Tayside Centre for Counselling -TCC

📣 TCC currently has space for adult clients at our FREE counselling research centre based in Abertay University.

👥Counselling can be online or face-to-face.

📧For more information contact Sally at [email protected]

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Safe to say, the world is a lot right now.
While we will all have our own responses to what is going on, it is important to take care of ourselves too.

Self-Care For When The News Is Terrifying It is important to consider our boundaries when it comes to the news - finding a balance between keeping informed and feeling swamped, takes some tweaking.

Happy Friday everyone!

Just in time for the weekend, we would love to share a beautiful blog written by one of our amazing counsellors Clare....

'I have never liked to wear shoes inside and even in the office I sneakily slip off my ballerina flats under my desk. I am never happier than when I can walk barefoot, especially amongst the fresh green grass and wildflowers (watching carefully that I do not tread on a resting bee). I have been known to treat my feet to the feeling of sand between my toes and I have even enjoyed the warmth of sun drenched concrete on my heels. I find that it is so important to connect to the ground that I walk upon, to get myself closer to the energy (electrons) emitted from mother earth.

Today I stood barefoot amongst the grass and quietly noticed it’s dampness, it’s wonderful wet smell, it's coolness and it’s blades tickling my feet as the wind blew across the field. Standing in silence, eyes closed and just loving the feeling of being present in that moment was replenishing.'

Note
Grounding appears to improve sleep, normalise the day–night cortisol rhythm, reduce pain, reduce stress, shift the autonomic nervous system from sympathetic toward parasympathetic activation, increase heart rate variability, speeds wound healing, and reduces blood viscosity.

Taken from a summary published in the Journal of Environmental and Public Health.

Hi everyone!

🌿This coming week is Mental Health awareness week, and the theme is connecting with Nature.

✏️Why not download the Mental Health Foundation's Nature Journal here https://www.mentalhealth.org.uk/campaigns/mental-health-awareness-week/nature-journal to document how you feel before and after connecting with nature, and jot down anything interesting you notice while doing so!

🌱Remember, counselling can give you a space to explore things like your relationship with nature. For more information about counselling at TCC please contact [email protected]

Warmest of welcomes to our new page likers!

Why not join us in trying to have a Meaningful May?
Taking the time to make a meaningful connection to the things that are important to us in our lives can have a real positive impact on our overall sense of wellbeing.

Remember, at TCC we are again seeing clients for free counselling online, and currently have no waiting list.

For more information get in touch at [email protected]

Some great tips in this blog by the Mental Health Foundation on coping with the range of feelings that may come up for us as we take the first tentative steps out of lockdown.

Remember, we are open for referrals for online counselling again at TCC if you are looking for a safe space to work through what is coming up for you, while also contributing to our research.

For more information or to ask any questions, you can contact Sally at [email protected]

🚪Coming out of lockdown can be daunting for many of us. Others may feel excited at the thought of normality.
💚However you are feeling, we have some tips on how to cope with the relaxing of rules:
⏰Vary your routines - try to adjust your routine to what feels most comfortable.
📞Talk to people you trust
💝Focus on the present and take it one day at a time.
Read more here: https://www.mentalhealth.org.uk/coronavirus/looking-after-your-mental-health-we-come-out-lockdown

Tayside Centre for Counselling -TCC updated their information in their About section.

Welcome to the new page for Tayside Centre for Counselling, based in Abertay University.

📯We are delighted to announce that we are once again open for referrals for individual counselling.

💻Currently, due to Covid 19, our sessions will be delivered online via Microsoft Teams.

📧For more information contact us at [email protected]

Tayside Centre for Counselling -TCC updated their website address.

Tayside Centre for Counselling -TCC updated their business hours.

It's now easier to email Tayside Centre for Counselling -TCC