Mental health & counselling articles

We will publish blog articles and content about mental health, counselling and other topics. We would love to hear your opinions, thoughts and comments about on anything posted here so let us know.

What is anxiety and how do you untangle an anxious mind?

Peter Golder

Aug 31, 2021
6 min

What is anxiety and how do you untangle an anxious mind?

Living with anxiety can be horrible. In this article you will find info about what anxiety is and how you can create calmness in the mind.

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Why Pride is needed to alleviate LGBTQ prejudice

Peter Golder

May 31, 2021
4 min

Why Pride is needed to alleviate LGBTQ prejudice

This short article looks at the importance of Pride for creating change in the lives of LGBTQ people around the world.

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Peter Golder

May 12, 2021
5 min

Orientating a confused mind

Confusion diminishes and dulls our mental health. Exploring the source of the confusion helps to bring about clarity, leading to change.

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Make-belief. The real benefit of counselling with the imagination.

Peter Golder

Apr 18, 2021
5 min

Make-belief. The real benefit of counselling with the imagination.

There are real benefits to using the imagination in counselling. It can help someone to make sense and process what's on their mind.

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Peter Golder

Feb 28, 2021
4 min

An introduction to gender dysphoria

Some people get counselling to discuss their gender identity & the gender dysphoria they live with. But what is gender dysphoria?

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Peter Golder

Jan 9, 2021
7 min

What is gender identity?

Part 1 of this 2 part blog discusses gender identity. How you decide, you create, socialisation and other factors that show it's importance.

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Feel your fear; men's mental health, Movember & Covid-19

Peter Golder

Nov 3, 2020
3 min

Feel your fear; men's mental health, Movember & Covid-19

COVID-19 and the impact it has on our bodies and minds is scary. Movember is a timely reminder for men to feel their emotions.

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What will you do to protect your precious mind?

Peter Golder

Sep 30, 2020
1 min

What will you do to protect your precious mind?

We can all feel broken at certain times during our life, with life inevitably bringing some bumps and scrapes along the way. With care and a

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Painting the picture of your life. How an identity can be created.

Peter Golder

Aug 5, 2020
10 min

Painting the picture of your life. How an identity can be created.

Early in my life, I struggled with my identity. I never regretted who I was, but I did think the world I lived in could be unfair to people.

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What can your kindness do in suicide prevention?

Peter Golder

May 21, 2020
4 min

What can your kindness do in suicide prevention?

I have revisited something I wrote about suicide prevention, now in the context of Mental Health Awareness Week & theme of kindness 2020.

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Peter Golder

May 3, 2020
10 min

Is online counselling any good?

Online counselling is growing & can do a lot of good in different ways. I will explain what the benefits are & what to consider.

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Look after your mental health. Communicate while you self-isolate, here's why.

Peter Golder

Apr 3, 2020
3 min

Look after your mental health. Communicate while you self-isolate, here's why.

They are indirect consequence of coronavirus on mental health. Communicate safely with the people in your life while you self-isolate.

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Mental health & counselling articles

What is anxiety and how do you untangle an anxious mind?

Why Pride is needed to alleviate LGBTQ prejudice

Orientating a confused mind

Make-belief. The real benefit of counselling with the imagination.

An introduction to gender dysphoria

What is gender identity?

Feel your fear; men's mental health, Movember & Covid-19

What will you do to protect your precious mind?

Painting the picture of your life. How an identity can be created.

What can your kindness do in suicide prevention?

Is online counselling any good?

Look after your mental health. Communicate while you self-isolate, here's why.

Acorn Counselling Therapy