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Mental Health Tips


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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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