Blog | Peterborough | True Perspective Counselling

Mar 2, 2020
1 min

Therapeutic Benefits of Gardening

There’s been a lot written about the therapeutic benefits of gardening. It gets you out in the sunshine and fresh air, it’s exercise and ...

Feb 15, 2020
2 min

The Cost of Therapy

One of the first questions individuals think of when looking for therapy is “can I afford this?” Completely understandable! The cost of l...

Feb 14, 2020
2 min

Different Types of Love

It’s Valentine’s Day and it’s got me thinking about love. Card shops encourage us to think about love for a significant other but increas...

Jan 20, 2020
1 min

Blue Monday

“Blue Monday”. The third Monday in January was given the title blue Monday in January 2005. A formulation was produced which apparently c...

Jan 11, 2020
1 min

The therapeutic relationship is the catalyst of change

Absolutely loved reading this article in the Guardian yesterday. Researchers attempted to find what it is that therapists do that helps p...

Jan 8, 2020
2 min

The human mind is a fertile ground, sow the right seeds and they will grow.

"The human mind is like a fertile ground where seeds are continually being planted. The seeds are opinions, ideas and concepts. You plant...

Dec 21, 2019
1 min

Looking Beyond the Dust

I spent this morning sanding the walls of my therapy room getting ready to paint. It’s crazy the amount of dust that’s been created. As I...

Dec 8, 2019
1 min

Creating a Therapeutic Space.

Over the past year I have been slowly converting my garage from a run down spider infested building to a purpose built therapy room. The w...

Dec 3, 2019
2 min

Anxiety a Holistic Approach

I've had a nice productive admin morning so I felt it was time to sit back and reflect for a moment. Recently I've been reading and resea...

Oct 27, 2019
2 min

Taking responsibility for your feelings= taking back control and gaining empowerment.

Well I was hoping to write a blog post a bit sooner but I then life got busy. I've once again picked up 'feel the fear and do it anyway' ...

Sep 30, 2019
2 min

Fear is not the problem...

During the past four years of studying I collected a few books that I told myself I would read once I had finished. Ones that would help ...

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