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Therapy Mini: When We Stop Feeling Like a Team
This Therapy Mini by Counsellor and Psychotherapist Simone Bell explores how couples can gradually move from facing problems together to treating each other as the problem. Communication becomes defensive, disagreements turn into battles to be won, and each person starts protecting themselves rather than trying to understand the other.
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Therapy Mini: Why Is It So Hard to Forgive Myself?
This Therapy Mini by Counsellor and Psychotherapist Simone Bell explores why self-forgiveness can feel so difficult, particularly when we're carrying guilt, regret or resentment towards ourselves. It considers how we can acknowledge the past, learn from our experiences and begin to let go of self-blame without dismissing what happened.
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Therapy Mini: Feeling Lost but Not Knowing Who You Want to Be
This Therapy Mini by Counsellor and Psychotherapist Simone Bell explores what it feels like to be uncertain about who you're becoming or what you want from life. It considers the pressure, discomfort and grief of not having a clear direction, and how we can begin to understand ourselves without needing all the answers straight away.
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Therapy Mini: Missing Someone the World Never Got to Meet

This Therapy Mini by Counsellor and Psychotherapist Simone Bell explores the grief of baby loss, including the hopes, memories and imagined futures that may be held privately. It recognises that a baby's significance, and the depth of a parent's grief, cannot be measured by how long they were here or how many people knew them.

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Therapy Mini: The Loneliness of Being the One Who Remembers

Grief can be lonely when you feel like you're the one carrying the memories. This Therapy Mini by Counsellor and Psychotherapist Simone Bell explores the small details we hold onto after someone dies, the fear of forgetting, and how memories can help us maintain a connection with someone we've lost.

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Therapy Mini: We All Have Mental Health
We all have mental health, and it can change throughout our lives. This Therapy Mini by Counsellor and Psychotherapist Simone Bell explores why we often wait until we're struggling before paying attention to our mental wellbeing, and why we don't need a diagnosis or crisis to take how we're feeling seriously.

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