Unity Therapy Centre

Unity Therapy Centre Welcome to my page on tips & techniques to help you to step into a better frame of mind.💚 I work within my own private practice.

I am an NCPS Accredited and Registered Member of the BACP integrative counsellor. I received my BSc (Hons) First Class degree in counselling from Staffordshire University.

Small wins act as the foundational building blocks for big victories. Breaking massive, overwhelming goals into tiny, ac...
06/06/2026

Small wins act as the foundational building blocks for big victories. Breaking massive, overwhelming goals into tiny, actionable steps triggers the brain's reward system, releasing dopamine that builds unstoppable momentum and long-term resilience.

Why Small Wins Lead to Big Victories: •Neurological Rewiring: Every time you tick off a small task, your brain associates effort with reward, strengthening neural pathways that make future successes easier.
•Combats Burnout: Waiting for a distant, massive milestone can quickly lead to exhaustion. Acknowledging daily progress provides tangible proof that you are moving forward.
•The Compound Effect: Just like compound interest, a small 1% improvement every day stacks up to staggering, transformative results over time.
How to Leverage This Mindset:
•Break it Down: Deconstruct your large goals into bite-sized tasks so you can celebrate daily milestones.
•Track Your Progress: Keep a visual achievement chart, a list of daily habits, or a "done" list to physically see your movement.
•Reward Yourself: Celebrate with healthy, reinforcing habits. Take a 5-minute walk, have a dance party, or simply high-five yourself in the mirror.

If you are currently working toward a major goal…
What is your primary objective?
What is the first small step you need to take today? 💚

Interpersonal Effectiveness. Boundary Setting. Some examples of boundary-setting sentences. DBT-Dialectical Behavi...
06/06/2026

Interpersonal Effectiveness. Boundary Setting. Some examples of boundary-setting sentences.


DBT-Dialectical Behavioural Therapy 2026, All rights reserved.

PTSD Awareness Month takes place throughout June, with PTSD Awareness Day held annually on June 27th. This month aims to...
03/06/2026

PTSD Awareness Month takes place throughout June, with PTSD Awareness Day held annually on June 27th. This month aims to raise vital understanding of both PTSD and Complex-PTSD (C-PTSD), highlighting that while up to 10% of people will experience it, an estimated 70% in the UK do not receive professional help.In the UK, several charities and organisations lead campaigns during this time, providing resources, support, and community events to break the stigma surrounding trauma. 💚

Anxiety, OCD, and panic disorders are built around false alarms. 🚨Your brain sends out warning signals, panic, intrusive...
31/05/2026

Anxiety, OCD, and panic disorders are built around false alarms. 🚨
Your brain sends out warning signals, panic, intrusive thoughts, doubt, shame, urges, and then convinces you that because it feels dangerous, it must be dangerous.

But feelings are not facts.
An activated nervous system does not automatically mean you are unsafe.

Recovery often begins when you stop treating every internal alarm like an emergency and start responding with curiosity, willingness, and self-trust instead.

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At times you just need to sit with your feelings and check in on yourself 💚
31/05/2026

At times you just need to sit with your feelings and check in on yourself 💚

Our minds absorb everything without even noticing it. We don't really notice it happening. That's the thing.The offhand ...
29/05/2026

Our minds absorb everything without even noticing it. We don't really notice it happening. That's the thing.

The offhand comment we make about ourselves in passing. The joke at our own expense that isn't entirely a joke. The quiet internal verdict we deliver after something goes wrong. We treat these things as harmless because they feel small in the moment, throwaway even. Just words. Just thoughts. Nothing serious.

But the mind is absorbing all of it.

Every repeated thought about who we are and what we are capable of is slowly becoming the operating system we run on. Not because we decided it consciously but because repetition has its own quiet authority. Say something about yourself enough times, even casually, even half seriously, and it starts to calcify into something that feels less like an opinion and more like a fact.

This is how people end up living inside ceilings they built themselves without realizing they were building anything. The constant low level commentary about being bad with money, being the kind of person who never follows through, being someone things don't work out for. None of it delivered in one dramatic moment. All of it accumulated slowly, absorbed completely, until it stops feeling like self criticism and starts feeling like self knowledge.

The words we use about ourselves are not neutral. They are instructions. And the mind, faithful and uncritical, follows them.

Which means the opposite is also true. The same absorption that built the ceiling can dismantle it. Not overnight, not with empty affirmations that don't feel real yet, but slowly, through the deliberate choice to change what we keep feeding it.

We are always listening to ourselves. The question is what we are saying. 💚



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Alexithymia (literally translating to "no words for emotion") is a personality trait characterised by significant diffic...
27/05/2026

Alexithymia (literally translating to "no words for emotion") is a personality trait characterised by significant difficulty identifying, processing, and describing emotions. It is not an official mental health disorder, but rather a spectrum-based neuropsychological phenomenon often linked to autism, PTSD, or trauma.

Key Characteristics Emotional Blinding: People with alexithymia feel the physiological sensations of emotions (like a racing heart from anxiety or tension from stress), but struggle to recognise what the feeling actually is.

Logic Over Feelings: They tend to rely on rational, practical problem-solving (externally oriented thinking) rather than utilising inner emotional guidance.Interpersonal

Challenges: They may have trouble reading facial expressions, expressing empathy, or knowing how to react in socially expected emotional situations.

Prevalence and links to other conditions General Population: Affects roughly 1 in 10 people.

Neurodivergence: It is extremely common in the neurodivergent community, present in approximately 50% of autistic individuals.

Trauma: High rates are also observed in people with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), eating disorders, and major depression.

Management while alexithymia cannot be cured with medication, therapies like Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and specialised emotional awareness exercises can help individuals learn to associate bodily sensations with specific feelings and improve interpersonal communication. 💚

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24/05/2026

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I am opening up some limited supervision spaces in person or online for trainee counsellors who are training to work wit...
23/05/2026

I am opening up some limited supervision spaces in person or online for trainee counsellors who are training to work with 18+ adult clients.
I bring particular experience in:
• Trauma & Emotional Disregulation
• Grief & Loss
• Anxiety & Depression
• Private practice development
Supervision with me is supportive, reflective, appropriately challenging and ethically robust. It is a space for you to think deeply, be supported, and develop your skill set and your ability to become confident in your role.
If you would like more information please contact Tracey Ellis - Unity Therapy Centre
Mobile: 07368 277972
Email: [email protected]

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Warrington
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Tuesday 10am - 7:30pm
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