Roots Mental Health

04/11/2024

Welcome to our new sister practice, Vergent Psychological Assessments.

Offering Adult Autism Identification Assessments.

We are a provider for all major insurance providers in the UK.

Take a look at our new website to learn more:

https://www.vergentassessments.co.uk/

07/11/2022

I am very pleased to announce that the new website for Roots is now live. Click the link in the bio to learn more about the practice and work
💻💡Visit us at www.rootsmentalhealth.co.uk

06/11/2022

20/09/2021

A postcard reminder that productivity is not a measure of your capacity to meaningfully be in the world 🌸 As shown in the delightful words of the artist P!nk "Wildflowers; they keep blooming while they're standing still"

11/09/2021

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World Su***de Prevention Day 2021
While there is still a long way to go in destigmatising and demystifying suicidal ideation and su***de World Su***de Prevention Day creates a platform for awareness, education and advocacy. But this is just one ingredient to the solution.

Suicidal ideation is a symptom that presents across many of the spectrums of psychological health and is experienced by around 1 in 5 people. The more we understand suicidal ideation as a symptom the more we can support people experiencing ideation and intrusive thoughts by making access to resources, management and prevention easier.

The resources that support people who are in a crisis are essential but if we rely on them as the answer we are agreeing that su***de is an individual issue.

By doing this we place the burden on the person to fix themselves rather than looking at what issues cause the symptom such as whether or not that person has access to housing, food security, healthcare, psychological care, education, economic and political stability, autonomy, safety, inclusivity, social connection and good governance.
No one should have to manage the burden of feeling like the world is better off without them because of poor governance and preventable systemic issues.

***depreventionday
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27/08/2021

A postcard reminder to you from a small island 🦔🌙

25/08/2021

A letterbox reminder that you can do things differently 🌲

23/08/2021

I have been away from instagram while working on my website and dreaming up some original content after being inspired by so many amazing mental health advocates on here.
Here is a sneak peek using the Roots logo for inspiration 📮🌱 some biteseize, letterbox inspiration will be coming your way soon.

21/07/2021

A note on pacing and titration: The process of therapy can sometimes be frustratingly slow but this is necessary. If it wasn't we could have 10 sessions in 10 days and see significant changes but the reality is that we wouldn't. The mind continues to work in its own way at its own pace between sessions and I think that is where some of the most important work is done in therapy. Moving too fast risks the sessions becoming retraumatising and unhelpful. Slow and steady, without colluding with unhelpful defenses, sets the scene for appropriate therapy.

28/06/2021

Sunday scaries can become Monday blues. Facing a new week can feel daunting when you have been anticipating the worst and bracing for a torrent of emails, deadlines, obligations and hurdles for 12 hours the night before.

Take regular microbreaks. Use slow breathing to interrupt the anxiety cycle often and for a more sustainable work relationship try as best as you can to use boundaries to protect your mental health, time, and skills.

25/06/2021

Sometimes you will find that you need to put things down simply because they are heavy.

24/06/2021

You are never too 'broken' to step into the process and hard work of healing your wounds. While you need to have a willingness to do the work you also need to remember that you can do hard things.

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