Author: bgamlin
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Counselling in Bradford on Avon
Bradford on Avon is a picturesque town in the heart of Wiltshire. It’s on the southern edge of the Cotswolds and is known for its vibrant history and beautiful stone buildings. The River Avon and the Kennet & Avon Canal both run through the heart of the town. There’s an array of unique shops, pubs…
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Gaming Addiction and Digital Technology: Impact on Mental Health
We’re all impacted… Do you think you are impacted by gaming addiction or overuse of technology? Maybe or maybe not, but we’re all probably aware of what a time-sink going online can be. It feels like 10 minutes but when we look at the clock two hours have flown by! Two hours we’ll never get…
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Finding Self Acceptance
Would you rather be someone else? If you’re not feeling happy with who you are right now, and wish you weren’t ‘you’ but someone else with better qualities, I get it! I’ve been there myself. Life can be a real struggle, a disappointment and seem to be so unfair at times when we feel we…
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The Counselling Journey
Counselling is a bit like going on a journey together… We start by building a safe place which will always be there when you need it. That’s the confidential space where we meet and the professional relationship built on trust, acceptance and caring between us. We learn what’s important for you – your destination –…
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Personal Bill of Rights
This Personal Bill of Rights is an idea that we all have certain rights as human beings in personal relationships with others. We should be free to exercise or assert these rights in a relationship and, at the same time, consider the needs of others, allowing them the same freedoms. I’ve included this list in…
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Will you be lonely this Christmas?
How will you be lonely this Christmas? The Pressure of Christmas There’s just so much pressure to be jolly at Christmas isn’t there? Everybody seems to be having a wonderful time, but for many of us it can be a bitter sweet experience, or there may be no sweet at all. For all the people…
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What does good therapy look like?
Does Instagram sometimes make you cringe? I’ve been posting content on Instagram for nearly a year now @belgamlincounselling. The amount of mental health and therapy content on this popular social media channel is huge! Some of it is very, very good, but also I’m noticing a feeling of disquiet in me around content I’ve seen…
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A bridge to somewhere
A bridge takes us from one place to another, with more ease. If this basic wooden bridge wasn’t there I would either have to leap and hope for the best (probably not a good idea for me!) or scramble down and up a steep bank getting my feet wet in the process. This way takes…
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Do you have a critical voice?
Do you ever have a niggly, critical voice in the back of your head telling you that you aren’t good enough? I’d say it’s likely you do because it’s a pretty normal phenomenon. This voice can actually hold us back from getting on in life and make us feel miserable. The trouble is it can…
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What colour are you feeling today?
I love a nice bit of colour! A garden in full bloom gives me a real lift. And I really admire people who can wear flamboyant colours; something I struggle to do but I’m working on it! Colours are like a language and have different cultural meanings. Colour can also describe how we feel inside.…