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Counselling and mental wellbeing articles

Reading that makes the first step feel smaller

Short, practical reads on counselling, anxiety and getting started with therapy. These are free to read and meant to make the first step feel smaller. They are not a substitute for a session or for medical advice.

10 August 2026 5 min read

What online counselling is actually like

How a video session works, what privacy looks like in practice, and who online counselling tends to suit.

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10 August 2026 5 min read

Signs it may be time to talk to a counsellor

The everyday signals people tend to explain away, and a gentle self-check to help you decide.

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10 August 2026 5 min read

Small habits that help on anxious days

Grounding, sleep, caffeine and a set worry time: practical tools you can keep using on a bad week.

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10 August 2026 5 min read

Preparing for your first therapy session

Common fears about a first session, what nobody expects you to prepare, and questions you can ask me.

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14 September 2026 5 min read

What counselling costs, and what you are paying for

The range you will see, what sits behind it, and the questions worth asking before you pay.

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12 September 2026 6 min read

Counsellor, psychologist or psychiatrist: who to see

Three titles that get used interchangeably, the real difference between them, and how to work out which one your situation needs.

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19 September 2026 6 min read

Exam stress: what actually helps before boards

What helps in the weeks before boards, for the student and for the parent watching it happen.

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15 September 2026 5 min read

How many counselling sessions will I need?

Why nobody can give you a number up front, what actually shapes it, and how to tell it is working.

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17 September 2026 6 min read

How to stop overthinking at night

Why the thinking arrives at night specifically, what helps at 1am, and what to change during the day.

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13 September 2026 5 min read

Is online counselling confidential?

What stays between us, the few situations where that changes, and how to find privacy at home when there is not much of it.

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21 September 2026 5 min read

Feeling lonely even when you are around people

Loneliness is not about how many people are nearby. It is about whether any of them know what is actually going on with you.

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18 September 2026 5 min read

Everyday stress or something more?

The two feel almost identical from the inside. The difference is in what happens when the pressure lifts.

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20 September 2026 6 min read

When your teenager stops talking to you

Some withdrawal is ordinary and some is a signal. How to tell, and what actually helps in the meantime.

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16 September 2026 5 min read

What do I say in my first counselling session?

If you are worried about not knowing where to begin, that worry is one of the most common reasons people put this off.

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1 October 2026 5 min read

When a parent is alone all day

Withdrawal in later life is more often about lost routine and company than about ageing, and it can be raised without telling a parent anything is wrong.

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1 October 2026 5 min read

Can I go to counselling without telling my family

If you are an adult the answer is yes, and the real obstacle is usually finding a private hour rather than getting anyone's permission.

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1 October 2026 5 min read

How to find a good counsellor in India

What the titles actually mean here, what matters more than the title, and the questions worth asking before you book a first session.

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1 October 2026 5 min read

Counselling in Hindi

Sessions run in Hindi if you want them to, switching between Hindi and English mid sentence is normal, and you do not have to explain the choice.

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1 October 2026 5 min read

Feeling overwhelmed all the time

Why capacity tends to run out before the workload does, two things that help today, and when it is worth talking to someone.

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1 October 2026 5 min read

When you cannot put it into words

Not having the words for what is wrong is ordinary, it is not a reason to wait, and there is a way to start when nothing comes.

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1 October 2026 5 min read

Talking to your partner without it becoming a fight

Why the same argument keeps returning, why timing does most of the damage, and one small change worth trying this week.

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1 October 2026 5 min read

Career confusion after graduation

Not knowing what to do after your degree is common and it is not failure. The useful question is what kind of stuck you are in.

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1 October 2026 5 min read

Is online counselling as effective as in person

An honest answer with no research claims: what online suits, where a room is genuinely better, and what actually decides it.

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1 October 2026 5 min read

When you are the one everyone leans on

Carrying everyone else has a cost, and needing support does not remove you from being the dependable one.

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