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Evolve Therapy

Counselling and psychotherapy, specialising in addiction and trauma counselling. Preston, Lancashire

I offer counselling and psychotherapy in the Preston area, including alcohol and drug addiction counselling and trauma counselling for PTSD, specialising in EMDR therapy. I can meet you face to face at my Preston premises or online, serving Leyland, Chorley, Lancashire and the wider North West, including Garstang, Blackburn, Ormskirk, Southport, Lancaster and more.

13/11/2025

World Kindness Week starts on World Kindness Day, November 13th, and ends on November 18th. 🤗

It was initiated by the World Kindness Movement at a 1998 Tokyo conference and has been celebrated around the world ever since.

Participants believe that kindness has the power to change the world. 💪

The Random Acts of Kindness Foundation suggest the following actions in which you might engage this week, one for each day.
1 – Send a surprise voice note to one of your contacts;
2 – compliment three strangers;
3 – be a life-lifter by taking something off someone’s ‘plate’;
4 – let another road user merge ahead of you;
5 – share gratitude shout-outs on social media;
6 – leave inspirational sticky notes in public places;
7 – do something to intentionally make you smile. 😁

These kind acts will not be entirely altruistic; acts of kindness can boost feelings of confidence, being in control, happiness and optimism. 🫶
🏅Everyone will be a winner! 🏅

Evolve Therapy
Experienced therapist and EMDR practitioner offering face-to-face and online therapy for children and adults.

For more information go to our website: https://buff.ly/3WhwRUR

11/11/2025

Like our body, the mind can often heal naturally, with much of this natural coping mechanism occurring whilst we are asleep and linked to Rapid Eye Movement (REM) sleep.

During everyday life, our body routinely manages new experiences and information without us being aware. However, when a traumatic event occurs such as an assault or a car crash or when we are repeatedly subjected to distress as with child neglect or domestic abuse, our natural coping mechanism can become overloaded. 😣

When overloaded, such disturbing experiences remain unprocessed and frozen in the brain. Traumatic memories are maintained in an isolated brain network associated with emotions and physical sensations, which is disconnected from the region where we use language to store memories.

Often the initial traumatic memory itself is long forgotten or buried, yet feelings of anxiety, panic, anger and despair are triggered in the present seemingly without reason.

Through EMDR it is possible to unlock the traumatic memories, reprocess them and free the body from the unwelcome emotions and sensations.

Evolve Therapy
Experienced therapist and EMDR practitioner offering face-to-face and online therapy for children and adults.

For more information go to our website: https://buff.ly/3WhwRUR

06/11/2025

Unlock a Better Quality of Life with EMDR When the brain’s survival instinct overpowers rational thought, anxiety takes control.

EMDR therapy desensitizes these responses, helping you face life with a clearer mind.
Experience less grief, depression, and anxiety, and improve your overall quality of life.
Stay present, stay engaged, and discover the transformative power of EMDR. 😊

Evolve Therapy
Experienced therapist and EMDR practitioner offering face-to-face and online therapy for children and adults.

For more information go to our website: https://buff.ly/3WhwRUR

04/11/2025

The first Wednesday in November is National Stress Awareness Day.
This is an opportunity to think about the effects of stress, physically and mentally, as well as how we can manage feelings of stress.

Feeling stressed and being under pressure is a normal part of life.
Sometimes stress can be useful because it can motivate us to sort things out or get something done. However, there are times when stresses can pile up or continue for a prolonged period.
This can leave us feeling unable to cope and we become overwhelmed leading to mental health problems. 😞

Symptoms of unhealthy levels of stress include racing or foggy thoughts; feelings of anxiety, irritability or confusion; headaches or migraines; and significant changes to behaviour or responses to situations.

That's why on National Stress Awareness Day mental health charities like Mental Health UK, Rethink Mental Illness, Mental Health Foundation and Mind highlight the ways that stress can affect people and what you can do to manage your stress before it becomes a problem. 😊

Evolve Therapy
Experienced therapist and EMDR practitioner offering face-to-face and online therapy for children and adults.

