What is mindfulness? I wondered about this question while preparing for Rachel Singh’s eight-week ‘Mindfulness for practitioners’ group, held at Phoenix Therapy Practice. I had already learnt a bit about...| Phoenix Therapy Practice
Today I sent an email to the parish council begging them to allow me to keep an easier route into my allotment that my son made for me, and they...| Phoenix Therapy Practice
When I’m in the hospital I’m very aware that everyone around me in the ward (except of course the staff) also have cancer. I wonder about their stories. Each of...| Phoenix Therapy Practice
3rd September Yesterday, when I was at St Bart’s waiting for a blood test, I had a phone conversation with a very old friend who lives in the north. I...| Phoenix Therapy Practice
Having cancer is like no other experience. The strangeness of it. Although it’s a common disease does anyone expect to get it? I had thought maybe I would get breast...| Phoenix Therapy Practice
In view of the current legislation this is a statement to past , present, potential users, therapists and counsellors who contribute to the work here at Phoenix. This Practice is...| Phoenix Therapy Practice
Nobody grows up because they must. It’s a process through which children go, with help. “Growing up quickly” means a child learns quickly to do grown up things, practical and emotional, beyond their actual ability. This leads to an overly capable child who believes they should be able to do the things they are doing but feels as though they got there by the skin of their teeth.| Phoenix Therapy Practice
Coronavirus heightens feelings of unfairness among health workers, carers, teachers and the underprivileged.| Phoenix Therapy Practice
What does that mean in these troubled times? How are you feeling at this moment? How has your life changed in the past months? The stress and trauma associated with... The post World Mental Health Day 2020 appeared first on Phoenix Therapy Practice.| Phoenix Therapy Practice
The ‘Cycle of Experience’ is perhaps the core idea that Gestalt Therapy has contributed to our understanding of the human condition. It explains how more or less consciously we all have needs, concerns and intentions moment by moment in our lives.| Phoenix Therapy Practice