Anne Butler
Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless.
Stress Management
Stress Stress is a normal physical and emotional response to events that make you feel threatened or upset your balance in some way. When you sense danger – whether it’s real or imagined the body’s defences kick into high gear in a rapid, automatic [...]
Relationship Difficulties
Relationship difficulties When you talk to your partner you feel you are not being listened to or that your opinion does not matter. After you’ve talked, you feel frustrated and confused. There is a lot of arguments or relationship conflicts. Together or alone? Ideally, you should go to couple [...]
Low Self-Esteem / Self-Confidence
Low Self-esteem What is low Self-esteem? Low Self-esteem is a thinking disorder in which the individual thinks of him or herself as inadequate, unacceptable, unworthy, unlovable or incompetent. It is an irrational view of self that affects a person’s belief about themselves and results [...]
Depression
Understanding Depression. Depression is a condition characterised by low mood. It manifests in different ways affecting not only how we feel but how we think about things, our energy levels, memory, concentration and sleep patterns. Symptoms of Depression Feelings of helplessness or [...]
Anxiety/Panic Attacks
What is Anxiety? Anxiety is the body and mind's natural reaction to threat or danger. Commonly referred to as the ‘Fight or Flight' response, the body releases hormones such as adrenaline, which in turn results in a number of physiological reactions occurring in the [...]
Bereavement and Loss
Bereavement and Loss Understanding Bereavement and Loss. Loss and bereavement are an inevitable part of life. Grief is a natural, yet painful response to loss. There is no right or wrong way to grieve, but there are healthy ways to cope with the pain and express [...]
