BLOG: Who Am I We all have past experiences which create the adults we are today. Our past is important as the dots from the past joins the dots in the present and future. If then, our past has been hard and tumultuous, how then do we have hope about the future or the present?…
BLOG: Children and Young People – Building emotional resilience and psychological wellbeing School years are important for children and young people to develop social, emotional, knowledge and behaviours. These years are the most impressionable years in a young persons life. This period sets them up to determine how well they cope with their mental health and…
BLOG: Radical Acceptance – learning to understand things you can change and wisdom to know the things you cannot change As a psychotherapist, I work with clients who sometimes struggle with overwhelmingly negative emotions for many years. Helping them to understand why things can sometimes be consistently so hard for them, working through these feelings, helping…
BLOG: Teenage Girls and Domestic Violence Unhealthy relationships can start early and last a lifetime. Teenagers sometimes think teasing, name-calling are “normal” part of a relationship. These behaviours can sometimes escalate and develop into more serious forms of violence. Many teenagers sometimes are afraid to tell friends and family. Domestic violence amongst teenage girls can…
Unlike physical abuse, the emotional and psychological scars are not immediately visible. The constant demands of an abusive partner can wear women down. As a result of this, women can develop symptoms such as difficulty sleeping, eating, anxiety and self-harm. The impact of emotional and psychological abuse can be profound and long lasting. Women may…
When one is an abusive relationship, we suffer many losses. We lose our sense of self, relationships change or are non-existent, freedom to speak and think independently, feeling safe and respect. We lose ourselves and start accepting what is being said to us, for example you are not smart enough, you are naïve, this is…
Loneliness has always plagued me. In the past, I have done whatever it takes to avoid these feelings.
Being a mother, wife, daughter, sister, daughter in law are all some of the relationships we carry as part of us. The many facets of a woman.
I remember finding out I was a few weeks pregnant. I felt excited and shocked all at the same time. A mix of emotions.
Self-harming is my way to cope. I don’t understand why that is so difficult to understand for some people. Yes, I’ve been through a lot, and yes my way to cope with life is different, but no it is not easy to just stop and switch off how I feel.