June 28, 2020
Lockdown is Ending but ‘Judge Softly’
Easing of Lockdown Yesterday, I was driving to meet up with a friend in an outside space. The news was on the radio about the easing of the Lockdown. Pubs, clubs, cinemas can all open as of the 4th of July. The recommended social distance will then be 1 meter. A spectre of hope that […]
May 21, 2020
Lockdown Fatigue Syndrome!
Lockdown Fatigue Syndrome! We are in week 9 of the COVID Lockdown. It has been a rollercoaster for us all. These are indeed, unprecedented times, the like of which we have not witnessed in our life time. I know for myself, when the talk of the virus first started, I was convinced that it […]
May 06, 2020
Hamstrung in Covid-19!
Hamstrung in Lockdown! All change. Time to adapt again. I have adapted better than I thought I would to the COVID_19 Lockdown. Week 7 has been and gone and on we go with no clear idea of when and how we will restart life or how life will look on the other side . Many […]
April 17, 2020
Moving on from Lockdown..
Moving On From Lockdown.. Following on from my last blog, But I Want To Help!!, I decided that counsellors and Coaches would be needed to treat all of the trauma that COVID-19 has induced. Trauma is everywhere, isn’t it ? As a therapist I see trauma in all of my clients. Not PTSD necessarily, […]
April 13, 2020
But I Want To Help!!
Even as a young child..I wanted to Help! I have always, since I was a young child, felt the need to help others. I am practical person and can turn my hand to most things. I take after my Mum, who I miss every day. Her first comment upon hearing of anyone having issues, emotional, […]
April 08, 2020
Now Is The Time!
Now is the Time… We are in unprecedented times. Who would have predicted that we would end up in a pandemic situation. A truly global threat that is derailing everybody’s way of life. We have been in lock down for just 2 weeks and yet it seems to have become the norm. The threat […]
October 30, 2019
Parenting older Children
Parenting Children who are now Adults ( Nearly!) This is a phase that we all go through if we have children but little is talked about how to make this essential transition into a different relationship with our children as they mature. We have to evolve or we stand to alienate our children and […]
June 20, 2019
Therapy Can Change your View of life to Date…
Therapy changes perception of life to date.. This is a video about how therapy changes the lenses that you use to view your life, this alters the perception and the story of your life. Therapy reframes life events.. It helps to reframe life’s ups and downs, resolving old hurts and processing body held sensations into […]
April 01, 2019
Surviving..Teens!
Children arrive in different ways; birth, adoption, surrogacy, fostering, step children…Each child is unique, even if the birth parents are the same. We are all born to be …us. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ No child comes with a set of rules for parenting, most of us make it up as we go along. One size definitely does not […]
February 06, 2019
Sleep!!
This is a video about the my Anxiety Workbook & some feedback that I received. The feedback was that it is empowering & helps people problem solve fro themselves. This is very much the aim of my book & my therapeutic approach. I am giving away 6 copies of th ebook to people who are […]