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Miscarriage and Baby Loss: Understanding Grief That Often Goes Unspoken
A therapist’s perspective on miscarriage, stillbirth and pregnancy loss, the nervous system science behind unresolved grief, and why partners’ grief deserves recognition too.
What Is The Difference Between A Therapist And A Psychotherapist
Therapist or psychotherapist, what’s the real difference and does it matter to you as a client? A Salisbury psychotherapist explains, plainly and honestly.
The Nervous System, Real Change and What Happens After Therapy
Real therapeutic change doesn’t happen in the session, it happens in daily life afterwards. Salisbury therapists Sharon and Stewart on nervous system science, practice and lasting change.
What is Blue Therapy? The Therapeutic Effects of Being Around Water
Most of the day, your brain is doing what’s called directed attention, filtering out noise, tracking deadlines, holding conversations in your head before you’ve had them. That takes effort, even when it doesn’t feel like it. Water seems to switch the brain into a different mode, sometimes called soft fascination, where attention is held gently rather than dragged around.
You Are Not Broken: Riding the Trauma Train Podcast Interview
We know not not all trauma originates in childhood but in this podcast interview I discuss the internal resources we have the potential to learn as a child and develop as an adult. I also outline the four pillars of mental health.
Bonding With Your Baby When You Have Postnatal Depression | Mustard Therapy
Postnatal depression can make bonding with your baby feel distant or difficult. Here’s the science behind it, and practical steps that can help, from a Salisbury-based therapist.
AI is Not Your Psychotherapist – Why Chatbots Cannot Replace Real Therapy
Millions of people are turning to AI chatbots for emotional support, but there’s a significant difference between feeling heard and being genuinely helped. A psychotherapist explains why.
When Your Adult Child Cuts Contact: What Estranged Parents Need to Hear
Estrangement rarely comes out of nowhere. If you’re a parent trying to understand why your adult child went no contact, this is worth reading.
The Last Stretch: How to Survive Late Pregnancy When You’ve Already Got a Toddler in Tow
Late pregnancy with a toddler is genuinely hard. Explore what’s happening in your brain and body during this season, why the guilt and exhaustion make complete sense, and why struggling doesn’t mean you’re failing.
When Birth Doesn’t Go to Plan: How Hypnobirthing Can Still Be Your Greatest Asset
Hypnobirthing isn’t about the perfect birth – it’s about your nervous system, your presence, and your resilience. Find out how it supports you even when labour takes an unexpected turn.
Scrolling, Connecting, Comparing – Social Media and Your Mental Health Mental Health Awareness Week 2026
This week is Mental Health Awareness Week, and this year’s theme is loneliness – which turns out to be exactly the right lens through which to look at social media. Because depending on how you use it, the same platform can make you feel more connected to the world or more alone in it. Sometimes both, on the same Tuesday afternoon.
Misophonia Treatment: How Therapy Can Reduce Sound Sensitivity and Distress
Misophonia is a condition where specific everyday sounds can trigger intense emotional and physical reactions, often linked to the nervous system’s threat response. For some people, sounds such as chewing, tapping or breathing can feel overwhelming and difficult to tolerate, leading to distress, avoidance and strain in relationships.
Food and Mental Health, Understanding the Link Between Diet, Mood and the Brain
Explore the link between food and mental health, from the gut brain connection to emotional eating. Understand how nutrition, mood and the nervous system interact, and how to build a healthier relationship with food.
Psychologist vs Psychotherapist – What’s the Difference and Which Is Right for You?
Wondering about the difference between a psychologist and a psychotherapist? Learn how each profession works, what support they offer, and how to choose the right help for you.
Pregnancy Cravings – Why You Need Pickles at Midnight and Other Scientific Mysteries
Why do pregnancy cravings happen? Discover the science behind cravings in pregnancy, from hormones and brain chemistry to comfort eating, with warmth, humour and practical insight.
Mental Health During Exams: How Teenagers Can Protect Their Wellbeing and Cope With Stress
Practical ways teenagers can support their mental health during exams. Learn how sleep, routine, movement and emotional support can reduce stress and improve focus during exam season.
Parenting Traditions Around the World: What Different Cultures Can Teach Us
Explore parenting traditions around the world and what different cultures can teach us about raising emotionally healthy, resilient children.
Mounjaro, Ozempic and Emotional Eating – The Missing Piece in Weight Loss
Emotional eating doesn’t disappear with Mounjaro or Ozempic. Discover why the psychological reasons for eating still matter and how therapy supports lasting change.
Therapy for Emetophobia – Understanding the Fear of Vomiting and How Therapy Can Help
Recovery from emetophobia is not about forcing someone to like vomiting. It is about helping the brain recognise that the possibility of illness is not a constant threat.
The Ethics of Using AI for Therapy
Explore the ethical challenges and limitations of AI for therapy. Learn why artificial intelligence cannot replace human connection and how to use AI tools responsibly in mental health support.
The Mental Health Benefits of Forgiveness
The Mental Health Benefits of ForgivenessForgiveness is one of those words that can quietly stir a...
Raising Confident Children in a Co Parenting Family
Raising Confident Children in a Co Parenting Family Raising confident children is no small task....
What the Animal Kingdom teaches us about Childhood Trauma
Childhood Trauma is Not Exclusive to Humans When we think of childhood trauma, we often imagine...
Baby blues and post natal period: what helps, what’s normal and when to seek support
Baby blues affect a large number of women Baby blues affect a large number of women in the...