Therapy Thoughts
Gareth TaylorHow to Choose a Therapist Online — What Actually Matters
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 after...
What NCPS Accreditation Means — and Why Your Therapist’s Training Matters
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 protected. Anyone — with any level of...
Integrative Therapy for Relationship Issues and Low Self-Worth
7 minute read Most people who come to therapy with relationship difficulties aren't coming because relationships are the problem. They're coming because the same things keep happening. Different people, different situations — and yet something familiar keeps playing...
Men and Talking Therapy — Why It’s Different From What You Expect
7 minute read If you're a man reading this, there's a decent chance you didn't get here easily. Maybe something finally tipped over. Maybe you've been carrying something for a long time and you're tired of it. Maybe someone in your life suggested therapy and you're...
Integrative Therapy for Depression — Working With the Whole Person
7 minute read Depression has a way of making everything feel smaller. Not just your mood — your world. The things you used to enjoy stop feeling worth the effort. Getting through ordinary days starts to take everything you've got. You might feel nothing much at all,...
What Is Psychodynamic Therapy — and Do You Need It?
7 minute read Some things in life are hard to explain. You know you're doing it again — the same argument with a different person, the same pull toward relationships that hurt you, the same feeling of not being good enough no matter what you achieve. You can see the...
CBT and Talking Therapy — How Combining Them Can Help You More
6 minute read If you've ever looked into therapy, you've probably come across CBT. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy is the most widely offered talking therapy in the UK. It's recommended by the NHS, backed by decades of research, and used by therapists all over the...
Person-Centred Therapy Explained — What It Is and Who It Helps
Most people come to therapy because something hurts and they can't figure out why — or they know why, but they can't seem to shift it on their own. What they usually need most, before anything else, is to feel genuinely heard. Not advised. Not analysed. Not told what...