Choosing a clinical supervisor: what to look for
01/10/2026 No Comments
How to choose a clinical supervisor as a counsellor or trainee: training and registration, fit with your work, the relationship, practicalities, and questions to ask.
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Online counselling: what a first video session is really like
07/09/2026 No Comments
What a first video counselling session is really like: how to book and join, what happens in the first minutes, and how online therapy works at Marking Therapy.
What integrative therapy actually means (and why it fits real lives)
22/08/2026 No Comments
Integrative therapy explained in plain English: what it means when a therapist draws on several approaches, and why the work is shaped around you.
Hypnotherapy for Sleep: Quieting the Mind That Will Not Switch Off
13/08/2026 No Comments
Struggling to switch off at night? How solution focused hypnotherapy can help with sleep, what the research honestly says, and what a session involves. South Shields and online.
Rewriting Your Story: The Role of Therapy in Breaking Generational Patterns
09/08/2026 No Comments
Many of us catch ourselves repeating something we recognise from a parent or grandparent. Generational patterns are real and well studied, yet they are not a life sentence. Here is how they pass down, and how therapy helps you break the cycle and write your next chapter differently.
Self-Care Beyond Bubble Baths: Radical Wellness for Real-Life Healing
02/08/2026 No Comments
Self-care has been turned into a shopping category, yet real wellbeing is not something you can buy. Here is what genuine self-care actually looks like, and why it can heal in ways a bubble bath never will.
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