http://www.dawnpugh.comHelping you to help yourselfenWed, 10 Mar 2010 11:04:49 PSTHealthnoHelping you to help yourselfhttp://www.dawnpugh.com/2009/10/24/manchester-counselling-%e2%80%93-manchester-therapist-%e2%80%93-counsellor-in-manchester/Hello and Welcome. I’m Dawn Pugh and I’m a registered Counsellor, Psychotherapist and Hypnotherapist practicing in Manchester and surrounding areas If you are reading this, then it is likely that you are in some kind of emotional distress, and you want to make changes in your life. I have helped over 4,500 people to make changes in their lives, [...]http://www.dawnpugh.com/2010/03/10/help-stop-the-honeybee-extinction/Help! Stop The Honeybee Extinction. Image via Wikipedia Should we be really worried about the death of bees? Einstein once remarked that -  “If bees were to disappear, man would only have a few years to live.” In 1950’s there were 500,000 beekeepers in the US. Now there is less than 1600. 75% of beekeepers make their money by taking [...]http://www.dawnpugh.com/2010/03/08/mothers-fathers-against-crime/Mothers & Fathers Against Crime; Mothers Against Murder And Aggression (MAMAA) is a national registered charity who have supported and advocated for victims of violent crime and their families since 1993. MAMAA work directly with the Home Office, offering advice on victims needs, and develop and promote strategies that work towards reducing the unacceptable level of violent [...]http://www.dawnpugh.com/2010/03/05/does-facebook-encourage-self-harm/Does Facebook Encourage Self Harm? Image via CrunchBase Apparently on our social networks, youths are getting tips and advice on how to self harm. They are also proudly up loading photographs and images of their scars for all to see and comment. The site ironically called ‘Self Harm’ has more than 540 members and increasing. The mental health site [...]http://www.dawnpugh.com/2010/03/02/adopting-the-belief-the-trust-in-healthy-skepticism/Adoptingthe Belief & the Trust in “Healthy Skepticism“? Image by cbcastro via Flickr Allow me to loosely define the term healthy skepticism as adopting a willingness to logically test anything that one considers as “true” and being inclined to test new information before one accepts it as “true”. Healthy skepticism also includes refusing to condemn something as false [...]http://www.dawnpugh.com/2010/03/01/does-every-child-matter/Does Every Child Matter? Image via Wikipedia Every Child Matters is a set of reforms supported by the Children Act 2004. Its aim is for every child, whatever their background or circumstances, to have the support they need to: Be healthy Stay safe Enjoy and achieve Make a positive contribution Achieve economic well-being. Multi-agency working has been shown to be an effective [...]http://www.dawnpugh.com/2010/02/24/count-me-in-census-mental-health-community-for-black-and-ethnic-minorities/“Count me In” Census – Mental Health Community for Black and Ethnic Minorities; Image by leoncillo sabino via Flickr Recent figures released from ‘The Care Quality Commission‘ (CQC) have depicted that 5 years on from the first  ‘Count me in’ census – people from black and minority ethnic communities are still 3 times more likely to be [...]http://www.dawnpugh.com/2010/02/22/an-understandable-misunderstanding/An Understandable Misunderstanding; Image by _behindthesun via Flickr Many people have some misunderstanding about  Brief Therapy (BT) or Solution Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT). “Let me just clarify that BT or SFBT are NOT about setting limits on time or number of sessions.” Brief Therapy is about setting small significant goals. Working with current issues and not past difficulties – How [...]http://www.dawnpugh.com/2010/02/14/whats-the-secret-to-an-eternal-private-life/What’s the Secret to an Eternal Private Life? Image via Wikipedia Climb aboard the Virtual Revolution and learn how 20 years of the web has reshaped our lives. Image via CrunchBase ‘Every day in Britain millions of searches are carried out on Google for free. Every month we spend millions of hours on Facebook for free and read millions [...]http://www.dawnpugh.com/2010/02/12/open-sesame/‘Open Sesame!’ Let Me Hear Your Body Talk: Movement Therapy. Image via Wikipedia The word Sesame is inseparable from the magic spell ‘Open Sesame!’  uttered in the story of Ali Baba when he opens the door of the mysterious cavern in which the forty thieves have hidden their plunder. From the psychological point of view, ‘Open Sesame!’ is significant [...]nonadult