After living through another year in a pandemic, there is a real need take a compassionate look at self-development and our mental health in 2022. New Year self-improvement can be a positive thing with benefits for your mental and physical health. This year when thinking of self-improvement, find things that work for you, irrespective of what others are doing. And remember to ask for support if you need it.
New Year's resolutions can be fuelled by unhelpful self-criticism. ‘A festival of finding ways in which we are not good enough’. So, instead propose setting something that is going to really work for you and develop both your physical health as well as your mental health. Talking about things that have been troubling you is a good first step, we are sceptical beings and wonder whether counselling or CBT therapies are worth the effort, so instead of thinking, try!
This year is about;
- Accepting who you are
- Trying therapy as a means to developing you and facing those negative thoughts and feelings
- Taking time for yourself
Resist the urge to strive for an entirely new you in 2022. Instead accept you last year, today and tomorrow. Approach personal growth, habit change and goals with a kinder self-talk that cares for your mental wellbeing. Evaluate the relationship you have with yourself. Ask would you speak to somebody else in the way you speak about yourself?
The relationship you have with yourself is crucial to your own wellbeing and to creating healthy and happy relationships with others. Being kind to yourself regularly is one of the best things you can do.
There are many ways to achieve this and your counsellor at PCS can help you to achieve them. CBT is a talking therapy which looks at breaking negative thought patterns that don’t do us any good at all. It gives us useful techniques to use when we are feeling anxious or low and change that negativity, to more positive, helpful thinking.
The counsellor can be contacted either by e-mail at jaime@personal-careservices.co.uk or text/telephone 07399809671. Take control and make that connection. There is also a drop in session each Tuesday 5pm-8pm and you can use the counselling service free of charge. It is strictly confidential between you and the counsellor.
