New(er) look logo You may have noticed that I’ve renamed my practice from Pippa Counselling to Therapy with Pippa - and you deserve to know why! It’s something I’ve been thinking about for a while. Pippa Counselling was dreamt up when I was coming to the end of my training and working on placement for a counselling charity; it felt right at the time and it continued to fit for the first couple of years after qualifying. But, over time, I realised that it doesn’t quite reflect my working...

Woman in silhouette looking towards a beautiful sunrise, about to be illuminated I wanted to write a bit about shame today: I think it's the most corrosive and insidious of all emotions. It's actually quite unusual for someone to recognise that what they are feeling is shame; often it doesn’t look anything like what we imagine shame to look like. It can look like struggling to hold somebody’s gaze when eye contact suddenly feels too direct... seeing a message from somebody you care about and...

I’m so excited to welcome you to my beautiful new therapy room, where I'll now be on Tuesdays - Thursdays every week. You can now book in person sessions in my new room at Exeter Wellbeing Hub on Queen Street in Exeter; a fantastic central location with plenty of parking nearby and Exeter Central station just an easy 2-3 minute walk away. I’ve got a couple of spaces on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays 8.30am - 2pm, plus ad hoc afternoons and evening spaces on request. If you’ve been...