Claire Law
Counselling in Preston
Therapy Blog
Here you’ll find a whole selection of free articles relating to anxiety, grief, burnout, healing from childhood trauma, neurodivergence and other therapy related topics. I write all my own blogs and share these for your benefit. My hope is you’ll find something of use here.
How to Get a Good Night’s Sleep #2
3 external factors that can support good sleep. This blog is the second in a series looking at how to get a good night’s sleep to support your wellbeing.
How to Get a Good Night’s Sleep #1
The first blog in a series looking at how to get a good night’s sleep to support your wellbeing. This blog covers why we sleep and the 4 sleep cycles.
Self-Care without the Cringe
If you find all things "self-care" somewhat cringe, this is the blog for you. The final blog in a series of three, we explore some down-to-earth, practical ways to up your self-care without provoking resistance.
Are you masking?
Who are you behind the mask you’ve needed to adopt? This article explores the theme of masking and unmasking for neurodivergent (ND) people, people impacted by childhood messages and by grief. We explore how counselling can help with making meaning of masking and with unmasking.
Your Initial Face-to-Face Counselling Session
This article looks at what to expect in an initial counselling session. Of course, we're all unique as humans (thank goodness!) and every counselling session is unique. That said, in any initial counselling session, there are common themes and points of discussion. Having a sense of what to expect from your first session can help to ease any nerves or apprehension about the process. Here, we focus specifically on what to expect when accessing counselling with myself - Claire Law - at Free to Be Counselling, Preston.