Which #author #podcaster #influencer #therapist #sportsperson #performer inspires you to look after your #mentalhealth ? To celebrate Welldoing.org's 10th anniversary we are launching the Welldoing Inspiration Awards. Nominate someone you admire welldoing.org/welldoing-insp…

Do you think you might worry more than your friends? Do you find it hard to stop looking into the future and wondering if this might happen, or something far worse, if something else also happened, and on and on into a deep hole of anxiety? This post by Gill Hasson carefully

Tomorrow's Welldoing.org onine #CPD session for #therapists features TheSecureRelationship sharing expert advice on #couple #counselling . As ever, it's free for our members, but #therapists and #coaches can still book a place using this link -- we'd love to see you!

Welldoing #therapists can attend our weekly #CPD lunchtime Zoom events for free, but we do now allow non-member practitioners and coaches to book too, via Eventbrite. Thursday's session features renowned US couples therapist Julie Menanno, known as the  @thesecurerelationship on

Our next #CPD for #therapists (Thursday April 18, 1pm on Zoom) is with US #relationships expert TheSecureRelationship and focuses on #attachmenttheory and #couples #counselling . Our members can attend for free, but practitioners can book via Eventbrite -- this promises to be a brilliant

10 years ago we launched Welldoing.org to help people find the best hashtag#therapist for their needs. The issue of #mentalhealth has become so much bigger in our society since then, which we want to acknowledge in marking our milestone. So we have launched the

Louis Weinstock is a London child #psychotherapist . He is seeing more and more children with #adhd diagnoses. But, he wonders, can they psychological assessments such as these be doing more harm than good? welldoing.org/article/are-me…

Welldoing.org's lunchtime Zoom #CPD session on April 11 is with #psychotherapist James Hawes on Understanding the Secret Life of Men. James leads workshops in this area, and has published The Secret Lives of Men. He describes it as a toolbox for men, and a guidebook

What is #constellations #therapy ? 'By contextualising family challenges and bringing dynamics to life, this type of therapy empowers individuals to break unhelpful cycles and move towards transformation. It is an experiential process where individuals discover a renewed sense of

We are starting up our Zoom #CPD sessions after a short Easter break. On Thursday at 1pm I will be speaking to author @KatBrown about her book of 22 stories around #fertility . If you are a Welldoing member, simply email [email protected] with April 4 CPD in the subject line --

At Welldoing, we offer free #CPD to our #therapist members. Here are just some of the upcoming speakers. Weekly, lunchtime, Zoom talks with experts, authors, therapists -- and the chance to ask questions, and interact with others on the call. What's not to like?

Our Book of the Month is The Anxious Generation by Jonathan Haidt. Children born since 1995, says this eminent US author and academic, have been ruthlessly exploited by power-hungry tech companies aiming to hook them early, while their own parents have over-protected them from normal

#Negative thoughts can easily ambush your best intentions. Kelly Hearn gives some great advice on how to deal with them.
Three common cognitive distortions:
#Catastrophising : Irrational fears that lead us to believe something is far worse than it actually is; over-estimating

What we #smell in the #therapy #consulting room counts too says #therapist Jake Freedman (who used to work in the #fragrance business)
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Our response to BBC Radio 4 #Fileon4 programme on what #EAPs are like for #clients and the #therapists who work for them. The investigation included several staffers at the UK's biggest EAP feeling overwhelmed and under-supported, as well as talk of targets that minimise the need

How DO you know what type of #therapy to have? Louise Chunn has written a The Telegraph piece that gives all the information you need, sorting #cbt from #psychodynamic , training in #psychology from diplomas in #counselling or #EMDR . Don't forget to check that any #therapist you

We were delighted to have Jon Levett on today's Welldoing.org #CPD session, talking about his new role as #CEO of @UKCP, and where #psychotherapy is heading in the future.
Hot topics included #AI , #neuroscience , polarisation and conflict over everything from #politics

Memoirs about #motherhood #infertility #reproductiveloss can be soothing and enlightening for readers. #Therapist and The TLS critic Julia Bueno has chosen books for both #therapists and their #clients to savour
Ariel Leve Leah McLaren Miranda Ward Jessica Hepburn Jennie Agg

Memoirs on #mental #illness , #trauma and #burnout written by these writers have been recommended by #therapist and The TLS critic Julia Bueno. Tim Parks Tanya Frank Joanna Cannon Alice Carrière Sathnam Sanghera Barbara Taylor Catherine Cho Ruby Wax Adam Kay Silvia Vasquez-Lavado,

Notable memoirs about #depression , #anxiety , #addiction are chosen for us by #therapist and The TLS critic Julia Bueno: The experiences of writers such as marianne eloise, @Amy_May, Koren Zailckas, Michele Kirsch, Caroline Knapp, Siegrid Rausing, Daniel Smith, David Adam give