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Just think of the children!
Back in early March, when the world was not mad, I was lucky enough to work with children and young people. What I love about counselling children is often the immediacy of change and willingness to try new things. They are amazingly adaptive to new information. It...
Keeping it together
We’re entering a prolonged period of lock-down weirdness. It’s affecting everyone. Currently being unapologetically can-do, I feel lucky that I’m able to notice and articulate these things for me and I thought I’d try to write it down for me and you. My initial...
Being strong and coping
Yes I'm a counsellor and help others with their emotions but I too am human and I know that one of my mental health defences is to ‘cope’. I’m always the one with the plan, the one who can be depended on to be ultimately responsible. It’s my comfort blanket, my way...
Are you feeling weird?
Are you feeling weird? I am! Wise words here in this counselling video from Gonzo. https://youtu.be/UTiTPVaHveE Remember there's lots of on-line support around if you make time to notice it.
How to cope in these lock-down times?
With this Corona Virus situation changing daily and many of us are not coping very well in terms of our mental health. In order to not get sucked too far down a rabbit hole, I’m limiting my listening to the news to about 10 minutes in the morning and 10 in the...