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, neurdivergence 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.
No-fuss anxiety tips #14
Blog exploring how you can take back control over your anxiety by increasing your awareness of what you do and don't have control over in your life.
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.
The Psychology of Gift Giving
Gifting and receiving gifts can throw up complex emotions and feelings of anxiety, shame, resentment, grief and loss. Gifting can trigger past hurts. This blog explores some of the psychological and emotional complexity of gifting as well as how counselling can help with anxiety, shame, resentment, grief and loss.
Work-Related Stress and Anxiety
This blog looks at the ways work can impact our sense of wellbeing, and how work-related stress and anxiety can steal our serenity. We will also consider some practical self-help strategies that can support your psychological health if you feel impacted by work-related stress and anxiety.
Recovering from Burnout
Stress and burnout lead many people to seek counselling. In this blog, we explore practical self-help strategies to help you recover from stress and burnout.
What is Burnout?
Whilst it might be possible to cope with stress in the short term, over the long term, we’re at serious risk of burnout. In this first blog in a series of posts, we’ll look at what burnout is, who it affects and what the signs and symptoms of burnout involve.