Massage and the menopause

Massage and the menopause

The menopause often comes with a host of unwelcome and inconvenient symptoms, ranging from hot flushes, to mood swings, to insomnia, to name but a few. In these challenging times, massage can be incredibly helpful. The soothing and therapeutic touch of massage offers...
I can’t sleep

I can’t sleep

There are a number of common issues that counsellors hear from clients, and one is that they can’t sleep. Sometimes the reason for that won’t be anything psychological. There might be too much noise and disturbance, there might be a baby waking up, there might be...
How to improve your sleep

How to improve your sleep

Did you know that your brain is more active when you’re asleep than when you’re awake? The brain and the blood vessels that supply it work together at night to do maintenance tasks and to actively make sense of what has happened to us in the day. It’s how we learn,...
Patient Reported Outcome Measures or PROMS

Patient Reported Outcome Measures or PROMS

Proms – you probably haven’t heard of them, until a few years ago, I hadn’t heard of them either. It stands for Patient Reported Outcome Measures or PROM. They are a way of collecting information from patients about how they feel after treatment. PROM are tools...