MYPAS Blog

Sinead Rowe, Art Therapist, reflects on the importance of mess and its place in therapy. At MYPAS, art therapy, uses art as its primary means... Read More

Jo Brudar, MYPAS Counsellor shares her reflections on anxiety and our responses. Everyone feels anxious from time to time. Although it can feel scary, uncomfortable... Read More

Alison Binns, MYPAS Board member, shares her journey going from someone who hadn’t run before to someone who enjoys running regularly. Alison reflects on the... Read More

Alison Mattu, School Counsellor (Midlothian), reflects on practising kindness – to yourself, as well as to others. You may have heard people talking about the... Read More

Paula Ferguson, School Counsellor (Midlothian) reflects on the coming of winter and offers advice on how to make the most of the season. What does... Read More

Ailsa Hill, School Counsellor (East Lothian), offers some personal reflection and suggestions for remembering, during National Grief Awareness Week. 2020 has been such a strange... Read More

Alison Mattu, Midlothian School Counsellor, reflects on Maslow within the context of the covid pandemic. This year has been tough for many people in different... Read More

Fran Armour, Business Support Officer, offers some personal reflection and sources of support in Anti-Bullying Week. Running from Monday the 16th of November to Friday... Read More

Sinéad Rowe, Young Mens Therapeutic Worker, reflects on anger and what might be underneath it. Alongside joy and sadness, anger is perhaps one of the... Read More