Allowing yourself to feel
Following one of our earlier posts on healing not being linear, I think it’s important to highlight the importance of allowing yourself to feel ‘negative’ emotions. Too often we hear people say things like “you/I need to be strong” or “there’s no point being sad, others have it worse.” Whilst sometimes it can be useful […]
Small wins
I think sometimes we forget to appreciate and recognise the small wins. Small wins can be anything that aligns with long term goals or your intentions, and can be related to anything! Negative thoughts can easily creep into our mind and diminish our achievements. We often gloss over these wins, especially when we might consider […]
National Schizophrenia Awareness Day
25th July 2022 marks National Schizophrenia Awareness Day. Schizophrenia is a mental health condition that affects around 1 in every 100 people in the UK population. Most commonly, it can affect a person’s thought patterns, behaviours and their perception of the world around them. As with many mental health conditions, the symptoms experienced as a […]
Men’s Health Week 2022
Between the 13th-19th June, the world acknowledges Men’s Health Week 2022. This annual event is organised by the Men’s Health Forum and aims to raise awareness of preventable health problems that disproportionately affect men and encourage them to gain the courage to tackle their issues. The theme this year is ‘Time For Your MOT’ – […]
Meet the Harmless Team – Sam
My name is Sam and I recently joined Harmless’ Self Harm Pathway as the Team Lead in Leicester alongside being a Therapist. I started with Harmless and The Tomorrow Project in March 2021 as a clinical support worker on the bereavement team, whilst completing my BSc (Hons) in Counselling and Psychotherapy. Prior to starting at […]
Mental Health Awareness Week
Mental Health Awareness Week is happening between 9 to 15 May 2022. The official theme is ‘loneliness’ and, across the week, we encourage you to build meaningful connections with your friends, family, colleagues and communities. Loneliness and our mental health Loneliness affects many of us at one time or another. We know that loneliness can be […]
What to expect from us at Harmless!
Self harm doesn’t discriminate on the basis of gender, race, age, religion, disability or sexual orientation. Neither do we. OpportunityHarmless is a specialist self-harm provision offering two-tiers of intervention; stabilisation and a psychotherapeutic. Stabilisation involves practical and emotional support offered by clinical support workers. Psychotherapeutic is a person-centred psychotherapy delivered by a therapist. ChoiceWe will […]
Stress Awareness Month 2022
Stress Awareness Month has been held every April since 1992 to raise awareness of the causes and cures for our modern stress epidemic. The last two years have been the most challenging we have faced and in 2020 our services were overwhelmed by people that are struggling and seeking support. What is stress? If you […]