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28/04/2026

⚠️ What Coercive Control Actually Is

Coercive control isn’t just obvious abuse.

It’s a pattern of behaviours used to dominate, restrict, or shape another person’s reality over time.

It often looks subtle at first:
– influence disguised as care
– control disguised as protection
– pressure disguised as love

The goal isn’t always visible harm.
It’s power, control, and dependency.

🧠 The Root: Why People Do It

From a trauma-informed, attachment lens, coercive control is often driven by:

– deep insecurity or fear of abandonment
– need for control to feel safe
– core wounds like “I’ll be left” or “I’m not enough”

Instead of relating with someone…
they try to manage or control the relationship to reduce their own anxiety

This can come from anxious, avoidant, or disorganised attachment patterns—but it becomes unhealthy when it turns into ongoing control over another person’s autonomy.

🧍‍♀️ Why People Accept It

It’s rarely obvious in the beginning.

People stay because:
– it starts subtly and escalates slowly
– it’s mixed with care, affection, or dependency
– their nervous system adapts to the dynamic
– it mirrors familiar patterns from childhood

In the body, it can feel like:
– anxiety, walking on eggshells
– confusion or self-doubt
– loss of clarity or identity

Over time, control becomes normalised

🔍 What It Can Look Like (Subtle Signs)

Emotional & Mental
– “You’re too sensitive” / “That didn’t happen”
– questioning your reality or memory
– making you feel responsible for their emotions

Financial
– controlling access to money
– monitoring spending or creating dependency

Relational
– isolating you from friends or family
– creating tension around other relationships

Career
– discouraging growth or independence
– undermining your confidence in your abilities

Spiritual
– using beliefs to control or shame
– “You should be more forgiving” or “This is what a good person does”

Sexual
– pressure, guilt, or obligation
– ignoring boundaries or consent cues

Individually, these can seem small.
Together, they create a pattern of control.

🧠 The Justifications That Keep It Hidden

One of the reasons coercive control can be so confusing is that it’s often explained away.

The person using control may justify their behaviour with things like:
– “I’m just worried about you”
– “I’m trying to protect you”
– “You made me act like this”
– “If you didn’t do that, I wouldn’t react this way”

Sometimes it’s framed as love, concern, or even responsibility.

This can make you question yourself and minimise what’s actually happening.

Because it starts to sound like: “There’s a reason for this… maybe it’s not that bad.”

But patterns of control don’t become healthy just because they’re explained.

⚖️ Healthy vs Coercive Dynamics

Healthy, Secure Relationship:
– respects autonomy and individuality
– encourages growth and independence
– allows space for different thoughts and feelings
– conflict is safe, not threatening

Coercive Control:
– creates dependence and restriction
– punishes independence
– uses guilt, fear, or confusion
– control increases over time

⚖️ Legal Recognition (Australia)

This pattern is increasingly being recognised for what it is.

In Australia, coercive control has been identified as a serious form of abuse, and some states are moving toward making it a criminal offence.

For example, in Queensland, coercive control laws have been introduced to recognise patterns of non-physical abuse within relationships.

This reflects a broader understanding that harm isn’t always physical, control and psychological impact matter too.

(Laws can vary by state, so it’s important to check current local legislation.)

🔁 Why It’s Hard to Leave

This isn’t just a “choice” issue.

The nervous system becomes:
– bonded to the highs and lows
– fearful of loss or retaliation
– conditioned to seek safety within the same dynamic

There may also be:
– hope it will change
– self-blame
– practical barriers (finances, housing, children)

It’s not weakness—it’s conditioning and survival

🌿 Steps Toward Getting Out

Leaving or shifting this dynamic takes care and support.

Start with:

– awareness → naming what’s happening
– reality checking → trusted people or professional support
– reconnecting to your body → noticing tension, fear, intuition
– small boundaries → testing safety and autonomy
– building support systems → emotional, practical, financial

If it feels unsafe, prioritise: a safe exit plan with support

💫 The Aha Moment

Coercive control isn’t always loud.

Sometimes it’s quiet, subtle, and confusing.

But your body often knows before your mind does.

If you feel:
– smaller over time
– less like yourself
– unsure of your own thoughts or needs

👉 that’s important information

🌱 Final Truth

Love doesn’t require you to lose yourself.

Real safety feels like: being able to think, feel, choose, and exist as you are

And anything that slowly takes that away… isn’t love—it’s control.

⚠️ Disclaimer

This content is for educational and self-reflection purposes only. It is not intended to diagnose, label, or replace professional legal, medical, or mental health advice.

