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Winter Wellbeing, Trauma Triggers, and Finding Yourself Again
For anyone who notices their mood dipping in autumn and winter, it’s worth paying attention to what helps and what hinders you.

Matty Sweet
24 hours ago2 min read


When Christmas Feels Heavy: Why This Time of Year Can Hurt - and How Therapy Can Help
The reason why clients want to work on Christmas in psychotherapy or counselling comes from the connection individuals, persons, or roles we have with others.

Matty Sweet
4 days ago4 min read


Choosing the Right Psychotherapy Modality for Addiction Recovery in Torbay & Teignbridge
Explore different psychotherapy modalities for addiction recovery. Find out which approach is right for you in Torbay and Teignbridge. Get local, expert support at Sweet Counselling

Matty Sweet
Nov 243 min read


How do you manage negative automatic thoughts?
The challenge in our society in 2025 is how we use an interpretation of these thoughts to benefit our life harmony.

Matty Sweet
Nov 162 min read


Are our beliefs based on co-constructed narratives?
Beliefs are the deeply held thoughts and perceptions that shape how we see ourselves, others, and the world - guiding behaviour, mindset, and emotional wellbeing. This leads to learn more about the narrative that is created in a healthy and unhealthy way. The place to begin in a therapeutic space is to learn about your transference of beliefs that are authentically yours, or someone else’s, which is us working on an alliance by wishes, fears and experiences from past relation

Matty Sweet
Nov 132 min read


What happens when your thoughts turn unkind?
What do your unhealthy thoughts say in the quietness and isolated experience of your day?

Matty Sweet
Nov 112 min read


What happens in a psychotherapy session?
A choppy and sunny day at Paignton Pier. Each session more often than not opens with a check-in, and learning if there are any recurring themes over the last 24 hours, which we could start with. If none arise, then I’ll start us off with themes taken from your therapeutic goals or the professional interest in your psychopathology. This is how I know you as my client, having gathered information around the biological, genetic, self-care and brain-based explanations which make

Matty Sweet
Nov 22 min read


How Do You Manage Your Resistance to Therapy?
A contemplative moment as a woman reflects on her hesitations about therapy. There are recurring themes for people who want to start a therapeutic relationship for self-development, trauma-informed space, and to improve their life harmony. The most common therapeutic goal is an experience of having a confidential and safe space to work through what is happening a person's world. This could be the narrative which causes automatic thoughts or negative belief systems around rela

Matty Sweet
Oct 293 min read


How do social relationships feel as a neurodivergent?
The start of this post has to highlight four key areas which are related: 1️⃣ The way a person observes social relationships. 2️⃣ A sense of how social relationships can be organised. 3️⃣ An explanation of what is happening within social relationships. 4️⃣ The potential to predict healthy and unhealthy outcomes in social relationships. The difference with a neurodiverse person are based off reactions. You see, most neurodiverse individuals wear multiple masks as a charact

Matty Sweet
Oct 292 min read


Trusting Your Counsellor: A Guide to Finding the Right Support
This post may have helped shine light on selecting a talk therapist Understanding the Importance of Trust in Talk Therapy What does it signify to have trust in counsellors and psychotherapists during talk therapy? Before agreeing to counselling and psychotherapy, there are several important points to consider. A knowledgeable professional can effectively guide you through this process. I recommend using a 2:1 ratio of your preferred gender and exploring both face-to-face and

Matty Sweet
Aug 262 min read
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