Weaver Counselling Services

26/10/2022

Smiling depression isn’t an official term. However. it is possible to be depressed and hide it behind a smile, or a loud, bubbly personality.

In short, individuals put on a happy face to the outside world. Pushing away those who try to help and support them. They hide behind their happy facade of a loud, strong, bubbly personality but underneath lays a vulnerable, incredibly lonely, depressed individual, experiencing deep inner turmoil and suffering.

So how can you break this cycle? A starting point is knowing that this condition actually exists and that it’s serious. For some, this insight may be enough to turn things around, because it puts them on a path to seeking help and breaking free from the shackles of depression that have been holding them back.

- This support can make a significant difference for our mental health and well-being. If you or a loved one is experiencing symptoms of depression, but are hiding it from everyone else, you need to know that there is help and there is hope for the condition. You are not alone.

23/08/2022

One of the greatest gifts you can give is your time. When you give time, you give a portion of your life that you will never get back.

Appreciate your time and give it wisely
⏰ ♥️ ⛅️ 🌈 ☑️ 🕰

30/07/2022

Our perspective is arguably the single greatest aspect of our uniqueness.

Perspective, in psychological thinking, is the way we have chosen to see the world.

The ability to see things from a different perspective, to listen and acknowledge another’s perspective will often support/enrich relationships, provide a calmer mood and a deeper tolerance of differences in others.

The world changes when we change our perspective.

23/07/2022

It took many years for me to discover that I didn’t have to scream to express how I felt.

A primal scream won’t solve all your problems, but it’s a good first step and once you feel a little better after screaming, it’s time to start doing the actual work.

It’s important to ensure it is made a priority so these utterly devastating feelings of frustration can go away and stay away.

Talk to someone who will listen, who you feel safe with and who you trust. Whether it be family, friends or a professional. We all need to scream at times and that’s okay.

03/03/2022

03/01/2022

The power of talking within the therapy room..

22/10/2021

Society places a lot of emphasis on romantic relationships. However, friendships can bring more happiness into our lives than anything else.

Friendships have a huge impact on our mental health and happiness. Developing and maintaining healthy friendships involves give-and-take. Sometimes you're the one giving support, and other times you're on the receiving end. Letting friends know you care about them and appreciate them can help strengthen your bond. It's as important for you to be a good friend as it is to surround yourself with good friends.

Remember, it's never too late to build new friendships or reconnect with old friends.

30/06/2021

Research has shown that children who experience early childhood trauma- physical, emotional, sexual abuse or neglect are more likely to go on to develop profound and long-lasting mental health problems in adulthood, such as ‘complex PTSD’, depression, anger issues, problems sleeping and more.

Childhood trauma also doesn’t have to occur directly to the child. For instance, watching a loved one suffer can be extremely traumatic as well.

It’s never too late to get help, to move beyond the trying moments of the past – and into a better, more secure, and more satisfying future.

If you’d like further information please contact Leiann - LW Therapy - 07450 421235
Fully Qualified Integrative Counsellor & Psychotherapist MBACP & Clinical Hypnotherapist DHIP.

19/05/2021

Being conscious of what is competing for your attention, but not being drawn into it (allowing it to be noticed, and ‘float past’, for example), allows you to be present and attend fully and mindfully to what is most important right now.

If being more efficient and effective in your thinking sounds valuable, it might be time to take a mindful approach and to produce increased efficiency, effectiveness and high performance in your thinking.

08/05/2021

If we do not have a meaningful purpose that guides us every day and over the course of our lives, making important decisions, resolving internal and external conflicts, planning for the future, choosing friends and partners, then making sense of suffering becomes very difficult. Happiness is not by chance, but is created by choice.

There is not one path.
There is not even the right path.
There is only your path.