These Helpful essentials (our key blog posts and letters) reflect the very essence of everything we do here at The Helpful Clinic. They are your first port of call if you want to learn more or are curious about how we work.

#1 Celebrating The Helpful Clinic’s 5th birthday with an interview with our founder, Thor
In this blog, you can learn more about The Helpful Clinic’s founder, Thor. Find out why they set up The Helpful Clinic, how they (Thor) cope with supporting people on a daily basis and what’s next on the horizon for the clinic.

#2 A 3D Approach to Health & Recovery
In this blog, you can learn more about The Helpful Clinic’s 3D Approach to Health & Recovery. It’s an approach originally developed by Engel in 1977 that Thor has adopted and honed, following their personal experiences of dealing with Fibromyalgia.

#3 The ABC for Feelings
In this blog, you can learn more about the ABC for Feelings, a technique we use as part of the First Aid for Feelings we have developed. It’s a simple but very effective way to interrupt your state and shift it from being unhelpful to helpful, from being more stressed to being more calm.

#4 Feelings are information: Get curious!
In this blog, you can learn more about feelings and how they are information. You’ll also find out why getting curious about why you have them, how you know you have them and how to respond to them is a learnt skill and mastering it can be really helpful.

#5 From climbing to crashing to climbing again
In this Helpful case study, you can learn about how a previous Helpful Clinic patient overcame chronic fatigue and regained control of his life through an 18-month journey to recovery.