Coercive control exists on a spectrum, and every relationship is complex. While this post aims to increase awareness, it cannot fully capture individual circumstances or assess risk.

If you recognise yourself in this dynamic, it does not mean you are to blame. These patterns are often shaped by past experiences, nervous system conditioning, and attachment wounds.

If you feel unsafe or concerned about your situation, please seek appropriate professional support or contact a local support service in your area. Your safety and wellbeing are the priority.

Take what resonates, leave what doesn’t, and approach this with compassion for yourself.

By Brianna King
lightthewaycounselling.com

27/04/2026

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27/04/2026

Is There Even a Point in Sharing My Voice? 🤔

In a world where social media is full of information, opinions, and people with years of experience…
I sometimes catch myself thinking:

“Hasn’t this already been said?”
“Do I really have anything new to add?”

And if I’m honest, there are moments where I question whether it’s even worth putting my voice out there at all.

🤝 You’re Not Alone in That Feeling

I recently had a conversation with another practitioner who shared something really honest.

They said they felt like they could never “catch up” to some of the best in the field…
and that it left them feeling inadequate.
I could relate to that more than I expected.

But as they were speaking, I didn’t feel judgement. I felt compassion. For them… and for myself.

🌸 Your “Flavour” Matters

Here’s the thing we often forget:

No one else is you.

No one else has your exact:
– lived experience
– way of understanding things
– tone, language, and perspective

You could say the exact same thing as someone else… and it will land completely differently coming from you. Because people don’t just connect to information. They connect to how it’s delivered and how it feels.

🧠 People Need Different Voices

Not everyone will resonate with the “top voices” in your field.

And that’s not a bad thing.

It means there are people out there who need:
– your way of explaining
– your level of depth
– your tone and energy

There will be people who finally understand something… because you were the one who said it.

🌊 The Ripple Effect You Can’t See

We often underestimate the impact we have.

There are things you will say or share that:
– shift someone’s perspective
– help them feel seen
– or land at exactly the right moment

Even if they never tell you.

That’s the ripple effect.

You don’t always get to see it… but that doesn’t mean it’s not happening.

💫 The Truth About Your Voice

Your voice won’t be for everyone.

And it’s not meant to be.

But it will be for the people who need:
- your way of seeing
- your way of explaining
- your way of being

And that matters more than trying to reach everyone.

🌱 Final Thought

So if you’ve ever questioned whether it’s worth sharing…

This is your reminder:

You’re not here to be the “best”
You’re here to be you. The real, authentic You.

Because that’s exactly what someone out there is waiting for 🩷

By Brianna King,
lightthewaycounselling.com
0439 776 040

26/04/2026

What Does It Actually Mean to “Feel Your Emotions”?

You’ve probably heard: “Just allow your emotions. Let them move through you.”

But what does that actually look like in real life?

For many people, it doesn’t feel calm or peaceful. It can feel uncomfortable, intense, or even confronting.

🧠 Why Emotions Feel So Intense

Emotions aren’t just thoughts—they are physical sensations in the body.

Anxiety might feel like a tight chest or racing heart.
Anger can feel like heat, pressure, or restlessness.
Sadness can feel heavy, like a lump in your throat or a painful void in your gut..

These sensations can feel:
– uncomfortable
– overwhelming at times
– physically unpleasant

So naturally, the body wants to distract, avoid, or shut it down.

Not because you’re weak… but because your nervous system is trying to protect you from discomfort or overwhelm.

⏱️ The “90-Second” Emotional Wave

You may have heard that an emotional wave lasts around 60–90 seconds.

This can be true for the initial surge of sensation in the body—when we are present with it and not feeding it with ongoing thought loops.

But here’s the nuance:

Emotions can last longer when we keep thinking about the situation, when we don’t feel safe in our body, or when the feeling is connected to deeper or repeated experiences.

So this isn’t about forcing emotions to “be over quickly.”
It’s about recognising that the body processes emotion in waves, not as something meant to be held forever.

🌿 What “Allowing” Actually Looks Like

Allowing an emotion doesn’t mean acting on it, agreeing with every thought attached to it, or staying stuck in it.

It means:

letting the sensation exist in your body, with awareness, without immediately trying to escape it

In real life, this can look like pausing before reacting, noticing where the feeling sits in your body, and gently staying with it for as long as feels manageable.

You might focus on your breath, give your body space, and notice the intensity rise and fall.

