Living with pain - psychological therapy can help
Living with pain is tough. If the only time you don't feel the pain is when you're asleep you never get a break. I had a car accident...
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Louise Coughlin
- Apr 21
- 2 min
EMDR conference...yes I'm a geek!
A bit delayed but I'm going to reflect on the EMDR conference that was in York on 15th and 16th March. I was in two minds whether to give...
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Louise Coughlin
- Feb 26
- 1 min
Recovery
I started the year with a chest infection, I struggled to sleep at night, I couldn't leave the house without struggling to breathe, I...
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Louise Coughlin
- Jan 19
- 1 min
Blogs are like buses
Having just posted my last blog I came across this on LinkedIn....I don't think I need to say anymore and just let you view...
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Louise Coughlin
- Jan 19
- 1 min
Reflections
It's been a while...I've been busy working, relaxing and being poorly in equal measures since my last post, and so my blog fell to the...
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Louise Coughlin
- Oct 24, 2023
- 3 min
Rejuvenate Mental Wellness Through Innovative Tactics
I have a guest writer on the blog this week...Cheryl Conklin from https://wellnesscentral.info/ Cheryl considers a variety of ways to...
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Louise Coughlin
- Oct 10, 2023
- 2 min
World Mental Health Day
Today is World Mental Health day. The theme for this year is 'Mental health is a universal human right'. The World Federation for Mental...
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Louise Coughlin
- Oct 9, 2023
- 1 min
Massive Congratulations
I have such a rewarding and varied job. I have often written about the wins clients have told me about. Today I am really pleased to...
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Louise Coughlin
- Sep 10, 2023
- 2 min
Like a mist had lifted
A client once said to me that doing EMDR was like a mist lifting. The mist was the belief that she was to blame for the traumas she had...
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Louise Coughlin
- Jul 24, 2023
- 2 min
Facing those traumas
Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing therapy is not easy. I have some clients who are struggling at the moment. Trauma is like a...
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Louise Coughlin
- May 16, 2023
- 2 min
Mental Health Awareness week
This year the focus of mental health awareness week is anxiety. I see a lot of people who struggle with anxiety. Anxiety takes many...
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Louise Coughlin
- Mar 9, 2023
- 1 min
A new chapter
I always intended to write a blog to say a fond farewell to the York Clinic but life took over. I've been at my new base for 3 months now...
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Louise Coughlin
- Dec 3, 2022
- 1 min
A lovely thank you
I am always so humbled to receive a thank you gift from a client. I understand that their life has (hopefully) changed for the better and...
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Louise Coughlin
- Oct 9, 2022
- 1 min
Heading into trauma therapy
I sometimes get asked 'when are we going to start the actual therapy?'. It is really important that before we embark on your trauma...
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Louise Coughlin
- Aug 3, 2022
- 2 min
A little bit of 'me time'
I'm writing this blog on holiday. Not because I can't switch off from work quite the opposite...but because I've switched off I actually...
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Louise Coughlin
- Jun 23, 2022
- 1 min
Men's mental health week
As men's mental health week draws to a close I saw this image. I think it speaks for itself so end of blog...
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Louise Coughlin
- Jun 16, 2022
- 1 min
A mountain to climb
Therapy can feel like an uphill struggle, or rather a mountain to climb. Like a real mountain, in therapy there are harder parts and...
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Louise Coughlin
- May 14, 2022
- 1 min
Exciting New Contract
In my last blog I commented on how busy I was on a work project. This meant some long days and evenings which isn't something I normally...
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Louise Coughlin
- Mar 10, 2022
- 2 min
Be kind to yourself, so you can be kind to others
I’ve been a bit quiet on the blog front; the last month has been mega busy with personal and work commitments, a period of sickness that...
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Louise Coughlin
- Jan 24, 2022
- 2 min
Sometimes a little bit of what you don't fancy is good for you!
I remember one January when I was swimming at my local pool someone asked me what I had on my head. No I wasn't sporting some weird...
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