Hello from Western Australia

[Candour]

Hi.
I am a counselling student and chef. I used to get battered around in my head quite a bit by negative thoughts and found that being more present short circuited a lot of my troubles.

[Gareth]

Welcome.

Mindfulness certainly helped me with that kind of thing, are you thinking of giving it a go?

[Candour]

I have been studying Acceptance Commitment Therapy and practicing a freeform method of mindfulness using my breath and senses to come back to the moment when I get caught up in pointless thinking. Though it is inspired more by Thich Nhat Hanh's lovely little books than ACT, lol.

[FeeHutch]

Hello and welcome Candour
I'm a counsellor here is sunny South Yorkshire though I came to mindfulness as I recovered from a life threatening brain haemorrhage. It's something that I do bring to my practice just as a part of who I am. I'm seeing more and more written about mindfulness in a therapeutic way, training etc.
Anyway welcome to our community

[Candour]

Wow, that is an intense way to come into mindfulness FeeHutch. Thank you for the warm invitations. FeeHutch, is it alright if I ask you about counselling in your part of the world some time and just geek out in general about counselling?

[FeeHutch]

Yes of course