Just think of the children!

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

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...
Just think of the children!

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,...