What is self-esteem? Self-esteem is the way people think about themselves and how worthwhile they feel. Psychologists use the word self-esteem to describe whether someone likes them self or not. … Someone with low self-esteem might think that they are bad at things and are worthless. Having a good self-esteem is often associated with feeling …
Help for anxiety One of the most common reasons that people seek therapy is help for anxiety. People often believe that they have no control over it. Although we understand that it might feel like that, it actually couldn’t be further than the truth. We might ‘blame’ something for ‘making us feel anxious’. However, the …
Why opt for private counselling? In an ideal world, help with our mental health would be free for everyone on the NHS. And there would be no waiting list. However, unfortunately we don’t live in an ideal world. And there is not a bottomless pit of money available. Therefore, private counselling is an alternative option …
Child counselling We understand that when a parent seeks child counselling there few things in life that are more worrying than when your child/teenager is experiencing emotional difficulties. Whether its anxiety, depression, exam stress, bullying, bereavement, abuse, family problems or anything else. Our child counselling will help your child open up and guide them through. …
Counselling for jealousy It is common for people to search online for counselling for jealousy. Insecurity and jealousy and insecurity is one of the many reasons people decide to seek counselling. No one enjoys feeling jealous or insecure. Even though jealousy is an emotion that almost all of us will experience at one point or …
We also offer Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Ashford Kent (CBT) which is a type of talking therapy that looks at how we think about ourselves, other people and the wider world. This thinking then impacts on how we feel and in turn, affects our behaviour.
Anger management One of the most common reason people contact us at CBT and Counselling Kent is for anger management Canterbury. One of our therapists explains how best to understand and manage anger. Most of us don’t like confrontation and will avoid it where possible. However, it’s a fact of life that we can’t …
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Dealing with anxiety People often come to CBT and Counselling Kent looking for help in dealing with anxiety. If you struggle with persistent anxiety, it is likely that excessive worrying is partly to blame. Although you may sometimes feel worrying is beneficial in that it protects us from being unprepared or caught off guard, for …
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CBT and seasonal effective disorder (SAD) Our therapists at CBT and Counselling Kent understand that once we get into January and February it can feel like an age that we felt some warm sunshine. We are in the depths of winter and the spring time and summer holidays can seem a long way off. …
Mindfulness When people search for CBT therapy near me it’s often because they are experiencing anxiety. One effective techniques our CBT therapists use during cognitive behavioural therapy sessions is mindfulness. As the name suggests, mindfulness means that the mind is fully foucussed on what’s happening and what you’re doing ‘right now’. That might seem …
