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Jess Billington; founder of treatalady.com provides her monthly round up of new businesses and news for entrepreneurs in Cornwall
Introducing… Clarity in Mind chotherapy?! Alex explains that her individual approach to psychotherapy is “a deep exploration of a person’s life and experiences and that it focuses on how that lifelong conditioning affects them as adults”. Clarity in Mind was started two years ago following years of prior practice and Alex practices from the Walsingham Clinic in Truro and the Blue Lotus Centre in Scorrier. She helps people with all sorts of problems from anxiety and depression to traumatic issues, phobias and problems such as weight loss, relationship issues and abuse.
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Alex from Clarity in Mind is not what I imagined. The grey haired, mid 50’s academic psychotherapist is actually a vibrant woman wearing a bright green wrap dress, a big smile on her face and (shock horror) nail polish! What surprises me most is how approachable she is: within minutes I feel as if we’re friends and I think that is probably what makes her such a great therapist. Following on from the last article featuring Voice Coach Richard Hainsworth, I decided to do something about my fear of flying and signed up to see Alex to see if she could eliminate the dreaded fear. I sit down with pen and paper to ascertain exactly what IS psy-
“...a deep exploration of a person’s life and experiences and that it focuses on how that lifelong conditioning affects them as adults” It’s hard to put into words what she does and how she works but she just seems to “get” people and understand things better from a bird’s eye view. She brings so much intelligence without confusing you with jargon and I can honestly say I’ve seen a difference already in a matter of weeks – watch this space to see my progress! To find out more about Alex and have an informal chat contact her on alex@clarityinmind.co.uk
Breaking open the bubbly! Big shout out to the fabulous Finisterre as they are celebrating ten years in business! MD Tom Kay is perhaps the kindest person in business I have ever met, always giving
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great advice to new entrepreneurs and remaining down-to-earth and dishing out the best advice (and bonus: he loves dogs too!). Well done Tom and team... hopefully you will inspire
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more new businesses and entrepreneurs to follow in the Finisterre footsteps! :)
Life Coaching For Free! A new life coaching organisation New Horizons Life Coaching has just been launched by Peter de Snoo, founder of South West Business Mentors and the Mentors Den which assists disabled or disadvantaged entrepreneurs.
Peter, a qualified life coach, started New Horizons at the beginning of 2012 to assist the increasing number of people who wish to start a new life or change their current life direction. A team of qualified life coaches offer their coaching for free and the service is conducted face-to-face. As someone who has always wanted a life coach I think this is a great opportunity! For further information contact Peter on swnewhorizons@ aol.com or visit www. newhorizonslifecoaching. co.uk
Got a new business and want to be featured on this page or simply want a chat and some advice from someone who has been there and done it? – get in touch: jessica@ treatalady.com
Business Cornwall Magazine - October 2012