<![CDATA[COUNSELLING ST ALBANS - News]]>Wed, 05 Nov 2025 22:55:28 +0000Weebly<![CDATA[Keep Active!]]>Wed, 10 Apr 2019 11:04:49 GMThttps://www.stalbanscounselling.org/news/keep-activeMoving the body, boosting the mind: running your way to better mental health

​www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2019/mar/04/moving-the-body-boosting-the-mind-running-your-way-to-better-mental-health]]><![CDATA[Forgotten Mental Health]]>Wed, 10 Apr 2019 10:56:13 GMThttps://www.stalbanscounselling.org/news/mental-healthPicture
I found this radio programme interesting because it focuses on the often forgotten aspects of mental health. 

www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0003z89
]]><![CDATA[Touching FEEDBACK..]]>Fri, 21 Sep 2018 20:17:49 GMThttps://www.stalbanscounselling.org/news/touching-feedbackSometime I get touching letters from clients... Here is an extract that I thought I would share...

I feel like so much of the anger and pain I've been carrying is lifting and there's a possibility that I could actually create something (a life) at home. Especially with all the love and support I have around me.... There's an inner calm and almost excitement about being back there that I've never felt before.

I feel like now is the time to stop trying to run away and find this inner happiness elsewhere. It feels like the penny has finally dropped and the reason I've always felt like an outsider and been searching elsewhere for happiness is because I've never been able to face my demons head on. It was always scary and uncomfortable to re-visit the pain and the reminders were there at home, everywhere for me with each day. I felt like a pressure cooker on the verge of exploding every day.

.... Lots to consider, but I'm strangely excited and hopeful but very calm. My brain feels like it's in less of a mess. 

I know I'm still on a journey with more work to be done, but thank you for helping me to finally begin processing and dealing with all the hurt and pain I've been living with. Its really opening doors for me. You've really changed my life!]]>