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Here you will find posts on a wide variety of topics including anxiety, depression, grief, family estrangement, gender identity. They are intended to provide help with managing issues, suggest practical tools and coping strategies, and provide thoughtful pieces to help you think about your own situation.
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Workplace burnout is becoming one of the most significant wellbeing challenges facing employees today. Despite this, it remains something people rarely feel able to admit. Research from the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy’s ‘Public Perceptions Survey‘ reports that nearly 1 in 5 people suffer from work-related burnout. Look around your office – 1 in...
Family estrangement is rarely about a single blow-up event or one bad phone call. In most cases it's the result of a long pattern — unresolved harm, boundaries that were never respected, or a fundamental gap in values that could not be bridged. It's also almost never a spur-of-the-moment decision. As a counsellor and therapist...
If you’ve ever found yourself wondering if you’d be better off without a family member in your life, whether a parent, a child or a sibling, it’s likely that you have been carrying a level of pain, confusion, or exhaustion that has built up over years....
Many people imagine trauma as something dramatic or catastrophic, but trauma can come from a wide range of experiences. It can be sudden, like an accident or assault. It can be ongoing, like emotional neglect, coercive control, or chronic stress. It can be subtle, like growing up in an environment where your needs were dismissed...
Exploring gender identity isn’t a test or a box ticking exercise. It’s a process of listening to yourself and discovering what feels true for you. For many, gender is not simply “male” or “female” but a rich, layered experience. It’s not about becoming someone new, but about becoming more yourself....
Many people feel like the odd one out in their family — the one who gets blamed, overlooked, criticised, or expected to hold everything together. Feeling singled out can be painful and confusing, especially when you can’t pinpoint what you’ve done “wrong”. In reality, being treated differently usually says more about what is going on...
Many of us stay in relationships that make us feel hurt and confused, that are painful and emotionally draining. It’s not because we want to suffer, but because there are powerful psychological and nervous system forces that make leaving incredibly difficult. This doesn’t mean we are stuck. It means we can make sense of this...
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