Mindful Moments Psychology

07/11/2025

Mental health is a continuum — from suffering to recovery to flourishing.
For neurodivergent people, therapy should support all stages of that journey. It’s not just about symptom management but also about building confidence, agency, and a sense of belonging.

✨ Every brain deserves tools that fit.

07/11/2025

CBT isn’t only about reducing symptoms. It’s also about growth, understanding, and empowerment. For neurodivergent clients, that means supporting both recovery and personal development — helping individuals thrive, not just cope.

A neuro-affirming therapist adapts CBT techniques to each person’s strengths, focusing on meaning, sensory comfort, and self-acceptance. Growth looks different for everyone, and good therapy recognises that.

✨ Healing and thriving can coexist.

07/11/2025

CBT helps people understand how thoughts, emotions, and behaviours connect. It’s about recognising unhelpful patterns and learning new, intentional ways of thinking.

There’s a myth that CBT is harmful for neurodivergent people. In reality, any therapy can be unhelpful if it isn’t adapted to individual needs. When CBT is practised by a neuro-affirming, well-trained professional, it becomes a flexible framework that honours different ways of thinking, feeling, and communicating.

✨ Therapy should never be one-size-fits-all.

22/10/2025

22/10/2025

Mental health is more than the absence of illness 🌿
Focusing only on fixing what is wrong can limit growth. True well-being also involves nurturing strengths, purpose, and positive emotion. Healing and thriving are not opposites—they can happen together.
✨ What does thriving mean to you beyond “not being unwell”?

22/10/2025

Positive psychology begins by asking a different question: what makes life worth living? 🌱
Instead of focusing on what is wrong, it builds on strengths, resilience, and positive emotions to help people thrive. The goal is not just to function but to flourish.
✨ What strength or value has helped you grow recently?

13/10/2025

Strengthening the positive: here are four reasons we must include the “good” in mental health:
1. Holistic Well-Being: not just treating problems but nurturing strengths and resilience
2. Preventive Focus: proactive strategies guard against future struggle
3. Treatment Enhancement: building on what works boosts outcomes
4. Reducing Stigma: spotlighting strengths shifts public narrative
✨ Which of these “positives” resonates most with you currently?

13/10/2025

“Happiness cannot be pursued; it must ensue.” — Viktor E. Frankl
This isn’t just a poetic line. Frankl’s existential psychology argues that happiness arrives as a byproduct of meaning, purpose, and service—not as a direct target.
✨ What’s a meaning-driven action you took this week (no matter how small)?

07/10/2025

Dopamine isn’t just about pleasure—it’s about purpose ⚡
This powerful neurotransmitter fuels anticipation, motivation, and action. That burst of energy when something exciting or unexpected happens? That’s dopamine nudging you to move, explore, and grow.
✨ What motivates you the most—challenge, curiosity, or reward?