Living with Trauma and PTSD Living with trauma and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) can be extremely difficult as the symptoms can only be ignored for so long before they begin to have a significant impact on a person’s quality of life. When this happens, everything starts to suffer – from a person’s mental and physical…
What is Trauma?
March 27th, 2023
What is Trauma? Trauma is a term which describes the impact a negative event or experience has on a person’s wellbeing and their ability to cope and function as a result. It can be caused by a wide range of experiences including abuse, natural disasters, car crashes, serious illness, violent events, career in the military, or…
After infidelity – where do we go from here?
January 21st, 2023
How to get over infidelity and affair recovery You’ve addressed the issue, now what? Acknowledging and identifying that there has been infidelity during a relationship is the important first step. Once this has been recognised and the beast has been named, it means there is hope in starting to stick some of the pieces back…
Why did they do it? – reasons for infidelity
December 28th, 2022
Emotional affair signs and reasons There are many reasons as to why someone may be unfaithful in a relationship or exhibit cheating in marriage, and while their actions can be hurtful, it is important to understand why someone might feel the need to engage in this behaviour as well as looking for emotional affair signs….
Defining infidelity
December 21st, 2022
Emotional infidelity can cause issues in any relationship Infidelity is one of the leading causes of the breakdown of relationships and a dismantling of trust amongst those involved. When someone is unfaithful to their partner(s), for whatever reason, the line of open communication and honesty has been severed and so regaining and rebuilding the trust…
Relationship lacking intimacy – how to rebuild a relationship
October 5th, 2022
How to rebuild a relationship lacking intimacy Life happens. We get comfortable, get caught up in the day to day hustle and bustle of existence, and intimacy can be one of the first things to get lost as a result. But lost things always have the potential to be found. Being intimate with someone comes…
Physical needs – the importance of sex in a relationship
September 30th, 2022
Importance of Sex Sex is an extremely personal and unique thing for each person. Some want it, some don’t. Some like this, other’s don’t like that. It is completely down to personal preference and it is important to advocate what you do and don’t want when it comes to physical needs and intimacy in relationships – communication…
Couple Intimacy -Types of Intimacy
September 23rd, 2022
Couple intimacy can take different forms Allowing ourselves to become intimate with someone can be one of the healthiest and most rewarding experiences we can have. Letting someone into our personal space and inner world, showing them all the parts of ourselves – good, bad, beautiful, messy – creates a unique bond with that other person(s),…
Counselling Supervision: How to be the best you can be
August 9th, 2022
Supervision for Therapists Supervision: an introduction Supervision is an essential way to support your professional career as a counsellor. Receiving guidance and learning from a highly experienced therapist outside of your own practice will not only introduce you to new ways of working and inspire you to explore and expand, but it will also strengthen…
Eco-Therapy
August 9th, 2022
Nature Therapy What is Eco-Therapy? ‘Get some fresh air’ – how often have we been prescribed this as a remedy for a bad day? Well, the truth is, it really does work. Eco-Therapy combines talking therapy with outdoor activities to stimulate both your mind and body. Some will find that having something to focus on…