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Discover insightful articles designed to empower, educate, and inspire you on your path to improved mental wellbeing

Our Helpful Articles page offers a selection of expert-written content covering a range of topics, from managing anxiety and improving relationships to understanding the benefits of therapy. These resources are here to guide you in making informed decisions about your mental health.

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Some Basic Tips To Help You Cope With Stress

These are some simple Do’s and Don’t’s- some basic tips to help you deal with stress which some people have found helpful in tackling their stress levels. Don’t stress yourself further by trying to implement them all, or by worrying

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Stress: How Exercise Can Help You Reduce Your Stress Levels

Sometimes we feel that we are being bombarded with orders to take more exercise, with advertisements designed to make us feel guilty if we don’t. If we can get beyond our knee-jerk reactions to what can feel like nagging, there

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Tips for Improving Self-Esteem

Many people make contact with Birmingham Counselling Services saying that their self-esteem and confidence are very low, and that this is preventing them from living the life they really want. They ask for help in dealing with the problem. It

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My partner has had an affair. How can we save our relationship?

Relationships can often survive the greatest challenges but what about recovering a relationship after one or both partners have had an affair. Relationship counsellor Martin Hogg shares a few thoughts on the starting points to recovery. You cannot save the

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Developing Self-Esteem and Confidence Workshop

Stepping Stones To Developing Self Esteem and Confidence. This workshop will help you make a difference by providing a confidential and supportive environment where you will learn how to utilise a range of tips, tools and techniques as stepping stones

How to cope with a nagging partner?

Sometimes people will get in touch with Birmingham Counselling Services because they feel as if their partner is constantly nagging, and they just don’t know how to deal with it. All sorts of questions come up: “Doesn’t s/he trust me?”

Can You Ask Clearly and Positively for What You Want in Your Relationship?

People sometimes make contact with Birmingham Counselling Services because they are unhappy in and with their most important relationship and they are not quite sure why. Their dissatisfaction is related to disappointment and frustration and to feeling let down, but

Don’t Let the Past Sabotage the Present – Talk about your relationship

It can happen that someone will get in touch with Birmingham Counselling Services because they feel that every time they try to sit down and have a discussion with their partner about something they feel is going wrong in their

How Can I Recognise Serious Depression and What Can I Do to Help? (Part Two)

Signs that someone is suffering from severe depression and contemplating suicide might include: Regularly talking about death or wanting to die Researching methods of killing themselves Talking about feeling hopeless, having no reason to live, or being trapped by

How Can I Recognise Serious Depression and What Can I Do to Help? (Part One)

People who get in touch with Birmingham Counselling Services sometimes say that they are depressed,have been diagnosed with depression, and would like to avoid taking anti-depressants by trying a “talking cure” instead, or that they are in close contact with