Joanne Lindsay - Counselling, Hypnotherapy and Holistic Therapies Service

18/02/2022

Love this! Read it top to bottom, then bottom to top 🧡

14/04/2021

How many of you can relate to this - I know I can...

After a year of lockdown, many of us are finding it hard to think clearly, or remember what happened when. Neuroscientists and behavioural experts explain why

17/05/2020

A lovely explanation of how to enjoy nature mindfully

Summer holidays abroad look doomed, but there is comfort and reward to be found just by being curious about your surroundings, says journalist Lucy Jones

10/04/2020

21/03/2020

Keep as positive as you can my lovelies xx

19/03/2020

Hi, so the plan for the 'On Your Mind' support group to meet online from next Wednesday at 10am via Zoom is go! - so if you'd like to be added to the invite list - message me your email address.

Group can be paid for via my online fees page on my website

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17/03/2020

Hi, I hope you are all keeping safe out there. So, in response to this testing time I'm cancelling the 'On your mind' group for a few weeks, I am looking at online meeting options, so if interested in carrying on that way let me know?

16/03/2020

Hi everyone,
So, I’m sure you’ve all been updated by lots of company’s and their policies with regards to the Corona Virus and how this it will work going forward – well here is mine with considering tonight’s update from the government.

• For now, I will still be offering face to face appointments, but if you would prefer to continue your therapy/Supervision via telephone or Video messaging (I work via Skype, WhatsApp, Zoom or Sylo) please send me a text on 07899 048256.

• In the event that all unnecessary face to face contact gets enforced to stop like other countries, You or I start to show cold/cough symptoms, you or I need to self-isolate – I am happy to again continue via phone or video messaging if appropriate. On a side note, as most of you who have seen me recently know I have had a funny throat and a bit of an occasional cough for a few weeks now, I will let you know if this develops into a fever or the cough becomes worse.

• For those who are already accessing appointments via phone/video message, again I will carry on as normal – unless one of us becomes unable to carry on.

• In the event the church where I rent my room becomes unavailable due to their policies, again I will happily continue via telephone/Video Messaging and let you know as soon as I am informed.

• For those who have been referred to me by Companies and EAP services, I will have to follow their instructions (some EAP services are already insisting on sessions taking place via telephone/video messaging only – I will contact you individually if this becomes the case)

• If you have a regular time slot and wish to work via telephone or video messaging, but this would cause a problem with you finding a confidential space – again, please send me a text and we will try to change you to a time more suitable.

• A reminder I have a 24 hour cancellation policy, although I am very sympathetic to this situation, please be aware I may need to gather some costs such as room rent etc if sessions are cancelled last minute at the least.

Another thing to note, is that If you test positive for coronavirus, the NHS is undertaking contact tracing, which means you'll be interviewed about people you've been in contact with. If I develop symptoms, I may need to disclose your name and contact details, but I will not mention the context in which we know each other.

Any questions or concerns, please do send a quick text and I’ll try to answer as soon as I can.

I hope we all escape this nasty virus, but if you do find yourself isolated and needing help, there are a few Facebook groups popping up for those all offering help including: https://www.facebook.com/search/top/?q=coronavirus%20community%20help%20taunton&epa=SEARCH_BOX

Kind Regards
Joanne

02/12/2019

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The father of Jack Merritt, who died on Friday at London Bridge, writes that the attack has been used to reinforce the worldview his son fought against