What is SEO? Search Engine Optimisation or SEO is the process of optimising your online content so search engines will want to show it as a top result for searches of a certain keyword. A keyword, or focus keyword as some people call it, is a word that describes the content on a website page best. ... Read More about SEO for Therapists – How Can It Help Your Private Practice?
How To Manage OCD During a Pandemic
What is OCD? Obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) is a common mental health condition where a person has obsessive thoughts and compulsive behaviours. It can affect men, women and children. Some people experience symptoms early, often around puberty, but it usually starts during early ... Read More about How To Manage OCD During a Pandemic
What Are You NOT Saying In Therapy
Recently, my Clinical Supervisor Dr Mary Welford, author of The Compassionate Mind Approach to Building Self-Confidence, highlighted some research that suggests a high percentage of people who come to therapy don’t say or talk about the very thing that has brought them there in the first ... Read More about What Are You NOT Saying In Therapy
How to Use Your Journal During a Crisis
When we experience a crisis, our pre-frontal cortex goes offline. In other words, at the very moment we need the logical, thinking part of our brain, it isn’t there for us! This is because our brains haven’t evolved beyond reacting automatically to a crisis with purely survival in mind. This ... Read More about How to Use Your Journal During a Crisis
Tips for Reducing Isolation in Private Practice
I’ve worked in private practice for a number of years now. I work alone, running a busy clinic with a small virtual team, so I know first-hand just how isolating it can be. The issue also comes up a lot in the CBT in Private Practice Facebook group I co-founded with my colleague Heather ... Read More about Tips for Reducing Isolation in Private Practice