Putney Counselling and Psychotherapy

Loss comes in many forms, perhaps the most prominent being the loss of a loved one through death. Whether we are prepared for it or not, the grief we feel…

There are many schools of health and well being that believe that when we experience a physical symptom, there may be a hidden message that we are not hearing and…

American humourist Erma Bombeck described guilt as the ‘gift that keeps on giving.’ Many of us feel a sense of guilt (or shame) and we don’t know why. We may…

Mindfulness meditation is an act of self kindness and compassion. It is a way of self care, self honouring, self acceptance and self appreciation. It may appear as a breathing…

Do you struggle with the company you keep in those empty moments…..? meaning yourself, and then seem to have a lot on your mind, or even look for things to…

At various times throughout our lives we may experience a psychological, emotional or physical symptom. The cause may be very simple, easily found and sometimes easily resolved; but there are…

Everyone experiences a sense of emptiness from time to time, even when we are skilled at distracting ourselves from it. Children experience emptiness, resulting from of a lack of empathic…

There are numerous reasons why many of us struggle to feel comfortable in our own skin. The struggle with embodiment usually entails a fear to fully occupy the body. If…

Post traumatic stress is experienced in varying degrees and its symptoms are also varied from seemingly constant mild anxiety to acute anxiety and hyper vigilance, where the nervous system is…