by Jenny Darby | Apr 9, 2020 | Anxiety, Counselling, krysallis, Mental Health, Mindfulness, Therapist, Therapy, Wellbeing
If you’d told me even two months ago the immediate future would hold a social distancing / lockdown period, like many, I wouldn’t have believed you. But here we are, caught in what feels like a surreal bubble for an unknowable period of time. While listening to the...
by Mandy Brown | Apr 3, 2020 | Anxiety, Counselling, krysallis, Mental Health, Mindfulness, Therapist, Therapy, Wellbeing
The COVID-19 pandemic has hit the world and I know that each and everyone of us have been impacted by this, some in tragic ways. I know that I am in a very fortunate position, the following is simply an expression of my feelings and thoughts. For me the worst...
by Paddy Lund | Mar 30, 2020 | Anxiety, Counselling, krysallis, Mental Health, Mindfulness, Therapist, Therapy, Wellbeing
Through these difficult days I find applying structure helps, routines work well for me, so getting up at the same (similar) time every day suits well me.
I’ve been in the garden most days and getting jobs done that I’ve put off, or haven’t had time to...
by Paddy Lund | Mar 23, 2020 | Anxiety, Counselling, Depression, GamCare, Mental Health, support, Wellbeing
With the impact of the Coronavirus affecting us all, how are we coping on the inside? Sometimes we might not share how we feel with others and we may think that we are not coping as well as others. Anxiety is a natural feeling that we all experience at times, a normal...
by Mandy Brown | Nov 26, 2019 | gambling, GamCare, krysallis, Mental Health, support, treatment, Wellbeing
Are you worrying about your gambling or someone else’s gambling? Do you find you are preoccupied, that you are struggling to focus on other aspects of life, do you feel embarrassed, guilty, alone or isolated? Is it impacting on your mental health, your wellbeing, your...
by Paddy Lund | Oct 4, 2019 | Counselling, Mental Health, Wellbeing
I originally began training as a counsellor with the goal of helping at least one person to feel like someone actually cared about them. I had known what it felt like to live in a world with millions of people yet feel like nobody cared and it hurt to think of others...