Unhelpful behaviours – My Exceptional Life

Dentistry

Jessica 2020-01-31T13:54:52+00:00

“Today was a big day, I have always been petrified of the dentist for as long as I can remember, and today was a day of having 2 very big fillings replaced which meant lots of injections. That was today, let's give you a bit of back story....” Even as an adult I had to take my business card to a dentist appointment because I'd be shaking and crying so much I couldn't tell the receptionist my name. If I needed work done I wouldn't sleep for a week, the worry of the appointment looming over me keeping me awake [...]

Dentistry Jessica 2020-01-31T13:54:52+00:00

Animal therapy

Jessica 2020-01-31T13:51:32+00:00

Animal Assisted therapy within My Exceptional setting involves therapy but with an animal present in the room that is used to add to the calm, safe atmosphere. Our animals are trained to stay calm and relaxed, to bring balance and a sense of security to the room to aid the person in their recovery. It is suitable for people who are comfortable with an animal presence and would benefit from having a positive animal energy. They can either be in the room, or available for reassuring cuddles. It is in addition to the therapy session and over time we plan [...]

Animal therapy Jessica 2020-01-31T13:51:32+00:00

Addictions

Rudgey84 2019-06-27T12:14:47+00:00

Health is a relationship between you and your body Terri Guillemets Addictions Food, gambling, Facebook, social media, sex, shopping, exercise, anything that you feel compelled to do, that controls you and your life, a compulsion and behaviour has negative effects on your life. You are here because you are suffering in some way from a physical or psychological addiction. Your behaviour is now having such a detrimental effect on your life that you want to change. Or perhaps you can see that if you continue [...]

Addictions Rudgey84 2019-06-27T12:14:47+00:00

Fears and Phobias

Rudgey84 2018-02-01T20:00:02+00:00

Health is a relationship between you and your body Terri Guillemets Fears and Phobias This is very similar to stress and anxiety, except it is stimuli-specific. This means that your subconscious has learned that reacting with fear, an adrenaline release, panic, fight or flight, to a certain situation, environment or stimuli enables it to survive. Therefore every time you encounter the stimuli, your brain and body react in order to protect you - it worked before and you stayed alive, so your brain has very [...]

Fears and Phobias Rudgey84 2018-02-01T20:00:02+00:00

Stress and anxiety

Rudgey84 2018-02-02T11:28:08+00:00

Health is a relationship between you and your body Terri Guillemets Stress and anxiety Stress and anxiety are perfectly normal, healthy states to be in occasionally, especially when you are in real danger. The problem arises when you enter this state even when you are not in danger, but your body and brain perceive the danger as real and so put your into this highly unpleasant state that has nowhere to be released and can cause damage to your mental and physical health. Suffering with [...]

Stress and anxiety Rudgey84 2018-02-02T11:28:08+00:00

Weight Management: Life gain, health gain

Rudgey84 2019-06-27T12:32:14+00:00

Health is a relationship between you and your body Terri Guillemets Thinner and healthier This is an area that is very popular with my clients, breaking unhelpful eating habits, working with emotional eaters, bored eaters, creature of habit eaters, fussy eaters, minimal eaters, and all of the the above and more eaters. We all have to eat in order to survive and yet there are so many complexities that surround your relationship to food that it is only right that "Diets" don't work for people. [...]

Weight Management: Life gain, health gain Rudgey84 2019-06-27T12:32:14+00:00

Loss and grief

Jessica 2020-01-31T13:51:32+00:00

Loss can come in many forms and people deal with it in different ways. This includes loss of a loved one, be it person or animal; loss of a job or career, loss of health, loss of a relationship or loss of a dream. When the loss and grief are all-encompassing or interfere with the ability to move forwards and function in everyday life then it is time to seek help. The peace that my clients access is truly amazing, weights lifted, grief lessened. This work is not about forgetting, it’s about finding life and finding enjoyment again after loss. [...]

Loss and grief Jessica 2020-01-31T13:51:32+00:00

Pain Management

Jessica 2020-01-31T13:51:32+00:00

Many people suffer from chronic pain and are on pain killers long-term, even though the effect wore off some considerable time ago. People’s lives can be crippled by pain that has no known cause or cure. Using a range of techniques I enable people to take control of the pain and reduce it, to soften it and to change it into something manageable, something else, to use their brain to control the pain instead of the pain controlling them. Even at the first session people get a sense of relief and can impact the pain using just their minds and [...]

Pain Management Jessica 2020-01-31T13:51:32+00:00

Depression, Stress, Anxiety, Insomnia

Jessica 2020-01-31T13:51:32+00:00

Yep, I got the t-shirt for all of these in my teenage years. Yet I was excellent at hiding them and putting on a mask, a front. I don’t think any of my friends would know that I was too scared to order a takeaway, I was too scared to go to a new exercise class by myself, I turned down many a social invite for fears, all those what if’s floating around my head that I couldn’t control and would run away with my confidence. Using various techniques, I work with people and their fears, anxieties, worries, negative thoughts [...]

Depression, Stress, Anxiety, Insomnia Jessica 2020-01-31T13:51:32+00:00

Smoking

Jessica 2020-01-31T13:51:33+00:00

As an ex-smoker, 6 attempts where I think I tried everything, every time I stopped smoking I was so jealous of smokers and all I could think about was smoking again, and start smoking again I did. Ultimately it was my mindset that truly changed. On my final attempt I had something significant to move away from and something really great to move towards. I no longer felt jealous of smokers, instead I felt pity that they didn’t have the freedom that I had found. Freedom from smoking is a package of several sessions and by the end you will [...]

Smoking Jessica 2020-01-31T13:51:33+00:00