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Three ways that modern work can trigger childhood trauma and how therapy can help

Have you ever thought that work could remind you of a difficult childhood? Have you ever struggled in the workplace? If you had a toxic family and difficult childhood, the modern workplace can be tricky. The modern workplace can represent faceless, unaccountable power, much like toxic families. Often there are rules which don’t make sense […]

Is work making you sick? What they’re not telling you about work ‘wellness’ schemes

Warning: this blog touches on suicide, please take care while reading. I’ve been wanting to write this blog for ages because, before retraining as a counsellor, I had a demanding job and experienced sleepless nights, irritability, stress, and anxiety – so this is personal. Bosses want you to be ‘well’ because it makes you […]

What is Trauma and Trauma Therapy?

What is trauma? Disturbing experiences either as an adult or child, result in trauma when they’re overwhelming, difficult to escape, and seriously threaten our physical, emotional, and psychological safety. There's a difference between trauma experienced as a single event and that which is ongoing and repeated over a longer period. The latter is referred to […]

Seeking a Therapist? – Here are 5 things you should know

I was recently chatting with a friend who was seeking a private therapist for her teenage son. She was totally baffled by different options and what to prioritise. I was able to guide my friend, but it got me thinking that other people might wrestle with the question of ‘what’s most important?’ So, what are […]

Busting 6 common myths about therapy

Common myths about therapy continue to pervade. These make seeking support more difficult and scarier than it needs to be. But what are these myths? Myth 1: It’s only for the mentally ill… The association between therapy and mental illness is not surprising, given that we might have sought help through our GP and the […]

What is Integrative Therapy? And how can it help you?

The overarching philosophy of integrative psychotherapy is to blend therapeutic ideas and techniques in ways that help us understand our relational and developmental needs. But what are relational and developmental needs? And how does this translate to therapy work? Relational and developmental needs Integrative psychotherapy is underpinned by a philosophy that, as human beings, we […]

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