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Craig Fookes - Therapist, Coach & Hypnotherapist - The Mind Works
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Therapy, coaching and hypnotherapy for anxiety, burnout, procrastination, or emotional eating. What do I do? What does it cost? Get in touch!
Helping you restore motivation, confidence, and balance in your health, habits and relationships. 121 In-Person in Colchester, on zoom or through online courses My Story:-
Essentially, my story is the reason why I have changed career and became a therapist. I worked in financial services for a little under 15 years and had my own small but reasonably successful business. This was incredibly stres
29/05/2026
it’s actually more like the other way round for me 😅
“Do you fancy going to see Simply Red?”
“Not sure if I can…”
“Oh no, why’s that?”
“Due to financial constraints that I would prefer not to discuss”
15/05/2026
Doomscrolling? Completed it mate. 😳🙄
Never seen this before!
15/05/2026
07/05/2026
My sentiments are echoed in this message 🙏
07/05/2026
They say… “if you don’t vote; you can’t complain”
Phase 1 - vote ✅
Phase 2 - complain
I have written a strongly worded email about the state of things… to whom do I send? 🤔😅
04/05/2026
Want a May Day bank holiday inspired song?
No problem, here’s an absolute corker 🍾
“Mayday” by UNKLE ft The Duke Spirit
It’s from one of my favourite albums - “War Stories”
In a similar way to Moby “play” - I think most of the tracks from the album have been used in films and adverts. The track “Burn my shadow” has been used a lot!
It’s well worth a listen.
Was lucky enough to see the album performed at Brixton Academy and the roof nearly came off when they played this. Great gig!
The artwork from the album was by Robert 3D del Naja from Massive Attack, another of my faves for both music and visual art.
Link in comments 👇
04/05/2026
Challenge: connect Star Wars to therapy.
Easy. ✅ [contains spoilers]
When we stop talking about therapy techniques for a moment and look at what actually happens, something interesting shows up.
There is a part of us that we don’t fully see.
Carl Jung called this the “shadow”. The part of us that is pushed down, avoided, or kept out of awareness.
It tends to show up under pressure.
The version of you that reacts, withdraws, avoids, or reaches for something that brings a bit of relief.
Procrastination. Comfort eating. Scrolling. Shutting down.
It can feel like self-sabotage.
But it isn’t random.
It is our own inner dark side.
It’s seen as bad, punishing, or even malevolent.
Star Wars tells this story well.
Luke spends most of the story trying to defeat Darth Vader.
Only to discover that what he’s fighting is not separate from him. It is also within him, he is tempted by the dark side too.
He also sees what has caused the dark side to arise within him and also Vader. That there’s more complexity and nuance, rather than simply sheer and willful destruction.
And when he finally faces that directly, something shifts.
It stops being about destroying something.
It becomes a moment of recognition.
Therapy often works in a similar way.
People come in trying to get rid of anxiety, habits, or patterns they don’t like.
But those patterns are usually protective.
They are the system trying to manage pressure, discomfort, or something that doesn’t yet feel safe to face.
When you begin to understand that, the relationship changes.
You’re no longer fighting yourself.
You’re starting to understand what your system has been trying to do all along.
And that’s where change tends to begin.
May the fourth be with you
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