Sometimes it passes quickly.
Sometimes it comes in waves.

Both are normal.

🧍‍♀️ Why This Can Feel Hard

If you’re not used to feeling emotions in your body, this can feel unfamiliar, intense, or even unsafe.

For some people—especially where there has been emotional neglect or a lack of support growing up—there was never a safe space to feel emotions in the first place.

Many caregivers were never taught how to regulate their own emotions, let alone model this for a child. So emotions may have been dismissed, minimised, or ignored.

Not always intentionally—but the impact can still be that you learned:
“I shouldn’t feel this” or “I have to deal with this on my own”

So as an adult, being present with emotion can feel overwhelming or disorienting.

🤝 Why Safe Support Matters

This is where working with an emotionally safe person can make a big difference—like a therapist, or someone who can hold space without judgement.

When you experience someone staying calm, present, and grounded while you feel your emotions, your nervous system begins to learn:

“This is safe now”

Sometimes we need that external regulation first, before we can fully do it on our own.

There’s nothing wrong with that.

It’s often what we didn’t receive earlier in life.

💫 The Aha Moment

You don’t have to eliminate emotions.
And you don’t have to force yourself to feel everything all at once.

But when you constantly avoid, suppress, or override your emotions, your body doesn’t get the chance to complete the process.

So instead of asking:

“How do I get rid of this feeling?”

Try asking:

“Can I stay with this, just a little, without running from it?”

Because emotions are not designed to last forever. They are designed to move. And the more safely you allow that movement… the less they need to fight to be felt.

E-motion (energy in motion)

By Brianna King,
lightthewaycounselling.com
0439 776 040

26/04/2026

When You Understand Everything… But Still Feel Stuck

Have you ever said:
“I know why I’m like this.”
“I’ve done the work.”
“I understand my patterns.”

But nothing actually changes?

This is often where people are intellectualizing—or gently put, self-gaslighting.

🧠 What Is Intellectualizing?

Intellectualizing is when you stay in your thinking mind to avoid feeling what’s happening in your body.

It can sound like:
– “It wasn’t that bad”
– “They didn’t mean it like that”
– “Other people have it worse”
– “I should be over this by now”

On the surface, it looks like insight.

But underneath, it can be a way of:
- avoiding emotional discomfort
- disconnecting from the body
- overriding your own experience

💔 Why We Do This

From a trauma-informed lens, this isn’t a flaw.

It’s a protection strategy.

At some point, feeling your emotions may not have been:
– safe
– supported
– or allowed

So your system adapted.

It learned to think instead of feel
And to analyse instead of experience

Because staying in the mind felt safer than being in the body.

🧍‍♀️ The Somatic Layer

When you intellectualize, you might notice:

– tension in the chest or jaw
– a flat or numb feeling
– difficulty accessing emotions
– overthinking without resolution

Your body is still holding the experience…
but your mind is trying to move past it without processing it

⚠️ The Subtle Self-Gaslighting

This is where it can become confusing. You’re not denying reality completely…

But you might be:
– minimizing your pain
– explaining away your needs
– invalidating your emotional responses

“It’s fine, I’m fine”
Even when your body says otherwise.

🌿 What Actually Creates Change

Insight alone doesn’t create transformation.

👉 Felt experience does

This means:
– allowing emotions to move through the body
– noticing sensations instead of analysing them
– staying present with discomfort (in small, safe doses)
– validating your experience without rushing to fix it

💫 The Aha Moment

You can understand your patterns perfectly…

…and still be disconnected from your healing.

Because healing doesn’t happen in the mind alone.

It happens when your body finally feels safe enough to process what it’s been holding.

So instead of asking:

“Do I understand this?”

Try asking:

“Am I allowing myself to actually feel this?”

That’s where the shift begins.

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21/04/2026

🧠 Tired, Bored, or Finally Safe? Understanding Nervous System States

⏰️ 5 - 7 minute read

Many people assume they are “tired,” “lazy,” or “bored” when something very different is happening in the body.

From a trauma-informed, somatic perspective, what we often label as tiredness is actually a nervous system state shift—and many people have never been taught how to read it.

🌿 The Nervous System States

Your nervous system moves through five main survival and regulation states:

– Fight (anger, frustration, defensiveness)
– Flight (anxiety, urgency, overthinking, busyness)
– Freeze (stuck, numb, disconnected, overwhelmed)
– Fawn (people-pleasing, over-accommodating, appeasing)
– Shutdown (collapse, fatigue, disconnection, “tiredness”)

Most people don’t realise how much time they spend in these states. So survival starts to feel normal.

