Counselling and Coaching: A Collision or Collaboration?

I am delighted to have been asked to present an evening talk entitled Counselling and Coaching: A Collision or Collaboration? TAP (Taunton Association of Psychodynamics) provide monthly talks in Taunton suitable for counsellors, psychotherapists, social workers, teachers, nurses, clergy, doctors and people with a purely personal interest. On the 18th May I hope to explore the transition of moving from counsellor into coach and have offered for fo...

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New Leaf New Love – Keeping love alive

I Love New Leaf Logo With Valentine’s Day I thought I would say a few thoughts about love and relationships. At New Leaf we see a lot of clients who are struggling in their relationships, either they have grown apart or find themselves becoming resentful towards their partner with built up problems that seem not to change. I have found in some but not all cases we can sometimes loose ourselves when we form a relationship with another. So the remedy in some cas...

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New Yeovil Counsellor joining New Leaf

Sally Barmes Counsellor New Leaf Sally Barmes is our new Yeovil based counsellor. She is a registered psychotherapist and counsellor and has been working in this field  since 1996.  She helps clients with issues such as depression and self-esteem, bereavement and loss, relationship difficulties with partners, parents and children, panic attacks, stress and anxiety, addiction and eating disorders, trauma, life changes.  She has some specialist knowledge of Asperger’s Syndrom...

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163% increase in Alcohol related Hospital Admissions in over 65s

This news story really concerned me. How is alcohol being addressed in the over 65s in Somerset? Lets just look at the figures for the aging population. Between 1995 and 2025 the number of people over the age of 80 is set to increase by up to 50 per cent and the number of people over 90 will double (Department of Health, 2001). West Somerset already has the highest concentration of over-50s in the UK – 52.8% compared with the national aver...

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D-Day – Divorce Day UK can Couple Counselling help?

The  9th January has been named D-Day or Divorce Day. According to a report by insidedivorce.com the regional South West statistics show that Southwestern marriages have less sexual problems than anywhere else in the UK with 14.5 % citing this as a key problem compared with a national average of 22%.However fewer feel happier after their divorce. (28 % compared with 38 %) whilst 38% feel depressed compared with an average 25 % of the UK populati...

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