2019 – Via Vitae Counselling | Lindsay Cox-Prior

24th December 2019 Lindsay Cox-Prior

Optimism

Optimism combines the element of hope with the notion that it’s the best world that we can access right now; so straight away there is some balance between hope and acceptance of what is, which pessimists don’t tend to consider. Studies have...

17th December 2019 Lindsay Cox-Prior

Responsibility

Last week I spoke about the PROM model for action against anxiety; specifically looking at Purpose. I’m moving on to Responsibility today: the ability to respond, a choice of response, the duty to deal with something or take control, of being...

11th December 2019 Lindsay Cox-Prior

Purpose

I’ve been reading more and more on anxiety as increasingly this is the main concern for most clients walking through the door at the moment. I blogged last week about the need for self-care at this time of year (and arguably all year round!) but...

4th December 2019 Lindsay Cox-Prior

Self-care over Christmas

There will be plenty published about the joys of Christmas at this time of year and how family time becomes more important, giving is better than receiving and how being able to indulge in fine food and drink becomes an acceptable autopilot. It...

26th November 2019 Lindsay Cox-Prior

What’s your story?

I stumbled over giving my maiden name the other day; funny how it took so long to adapt to my married name and now my maiden name is slowly becoming alien to me. I’d bumped into a teacher from about 19 years ago; he recalled a relative rather...

19th November 2019 Lindsay Cox-Prior

Mindful walking

At this time of year you hear a lot about SAD (Seasonal Affective Disorder), low moods, the anticipation of Christmas and the positives and negatives that the festive season can bring. It’s a time of expectation and that can weigh heavy on our...

12th November 2019 Lindsay Cox-Prior

To fear or not to fear?

In day to day life the most common fear is the fear of failure. I see this a lot in the therapy room so it’s something that I know causes people problems and stops them from fulfilling their potential. Chances are that most people when they were...

5th November 2019 Lindsay Cox-Prior

Endings in therapy

You came to therapy to readjust, to tap into what was causing you problems and to tackle your thoughts, feelings and behaviours no doubt. It was likely both a traumatic and tremendous experience if you were lucky enough to form a bond with your...

29th October 2019 Lindsay Cox-Prior

Mental health and technology

So last week was about social media and its impact. Today I’d like to explore technology and how it’s impacting on mental health in general. Let’s take a look: What’s happening that’s good: There’s an argument to suggest that technology is vastly...

22nd October 2019 Lindsay Cox-Prior

Turn off, tune out

Busy day at work, staring at a screen, headache, dehydrated, grumpy, tired and frustrated. We get home, have our evening meal and curl up to watch tv; only to reach for another screen and scroll until bedtime. Did that feel good? Did you even...

15th October 2019 Lindsay Cox-Prior

Emotions

After watching a clip of Robert Elliot explaining emotions on YouTube, it highlighted to me that in my experience, clients seem to fall into two camps- those that are really aware of their emotions and feelings and those that hide away from them...

10th October 2019 Lindsay Cox-Prior

World Mental Health Day 10 October 2019

This year’s theme is suicide prevention. I went over some facts back in September’s blog but let’s revisit: Mental distress can build-up if there is no release of what is frustrating you, whether this is feelings, emotions, situations or all...

Yearly Archives: 2019