Mandy Kloppers ------Cognitive Behavioural Psychotherapist-------Counseling in Guildford, Surrey.UK
Talking therapy has tremendous benefits for people experiencing many milestones in life. However, many believe that some fundamental life milestones don’t warrant the help of talking therapy. In fact, they may even think that what they’re going through is ‘normal’ and not a valid enough …
YOUR POTENTIAL IS DETERMINED (OR LIMITED) BY YOUR SELF-BELIEF. For a successful life, self-belief is a great advantage. If you believe in yourself enough you will push through fear and setbacks.You also won’t let the negativity of others discourage you. Self-belief creates breakthroughs, helps you …
We regulate our emotions using three systems according to Paul Gilbert who founded Compassion Focused Therapy. We, by default, stay in threat mode (that’s why you rarely see someone smiling when they are simply ‘being’). This is due to our evolutionary DNA and ‘wiring’. Of …
People who suffer from depression tend to be introspective and don’t manage depression effectively. They attribute all failures to their own shortcomings/inadequacies and all successes are attributed externally. By this, I mean that they often do not give themselves credit for any success in …
IMAGINE a way to improve your life and your mental health day by day. This is what this post is about. Since Covid-19 emerged, we have lost our sense of control over our lives. Many have lost their jobs, even more are working from home …
You arrive at the restaurant, you sit down to look at the menu only to realise there’s more than one option. Time to panic, because we’re in the mind of someone with OCD, and here, there’s only one right choice to make, and choosing wrong …
A common mistake of those who are suffering from physical and emotional pain is that they immediately assume the two are not connected when, in fact, they have a lot more in common than one might think. Did you know that physical and emotional pain …
The cause of anxiety In cognitive behavioural therapy, we refer to the anxiety equation. The anxiety equation shows the cause of anxiety: Overestimation of the threat ____________________________________ = Anxiety Underestimation of ability to cope Anxiety is always caused by our overestimation of the …
Counseling is not a cure. It alleviates destructive behavioral patterns and helps you think differently but it won’t cure or completely eradicate your issues. Think about counseling as the drug that helps you manage symptoms of a disease, the disease being life. Think about it …
You can manage anxiety with Cognitive Behavioural Therapy. Anxiety is a part of life and even a useful addition but too much anxiety can destabilise and overwhelm you. It’s not possible to eradicate anxiety completely. Many of my clients expect that Cognitive behavioral therapy will …