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Expressive Art Journalling Club launches in September 2018! Need time for you? or want to help your anxious teen?  Explore creativity in order to boost well being in a calm, small group (max 6) setting. We will work through activities that will encourage you to develop the skills to use creativity everyday to help with managing stress, anxiety, depression and to aid relaxation. You might even meet a friend or two! The best thing - you don't have to be an artist to be creative! My classes for women and adolescents run weekly 6 week blocks to enable our group dynamic to develop. Venue is a purpose built therapy cabin with free parking.  Classes start in September 2018 and are only £75 for the 6 week block.  Contact me NOW! for more information before you book!  email: racheldurrantcounselling@gmail.com Hope to see you there :) 

May 14th - May 20th 2018 is Mental Health Awareness Week. Over recent years more and more people have begun to talk about mental ill health and so the stigma does seem to be starting to change. However, it can still be difficult for people to know how best to support a loved one when they are struggling. You don't have to know all the answers. Mental health doesn't come as one size fits all. Everyone is different so the best way to support someone is to find out what support they might need. Even if you can't understand how that person is feeling you can respect them enough to listen without judgement. So what helps? Kind words of encouragement and listening to what someone has to say about how it feels to them rather than making assumptions about how they might feel is really important. When someone feels low, they don't expect you to fix the problem and you don't always have to come up with a solution. Instead, being an ear to listen and asking them what t