Anxiety Archives - Phil Gowler

Anxiety and Covid

Anxiety may be increasing because of Covid. I hope these thoughts help you if you are suffering. You are not alone! My PDF may help

COVID-19, Mental Health & Anxiety

Traditionally, mental health has always been the poor relation when it comes to funding. If this situation does not improve, the consequences of Covid-19 may echo down future years for some time to come.

The ‘Easy Fix’ culture of Positivism. Meme alert!

The ‘Easy Fix’ culture of Positivism and Positivity. So is this blog likely to be controversial? I hope not, perhaps ‘observational’ would be a better word.

Anger Management

As a therapist I probably see around 30% of my clients for anger management issues. This is no great surprise. Life for many people these days is not easy. If …

Anxiety busting tips. You CAN do it!

Here are my anxiety busting tips. Anxiety can be beaten. Prevention: Meditation- every day. This one is pretty much compulsory, it WILL make such a difference. You can do the …

Coming soon-The Horrors of Communication Breakdown.

The rain was coming down so hard it was almost like driving through a waterfall. Susan could barely see the road in the darkness despite the wipers thrashing across the …

A Testimonial, In Detail

Testimonials are important to all therapists. I thought it would be useful to deconstruct my most recent and one of my best testimonials. This person came to me in distress and we worked through several processes and ideas. They didn’t feel we had made much progress, but I persisted, until one day, not long afterwards, we made a huge leap forwards.