Tony Austin Counselling

30/12/2025

This is my new blog on the emotional hangover after the festive season

If you’re finding the days after Christmas unexpectedly tough, you’re not alone. While the festive season is often filled with joy, it can also leave us feeling tired, overwhelmed, or even a little lost once the celebrations are over. Whether you’re missing loved ones, feeling the pressure of ...

30/11/2025

Here is my blog for November on the why we talk about our childhood in therapy. With book recommendations on how we reflect on how we were parented

29/10/2025

I have begun a regular blog on matters relating to counselling and therapy. You can read it here https://tonyaustincounselling.com/new-blog-1. If there is anything you want to ask, please leave me a message.

Anthony Austin October 27, 2025 When “nothing’s wrong” but you’re still exhausted Anthony Austin October 27, 2025 Sometime ago, a client sat before me for our first session and said, “I don’t know what’s wrong, I just feel tired all the time.” He was a healthy guy, in a secure relati...

05/07/2025

We go to all sorts of lengths, often unconsciously, to hide from what has hurt us. But only by attuning to pain can we hope to heal

05/07/2025

"a better life can grow out of the anguish of recognising that we are not in control." This is a key concept in therapy. usually, we do everything we can to avoid pain and so called "negative" feelings, but if we can learn to move towards them, sit with them and understand them more deeply we can transform ourselves for the better.

We go to all sorts of lengths, often unconsciously, to hide from what has hurt us. But only by attuning to pain can we hope to heal

20/06/2025

02/06/2025

What we want is quick, clever fixes. What we need is quite different: the ability to tolerate intolerable feelings, to sustainably change and grow

01/02/2025

I have just become accredited with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy. This means I have passed their assessment of my clinical skills, experience and attained their standards of excellence in the profession.

22/12/2024

this can be a tough time of year for many. If you need help there are places you can go. Don't suffer in silence.

29/08/2024

I love this short essay. Much of it applies to therapy too: Being with our experience; finding the courage to allow ourselves to sit with our distress. building resilience.

"Sometimes the most adventurous of us meet our edge in the strangest places, like when we can't get a good cup of coffee."

The simple act of stopping, says Pema Chödrön, is the best way to cultivate our good qualities. Here are five ways meditation makes us better people.

09/08/2024

This spoke to me today. We can all suffer with that feeling we are "not good enough" or Imposter Syndrome. But comparison is the thief that steals our power. There will always be someone who seems to be better than us, but our strength lies in our choice to lay down a habit of negative self-talk and embrace our gifts.

29/07/2024

It’s easy to blame your problems on everyone else. It’s much more difficult to face your own failings and take agency in your life