You probably know that a child who gets distracted is one that can’t focus and never sits still. Must be ADHD, right? Maybe not. In fact, that child probably has a gift you’re not aware of. The Unique Energy In Each Child Every child is born with a unique nature. In my…
I recently attended a talk at Chelmsford University on Men with Postnatal Depression, I was shocked to discover it’s not just women that suffer from this. As a fully qualified counsellor and Psychotherapist, a mother of three, a grandmother of two and with a very large extended family I could…
Essentially we are spiritual beings having a human experience. I learnt long before I became a counsellor the importance of grounding through studying metaphysics and becoming a Reiki practitioner. We often hear people telling us to ground ourselves, but we may not know what that means. Grounding ourselves is a…
‘When I’m dead, you’ll be all alone because your father doesn’t want you. Just remember that and treat me nicely.’ Thus Ariel Leve quotes her bohemian poet mother in her memoir about their difficult relationship, An Abbreviated Life. In Her Last Death, writer Susanna Sonnenberg gets a call to say her mother…
How To Find The Right Therapist Making the decision to seek help can feel liberating and overwhelming all at the same time. Having the safe space to talk to a trained professional about your thoughts and feelings can truly help transform your life. The relationship between client and therapist is very unique, comforting…
One of the most important and difficult tasks that parents face is how to best support their children while also setting the kind of boundaries and structure that helps them grow up to become responsible and successful adults. Sure, children and teens love to test the boundaries that adults set…
Many people are affected by narcissism, either by a parent or parents or by a loved one such as a spouse, sibling or friend. Being caught up in the web of a narcissist can leave a person broken, empty, drained, feelings of suicide, feelings of insanity. Narcissistic Personality Disorder (NPD)…
Counselling is a commitment you make to yourself as a human being, to personally develop. If you are suffering with low self esteem, then learning to love yourself in a healthy not egotistic way will be your journey to happiness. Samantha Earnshaw Compulsive Apologies The Feeling Underneath Madisyn Taylor Apologising…
Codependence is a form of Delayed Stress Syndrome. Instead of blood and death (although some do experience blood and death literally), what happened to us as children was spiritual death and emotional maiming, mental torture and physical violation. We were forced to grow up denying the reality of what was…