For more information go to our website: https://buff.ly/3WhwRUR

30/10/2025

Tapping into traumatic events or memories and processing them with a licensed therapist can be a challenge. 😬
On the other hand, the after effects of having processed and identified memories can lead individuals to feel empowered.
Relationships and boundaries may change for the better. Suddenly there may be more confident energy and emotional incentive to relate differently with others in life. 😊

Evolve Therapy
Experienced therapist and EMDR practitioner, offering face-to-face and online therapy.
For more information, go to our website: https://buff.ly/3WhwRUR

28/10/2025

In September, we acknowledged and supported National Inclusion Week.
This was an opportunity for renewed focus on celebrating inclusion and taking action to build inclusive workplaces. 💪

With this at the forefront of our minds, this comment by Justin Trudeau (Prime Minister of Canada 2015-2025) reminds us that, whoever we are, we are valued, we have something to offer and we belong. 🤗

Evolve Therapy
Experienced therapist and EMDR practitioner, offering face-to-face and online therapy for children and adults.
For more information, go to our website: https://buff.ly/3WhwRUR

23/10/2025

"I attended this session never having done anything like this before, so was anxious and felt out of my depth. [Pam’s] voice and calm nature made my anxiety lessen, which helped me to open up. I…am a recovering addict and I can struggle to talk about the way I feel but I felt safe and welcome. I recommend Pam to anyone who …needs to talk in confidence. Thanks again Pam."

As a therapist, I value creating a space where people can feel safe and not judged, so it's great to get feedback like this. 🥰

If you are struggling with trauma, addiction or any mental health issue, please get in touch to see how I can help. 🤗

Evolve Therapy
Experienced, trained EMDR adult and child & adolescent therapist offering face-to-face and online therapy.
For more information please get in touch https://www.evolve-therapy.org.uk/

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21/10/2025

Younger children can find it difficult to fully engage with some types of talking therapies, so EMDR can be an effective, simpler alternative. 👦
EMDR also has the highest recommendation for children and adolescents with PTSD from the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies.

Therapy sessions can be adapted by using pictures instead of words or writing a story about the traumatic events to make the therapy more accessible to children who are struggling to talk about the trauma.

It is very important to find a suitable child EMDR therapist who has been specially trained to work with children who can build a good therapeutic relationship with you and your child. 👨‍👧

Evolve Therapy
Experienced, trained EMDR child & adolescent therapist, offering face-to-face and online therapy.
For more information, go to our website: https://buff.ly/3WhwRUR

14/10/2025

Do you enjoy getting out and taking photos or staying in and baking cakes? 🍰

Creative hobbies can positively affect our wellbeing by helping us get into a state of flow.
This happens when we’re completely focused on a task, to the point where we are no longer thinking about our worries. The more challenging the task, the more deeply we become absorbed into flow state.

Interests, such as art, writing and music, can reduce and even prevent stress and give us an energy boost. 🎶

Being creative may also lower feelings of anxiety and depression and can help us express or manage our emotions in a positive and productive way even when those feelings are difficult to express in words. 😞

Different parts of our brain are activated when we take part in creative activities which can help to improve cognitive function and improve our mood. Whilst the physical act of writing something down activates areas in our brain that are involved in language and memory, so why not challenge yourself to writing a poem each month or starting a journal? 📖

Many creative past times are also a great way to socialise. Why not join a book club or an art class? Being socially connected also has a positive effect on our wellbeing. 😀

Evolve Therapy
Experienced therapist and EMDR practitioner, offering face-to-face and online therapy.
For more information, go to our website: https://buff.ly/3WhwRUR

07/10/2025

In October 2023, New Scientist magazine stated that one in two people will develop a mental health condition over their lifetime.

This is a shocking statistic, but we all have the capability to break negative thought cycles and overcome the fears that are preventing us from living a full life. 😔

In her book Little Treatments, Big Effects, Jessica Schleider reviews a huge amount of research which demonstrates that single session interventions can produce important turning points in people’s mental health by reducing symptoms of depression, anxiety, substance abuse and disordered eating.

Much of the research on these single sessions was primarily aimed at young people who might struggle with some of the stresses of growing up.
This is an empowering message for someone who believes that their sadness or anxiety is an inescapable element of their personality. 🙏

EMDR therapy really can break and reverse negative thought spirals, build self-compassion and start the healing journey. 🕊️

Evolve Therapy

Experienced therapist and EMDR practitioner, offering face-to-face and online therapy for children and adults.
For more information, go to our website: https://buff.ly/3WhwRUR

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