Counselling Minds

20/02/2026

My name's John Warrington and for over 12 years, I have been privileged to support Children, Teenagers, Adults, Couples and Families, helping them to improve their mental well-being. I retrained after serving in the Royal Navy and then worked in very high-pressured business environments where I became burntout. Counselling Minds is located just off Junction 35 of the M6, near to Carnforth and ideally located for easy access for clients from Lancaster, Morecambe, Carnforth, Heysham, Milnthorpe, Burton in Kendal, Kirkby Lonsdale, Silverdale, Arnside and Kendal. Online and telephone counselling ensures that clients further afield such as Preston, Blackburn, Darwen, Penrith, Lytham, Windermere, Blackpool, Barrow, Ulverston and throughout the UK can access counselling with myself too. If you’re enduring anxiety, depression, ptsd, bereavement, depression, burnout, relationship issues, redundancy, loss, trauma, life-changing illness, addictions, grief or LGBTQ+ issues, please contact me. Thanks for reading, John, Counselling Minds.

19/02/2026

Halt-Term Stress
You love your children and grandchildren but Half-Term can be a challenge and although you might feel guilty for thinking it, it's how you feel at times...it's how parents and carers have felt for many years at times. You are not alone.
Please contact me for a no-obligation, confidential chat about how counselling can help you. My name's John Warrington and for over 12 years, I have been privileged to support Children, Teenagers, Adults, Couples and Families, helping them to improve their mental well-being. I retrained after serving in the Royal Navy and then worked in very high-pressured business environments where I became burntout. Counselling Minds is located just off Junction 35 of the M6, near to Carnforth and ideally located for easy access for clients from Lancaster, Morecambe, Carnforth, Heysham, Milnthorpe, Burton in Kendal, Kirkby Lonsdale, Silverdale, Arnside and Kendal. Online and telephone counselling ensures that clients further afield such as Preston, Blackburn, Darwen, Penrith, Lytham, Windermere, Blackpool, Barrow, Ulverston and throughout the UK can access counselling with myself too. If you’re enduring anxiety, depression, ptsd, bereavement, depression, burnout, relationship issues, redundancy, loss, trauma, life-changing illness, addictions, grief or LGBTQ+ issues, please contact me. Thanks for reading, John, Counselling Minds.

19/02/2026

Please contact me for a no-obligation, confidential chat about how counselling can help you. My name's John Warrington and for over 12 years, I have been privileged to support Children, Teenagers, Adults, Couples and Families, helping them to improve their mental well-being. I retrained after serving in the Royal Navy and then worked in very high-pressured business environments where I became burntout. Counselling Minds is located just off Junction 35 of the M6, near to Carnforth and ideally located for easy access for clients from Lancaster, Morecambe, Carnforth, Heysham, Milnthorpe, Burton in Kendal, Kirkby Lonsdale, Silverdale, Arnside and Kendal. Online and telephone counselling ensures that clients further afield such as Preston, Blackburn, Darwen, Penrith, Lytham, Windermere, Blackpool, Barrow, Ulverston and throughout the UK can access counselling with myself too. If you’re enduring anxiety, depression, ptsd, bereavement, depression, burnout, relationship issues, redundancy, loss, trauma, life-changing illness, addictions, grief or LGBTQ+ issues, please contact me. Thanks for reading, John, Counselling Minds.

18/02/2026

Counselling can give you a safe, confidential space in which you can talk about how you really feel, about yourself, about your past, present and your future. Please contact me for a no-obligation, confidential chat about how counselling can help you. My name's John Warrington and for over 12 years, I have been privileged to support Children, Teenagers, Adults, Couples and Families, helping them to improve their mental well-being. I retrained after serving in the Royal Navy and then worked in very high-pressured business environments where I became burntout. Counselling Minds is located just off Junction 35 of the M6, near to Carnforth and ideally located for easy access for clients from Lancaster, Morecambe, Carnforth, Heysham, Milnthorpe, Burton in Kendal, Kirkby Lonsdale, Silverdale, Arnside and Kendal. Online and telephone counselling ensures that clients further afield such as Preston, Blackburn, Darwen, Penrith, Lytham, Windermere, Blackpool, Barrow, Ulverston and throughout the UK can access counselling with myself too. If you’re enduring anxiety, depression, ptsd, bereavement, depression, burnout, relationship issues, redundancy, loss, trauma, life-changing illness, addictions, grief or LGBTQ+ issues, please contact me. Thanks for reading, John, Counselling Minds.

