Man needs difficulties; they are necessary for health.
Carl Jung
Welcome!
Hi, I am Slafka Scragg and for many years I have been interested in how the neuroscience and psychology of the mind-body connection can be translated into tools, techniques and practices to help balance and optimise health and wellbeing.
Over the last 20 years I have trained in a variety of therapies including CBT (Cognitive Behavioural Therapy), ACT (Acceptance and Commitment Therapy), EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing), CBH (Cognitive Behavioural Hypnotherapy) and Mindfulness Based Therapies. All of these therapies are available at The CBT Clinic.
The CBT Clinic is not a counselling service. In counselling patients are encouraged to talk about their problems, this can be really helpful but, sometimes, just talking does not sort out the problem.
The CBT Clinic offers both skills training and specific therapeutic interventions. Skills training will help you learn how to better handle the stresses, strains and struggles of life. Specific therapeutic interventions will help you to deal with the psychological and emotional impacts of distressing and traumatic events.
If you want to know more about how The CBT Clinic might help you, get in touch.
New Service Launch – Hypnobirthing
A new service will be launched in Spring 2020 to support parents-to be with pregnancy and birth. Group work and one to one work in hypnobirthing will offer training in relaxation, visualisation and breathing techniques to prepare mind and body for birth. Learning these skills can help with relieving pain, maintaining calmness and building confidence and a perception of control over the experiences of pregnancy, labour and childbirth.
Balance & Optimise Your Health & Wellbeing 5 things you can do NOW!
1. Connect
Make sure you are not inadvertently isolating yourself. Be with others, talk to people, ask how they are, offer someone a lift. Show appreciation. Lighten up. Laugh more. Plant a smile on your face. Make eye contact. Show empathy. Really listen and tune into others. Pay sincere compliments. make others feel comfortable.
2. Learn
Intentionally choose to learn something new and different e.g something creative or artistic, a new skill, sign up for a class, research something, learn the meaning of new words, in fact anything that is different to what you usually do. Use your imagination, get curious, explore how things work, ask questions, have a go at things and see what happens.
3. Be Active
The body wants and needs to move. Make sure you are physically active each day. Too much sitting is not helpful. So walk more, take the stairs not the lift, have a little regular exercise routine perhaps gentle stretches to wake up each morning, dance around your kitchen. Take up some active hobbies e.g. gardening, golf, hiking. Play with your children or grandchildren.
4. Notice
Be more present and aware of the reality of what is actually happening in your life day to day rather than spending each day on autopilot. Learn some mindfulness practices, slow down, pause and ground yourself, choose to respond rather than react, choose sometimes to be still, quiet and fully present. Focus on the breath. Connect fully with the 5 senses, smell the flowers, watch the sky, feel the breeze, listen to the birds, really taste and savour your food and drink.
5. Give
Show kindness and compassion; random acts of kindness really boost our health and wellbeing. Such kind acts can be towards others, towards your local community and maybe be a bit kinder to yourself too. Give a helping hand. Volunteer. Give a small gift of appreciation. Motivate and encourage others. Help someone in need. Make sure you take care of yourself whilst also helping others.
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