the obvious symptoms — the racing heart, the tight chest, the thoughts that spiral and won’t stop — but the sheer effort of managing it. The constant low-level vigilance. The planning ahead to avoid things that might...
by Gareth Taylor | Apr 10, 2026 | Blog
7 minute read One of the most common things people say when they start therapy is that they didn’t know what to expect. Not just the practical side — although that uncertainty is real too. But the deeper question: what actually happens across the weeks and...
by Gareth Taylor | Apr 10, 2026 | Blog
7 minute read Once you’ve decided you want to try therapy, the next question should be simple: how do you find the right person? In practice it rarely feels that way. There are directories with hundreds of listings. There are alphabet soups of qualifications...
by Gareth Taylor | Apr 10, 2026 | Blog
7 minute read Here’s something most people don’t know when they start looking for a therapist: in the UK, counselling and psychotherapy are unregulated professions. That means the title “therapist” or “counsellor” is not legally...
