Lifestyle issues

Being physically healthy is one aspect of managing our well-being. Unhealthy behaviours such as smoking, drinking too much alcohol, substance abuse, being overweight, not doing enough physical activity, eating the wrong food and poor sleep can have a long-term impact on our physical health.

• Unhealthy lifestyles are associated with increase in chronic diseases, poorer quality of life and long-term negative health consequences

• They also can impact relationships, work and emotional well-being

It can be challenging to change unhealthy habits, and developing motivation and skills can seem out of reach. Having therapy can help you to create achievable goals that can really work. This combined with skills and techniques puts you in control of you own well-being. Together we evaluate what the challenges for change are and find simple sustainable ways to change.

Having the right kind of information can help you consider the next steps. Check out these websites for further information about:

• Quit smoking

• Losing weight

• Drugs and alcohol problems

• Poor sleep

• Being more active

Having a healthy lifestyle all of the time can be exhausting and you may feel that you don’t have time to enjoy life. Working together we focus on what you need and what will work for you.