Still Time | For Beginners, Sleep, Relaxation and Anxiety In this article, I will first explain benefits of deep breathing, provide some steps to start and five examples of breathing techniques Many of us think that because, for many reasons, feel we canāt cope with guided meditation. Have you heard of Still Time? You may…
How to Survive Gatherings with Toxic Family Members in the Holidays You see so often in movies, the soaps, in childrenās story books, the picture of the perfect family. If you have come from a toxic family, this scenario would be alien to you. Christmas can bring out the worst in a lot of families.Ā …
Therapy Gift Vouchers ā Now available! Give someone the gift off therapy, a psychotherapy gift voucher. It is a great gift idea for family members, friends, work colleagues if you want to support them, on their healing journey. Ā Giving a gift voucher for the first session he’s a compassionate way to encourage your loved…
In this article I will describe emotional abuse as a type of complex trauma. I would explain what it is and briefly how it can happen. I would also explain complex trauma, which can result from emotional abuse and neglect. Through trauma therapy I work to support clients that have experienced this. I would also…
Addiction Counselling Addiction is less about giving up something and more about gaining something, that something is a more meaningful, authentic and connected life. Addiction takes things, recovery gives them back, including; self-esteem, love for and from self and others, meaning, passion, ability to deal with lifeās challenges, healing, and hope. – Counsellor Andrew Harvey….
11 Signs You Could Be Living With Complex PTSD And Not Know It You may on the surface look fine. you have a great job, your own house, the call on two Holidays a year. to most of your family and friends you really have your s***t together. The problem is that you know different….
In a previous blog in relation to anger issues, I introduced how anger relates to Complex Post Traumatic Stress disorder. I introduced what it is and introduced four different types of responses to stress ā Fight, flight, freeze and fawn. Anger is linked to the fight response where the individual feels they need to exert…
All about Anger Anger is one emotion that a lot of us are dubious about. Many of us donāt like anger so we supress it and try not to show it. Others donāt know how to not show their angry emotions and can go from 0 ā 60, from calm to full-blown rage. They then…
About Stress Constant stress is so common know adays that I think we as a society has normalised it as part of daily life, especially for us in the West. However, the amount of stress that most of us go through shouldnāt be part of daily life and it shouldnāt be normalised as it is….
Face to Face Therapy & Counselling I offer Face to face counselling,Ā As long as government guidelines permit it. I offer the same service as you would have on-line where I offer both short term counselling and longer-term therapy. You can read more about how work by following some of the links on this pageĀ that…