17/02/2026

Please read my latest blog - a Flippin' good read....!!

This one links Pancake Day to Counselling....

https://www.localcounsellor.co.uk/post/shrove-tuesday-mardi-gras-the-counselling-process

Face to Face,Online,Telephone,Walk & Talk therapy available for Children,Teenagers, Adults & Couples

17/02/2026

Shrove Tuesday, Pancakes & Counselling 🥞

As we mark Shrove Tuesday — or Pancake Day as most of us know it — I’ve been reflecting on how much it mirrors the counselling process.

Traditionally, Shrove Tuesday was about taking stock. Clearing out the cupboard. Using up what had been sitting there. Preparing for a new season.

Counselling can be very similar.

Sometimes we come into therapy carrying emotional “ingredients” we’ve stored away for years — old hurts, unresolved experiences, beliefs about ourselves that have gone unchallenged. They sit quietly in the background, shaping how we feel and respond.

Counselling offers a space to:

• Take stock of what’s there
• Gently examine what we’ve been holding onto
• Decide what still serves us — and what doesn’t
• Prepare for a healthier, more intentional next chapter

And just like making pancakes, it’s rarely perfect on the first attempt. Growth can feel messy. It can take practice. But with patience and the right support, something nourishing can emerge.

Shrove Tuesday reminds us that reflection and renewal are part of being human. If you’re feeling ready to clear some emotional space and move forward with greater clarity, counselling can be a good place to start.

Wishing you a reflective (and enjoyable) Pancake Day.

Thanks for reading.

John

Counselling Minds

Face to Face,Online,Telephone,Walk & Talk therapy available for Children,Teenagers, Adults & Couples

16/02/2026

For over 13 years, I've been privileged to support Children, Teenagers, Adults, Couples and Families, by helping them to improve their Mental Wellbeing. I retrained after a varied career in the Royal Navy and then worked in very high-pressured business environments where I became burntout. I had counselling which frankly saved my life and led to me to decide to change my career and pursue this vocation.

Counselling Minds is located just off Junction 35 of the M6, near to Carnforth and ideally located for easy access for clients from Lancaster, Morecambe, Carnforth, Heysham, Milnthorpe, Burton in Kendal, Kirkby Lonsdale, Silverdale, Arnside and Kendal.

Online and telephone counselling ensures that clients further afield such as Preston, Blackburn, Darwen, Penrith, Lytham, Windermere, Blackpool, Barrow, Ulverston and throughout the UK can access counselling with myself too.

If you’re enduring anxiety, depression, ptsd, bereavement, depression, burnout, relationship issues, redundancy, loss, trauma, life-changing illness, addictions, grief or LGBTQ+ issues, please contact me.

It would be my privilege to help you.

Thanks for reading, John, Counselling Minds.

16/02/2026

Half Term

It's a break for children, teenagers and education staff from being at work but it presents a logistical quandary for some parents, who have to juggle work and childcare.

The break allows families to spend time together if possible; much needed when often parents, carers and children can be like ships that pass in the night.

It can also be a time that places different stresses on families - parents who are not used to spending as much time with their children can find this week a challenge.

It can be costly to entertain children, let alone feed ever-growing offspring!!

There are different dynamics for everyone.

Everybody has their own story and one size does not fit all.

At the end of this week, some parents and carers will feel guilty because they are glad half-term has come to an end.

Others will be upset that their time with their children has ended for a chunk of time, until Easter.

Whatever your story is, your feelings are valid. They are your feelings.

I hope half-term is good for you, whether you are having time to detach from school or keeping your children occupied.

Thanks for reading, John, Counselling Minds.