Good therapeutic support shouldn't depend on how far you're able to travel. Kingsley House is a warm, well-established wellbeing centre, home to an experienced team of counsellors and therapists already working from its tranquil Java Room. I'm glad to be joining that community, and to be making individual psychotherapy more reachable for people across Chudleigh and the surrounding area - not just in Torbay.

The pilot evaluation for Cohort 1 of Beyond the Story - a 12-week therapeutic group programme delivered at the Devon Clinic - is now complete. Focusing on completer outcomes across four participant records, the pilot assessed shifts in general wellbeing, connection, voice, and identity.

It gives me great pleasure to offer the next therapeutic group at Shekinah (Torquay) on Tuesday 8th September at 18:00 until 19:30 over 12 weeks. The weekly support is structured to offer therapeutic support around trauma-informed narrative, identity and exploring what defence mechanisms hold you back to living a fuller life.

There are moments in life when someone you love is struggling deeply - and everything in you wants to help. A partner overwhelmed by grief.A parent frozen by fear after a diagnosis or loss.A friend unravelled by the end of a relationship or the weight of existence itself. And yet, despite your care, patience, and good intentions, you may quietly realise: “I don’t know how to do this.” That realisation can bring guilt, frustration, helplessness - even shame. But it’s also

The feelings and emotions which lead to the symptoms of anxiety can cause a person to freeze, fight, or flight in certain situations. This is the response our brains and nervous system cause when overstimulated that makes us act in a way that may be new or familiar in life.