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Resources to Support Your Mental Health

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.

Some Hints for Spotting and Dealing With Common Relationship Problems (Part Two)

Do you find yourself comparing your partner with someone else, to your partner’s disadvantage? Is your partner aware of what you are doing? Ask yourself how you would feel if you found out that you were constantly being measured against

Some Hints for Spotting and Dealing With Common Relationship Problems (Part One)

Sometimes someone will get in touch with Birmingham Counselling Services because s/he is worried about the future of the most significant relationship they have. They don’t want to lose their significant other, and yet they can feel something slipping away.

Do You Have Low Self-Esteem? Part 2

This article continues the subject begun last week, looking at areas where having a low opinion of yourself can really damage your chances of living a happy, healthy and fulfilled life. Please read it carefully and take seriously what it

What You Can Do if a Friend or Relative has Depression

Watching a friend or a family member suffer from depression can be very difficult. Patients who suffer from depression may experience symptoms of lethargy, apathy, crying spells, and a loss of interest in activities that they previously enjoyed. You might

Do You Have Low Self-Esteem? Part 1

Birmingham Counselling Services has many enquiries from people who are concerned that their low self-esteem is having a negative impact on their both their personal and professional lives. A feeling of inadequacy and unworthiness can undermine what you do and

Techniques for Managing Stress Part 2

Sometime people who get in touch with Birmingham Counselling Services talk about living with an unacceptably high stress level all the time. In Part 1 of this article we looked at practical ways of managing stress provoked by specific events

Give Your Partner a Gift for Valentine’s Day

Are you really worried about what to do for Valentine’s Day this year? Are you trying to find something really special because you feel things are not going very well with your partner at the moment? Arguments are blowing up

The Problem with Complaining

When people get in touch with Birmingham Counselling Services its sometimes because of a general feeling of dissatisfaction with their lives and the world they live in. Lots of small things are worrying them and together these small things can

Techniques for Managing Your Stress, Part 1

A frequent problem mentioned by people who get in touch with Birmingham Counselling Services is a feeling of being overwhelmed by stress which they has taken control of their lives. Stress has got itself a bad name these days, when

Building Your Self-Confidence at Work

So many people get in touch with Birmingham Counselling Services because they have low self-esteem, and a high proportion of them wish they had more confidence in their skills and abilities at work. They are looking for increased self-assurance when