Depression – how can your GP help? The pandemic has seen depression rates almost double from 2019 to 2021, with 1 in 8 adults experiencing severe depressive symptoms.[1] According to the NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA), between the months of…
Have you ever had suicidal thoughts? Suicidal feelings can affect anyone, regardless of their background, age, gender, ethnicity. The phrase ‘suicidal feelings’ covers a wide range of experience. At one end of the scale, it might mean that you, or…
Here are three top picks from Bramham Therapy: Shoot the Damn Dog, by Sally Brampton A searingly honest account of what it’s really like to live with depression day to day by former journalist, Sally Brampton. In this book we…
The Government’s ‘Improving Access to Psychological Therapies’ (IAPT) scheme is in the news today. There’s concern that the gap between an initial NHS assessment for mental health issues and actual talking therapy is too long. Over a million people a…
The seminar was focused on a compassionate approach to anxiety and I felt that the speaker, Briony Martin clearly provided this quality for the group, as she paced the content well and included enough space to reflect and assimilate our…