Anger Management at Anger Therapy London: The Best Valentines Gift for Your Relationship

Posted on 11th February 202611th February 2026 by Leona Sears

This Valentines, while restaurants fill up and flowers sell out, consider giving your partner something far more meaningful — lasting change through Anger Management at Anger Therapy London. "Often the problem is not lack of love" In many relationships, arguments repeat themselves in a painful cycle. Couples often assume the problem is lack of love. In my 17 years of clinical experience, this is rarely true. Most people in relationships still deeply love each other — they simply lack the p...

HOW TO AVOID MESSY DIVORCE WITH ANGER MANAGEMENT ISSUES

Posted on 6th October 202511th February 2026 by Leona Sears

INTRODUCTION If you are considering ending your relationship due to ongoing conflicts and anger management issues, hoping that divorce will solve everything, this article from Anger Therapy London presents some important news. Conflict and anger issues do not automatically disappear with divorce; they are not dependent on court orders but on your ability to communicate and resolve disagreements. Whether you are planning a divorce and are concerned about losing contact with your children, or yo...

HOW TO GET THE MOST OUT OF YOUR THERAPY SESSIONS FOR DEPRESSION AND ANGER MANAGEMENT ISSUES

Posted on 3rd October 20253rd October 2025 by Leona Sears

SEEING A THERAPIST FOR THE FIRST TIME MIGHT BE DAUNTING Seeing a therapist for the first time to address your depression or anger management issues can be nerve-racking, according to my clients. Some situations are embarrassing to discuss, while others are easy to open up about. I've worked in health and mental health since 1989; please click here to see all of my credentials) After several years of doing this, I got desensitised to what it was like to see a psychologist for the first time. I ...

HOW I OVERCAME SUICIDAL THOUGHTS

Posted on 7th November 20247th November 2024 by Leona Sears

Client's Story The reason I reached out to Leona for support and advice was because I had constant suicidal thoughts with some days being much darker than other. It took me about a month and a half before I sought help. Leona built a safe environment for me, one session at a time, which eventually allowed me to overcome any fears or hesitations. Leona's strengths that worked for me were her structure and assertiveness. She was in full control of the situation and she had a complete understandin...

TRIUMPH OVER SUICIDAL THOUGHTS AND DEPRESSION

Posted on 31st October 20241st November 2024 by Leona Sears

"Suicidal thoughts can be excruciatingly painful, and death may seem like the only way out... yet..." Suicidal thoughts are the darkest culmination of depression, where the pain becomes so unbearable that death seems like the only escape from the overwhelming despair. It's a desperate cry for help, a last-ditch effort to break free from the suffocating grip of hopelessness. Yet, for those who still cling to a glimmer of hope, there is a way out. With the guidance of compassionate profes...

RETURNING TO THE RELATIONSHIP AFTER A FAMILY COURT DISPUTE AND ANGER MANAGEMENT ISSUES

Posted on 31st October 20241st November 2024 by Leona Sears

As the dust settles in the family court, the once-united family is left to pick up the pieces of their shattered relationships caused by anger management issues. The bitter fight, fuelled by anger and resentment, has taken its toll on each member, leaving deep emotional scars. Yet, as the reality of their situation sets in, they begin to realize that their love and commitment to one another are stronger than past disappointments and trust issues. With a newfound sense of perspective, our cli...

CBT THERAPY DEPRESSION HISTORY AND POLITICS

Posted on 1st February 20175th October 2017 by Leona Sears

TO BOOK CALL: 07 505 124 933 CBT therapy for depression was developed by Aaron Beck (1967). Beck was classically psychoanalytically trained as most of his contemporaries in the early 20th century. However, Beck noticed that his depressed patients improved faster when he focused on the clients' negative thoughts rather than the psychosexual stages of development of the psychoanalytical model and this is how he developed the cognitive behavioural therapy model (CBT). Beck provided the efficacy o...

CBT RESISTANT DEPRESSION

Posted on 1st February 20171st February 2017 by Leona Sears

TO BOOK CALL: 07 505 124 933 Contrary to many assumptions that a resistant depression is difficult to treat when depressed clients come to see me for CBT depression therapy, I find depression to be the least complicated condition to treat and I am confident that many CBT professionals would agree with me. My preferred method of work is to utilise the Cognitive Behavioural Therapy approach that was developed by Aaron Beck in the US. The Cognitive Behavioural therapy focuses on client's negati...

CBT DEPRESSION THERAPY

Posted on 1st February 20171st February 2017 by Leona Sears

Depression is one of the most prevalent drivers of disability worldwide in 20 – 29-years-old (Mental Health Foundation Report, 2015) and CBT of depression has been found to be one of the most effective form of treatment. In the UK, depression is one of the most important causes of sickness absence and accompanied with anxiety it affects approximately 9% of people (NICE, 2011), and between 4 – 10% of people will suffer from depression in their lifetime in England (Jenkins et al, 2009). In 2013,...

DEPRESSION SYMPTOMS

Posted on 1st February 20171st February 2017 by Leona Sears

The aim of this section is to describe the symptoms that a person suffering from a depression might experience. Depression is essentially a disorder of your mood and classified in the Diagnostic Statistical Manual under 'Mood Disorders', written by the American Psychiatric Association (APA, 2000). The APA states that for a person to be diagnosed with a depression the depressive symptoms should be present for at least two weeks and it will result in a change that will be different compared to the...