Living With Health Anxiety: Practical Tips for Everyday Life
By Martyn Bailey (BABCP Accredited Cognitve Behavioural Therapist) Health anxiety involves persistent worries about having or developing a serious illness. People may frequently check their body, search symptoms online, seek reassurance from others or avoid health-related information altogether. While these behaviours are understandable, they can keep anxiety going over time. The good news is that…
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Living with OCD: Practical Tips for Everyday Life
By Martyn Bailey BABCP Accredited Cognitive-Behavioural Therapist Obsessive Compulsive Disorder is more than liking things neat or organised. It involves intrusive, unwanted thoughts, images or urges (obsessions) and behaviours or mental rituals (compulsions) aimed at reducing distress. Living with OCD can feel exhausting, but there are practical ways to make day- to- day life more…
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Mindfulness by the Sea: CBT-Informed Exercises YOU can do on the Isle of Wight
By Martyn Bailey BACBP-Accredited Cognitive Behavioural Therapist Living on the Isle of Wight means we have constant access to something many people only experience on holiday: the calming presence of the sea. Whether you’re listening to the waves at Compton Bay, strolling the long sands of Ryde, or sitting beneath the cliffs at Freshwater, our…
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