⚠️ When Survival Feels Like “Calm”

One of the biggest misunderstandings is that people often confuse high-functioning survival mode with calm.

For example:
– being busy all the time (flight) feels like productivity
– emotional shutdown (freeze) feels like being “fine”
– people-pleasing (fawn) feels like being kind or capable
– irritability or control (fight) feels like being “driven”

But underneath all of this is still activation and protection, not true regulation.

So the nervous system never fully lands in safety—because survival feels familiar.

😴 Why “Tired” Isn’t Always Tired

Sometimes what feels like exhaustion is actually shutdown mode.

And shutdown isn’t just tiredness—it can be a protective response.

When the system feels overwhelmed, conflicted, or unable to process something, the body may:
- slow everything down
- reduce energy
- disconnect emotionally or mentally

This can be the nervous system saying: “This is too much, I need to turn off to cope.”

So “tiredness” can sometimes be:
– emotional overwhelm
– avoidance of discomfort
– protection from something you don’t want to feel, face, or do

This is why people can feel suddenly exhausted when:
– they need to make a decision
– they’re avoiding a difficult conversation
– they feel emotionally overloaded

It’s not always fatigue. It can be a protective shut-off response

🧘‍♀️ Why Calm Feels Unfamiliar

When the nervous system finally begins to settle into ventral vagal safety (true calm, connection, presence), it can feel unfamiliar at first.

Instead of peace, people may feel:
– boredom
– restlessness
– “something is missing”
– urge to scroll, eat, consume caffeine or distract

Why?

Because the system isn’t used to safety.

So it tries to stimulate itself back into survival states:
– checking phone
– overthinking
– creating urgency
– finding something “to fix”

👉 Not because something is wrong
👉 But because calm feels unfamiliar or even unsafe

😮‍💨 The Regulation Loop

Many people move like this without realising it:

survival → exhaustion → shutdown → brief calm → discomfort → stimulation → survival again

So they rarely stay in true regulation long enough to recognise it.

🌿 Natural Ways the Body Tries to Regulate Itself

Your body is not passive in all of this—it is constantly trying to bring itself back into balance.

From a somatic perspective, the nervous system has built-in regulation responses that show up automatically when it’s trying to move out of stress and back toward safety.

The problem is, many people have learned to override or suppress them without realising what they’re actually for.

😮‍💨 Yawning & the Breath Response

Yawning is one of the most common and misunderstood regulation tools.

It’s often labelled as:
– boredom
– tiredness
– disinterest

But physiologically, yawning can help:
– reset oxygen and carbon dioxide balance
– discharge stress activation
– shift the nervous system out of heightened states
– support a transition toward calm

You might notice yawning during quiet moments, emotional conversations, or even after stress.

This is the body trying to downshift and regulate itself

Many people suppress yawns socially or unconsciously, not realising they’re interrupting a natural calming process.

🌊 Rocking, Swaying, and Movement

Gentle rhythmic movement—like rocking, swaying, pacing, chewing nails, or even bouncing a leg—is another natural regulation strategy.

This is the body’s way of:
– releasing built-up survival energy
– restoring a sense of rhythm and predictability
– calming an overactivated system

You’ll often see this in babies and children instinctively.

But as adults, people are often taught to:
– sit still
– “hold it together”
– suppress movement

Even when their nervous system is trying to self-soothe through motion

💧 Crying as Regulation, Not Weakness

Crying is one of the most powerful nervous system resets.

It helps:
– release emotional and physiological stress
– shift the body out of freeze or overwhelm
– restore emotional equilibrium
– activate the parasympathetic (calming) system

From a trauma-informed lens, crying is not just emotional—it is biological regulation.

Yet many people:
– hold it in
– feel ashamed of it
– or push through it

When the body is not allowed to cry, it often stays stuck in activation or shutdown states longer than it needs to.

🧠 Why We Resist These Processes

If you grew up in environments where emotions were:
– dismissed
– shamed
– or not safely received

then your nervous system may have learned: “I shouldn’t do that here”

So even natural regulation responses can feel:
– uncomfortable
– unsafe
– or inappropriate

But the body doesn’t forget how to regulate—it just learns whether it’s safe to do so.

🌿 The Deeper Aha Moment

These responses are not random.

They are your body’s built-in intelligence system trying to bring you back to balance (called homeostasis).

Yawning, movement, crying, sighing—these are not problems to fix.

They are signals of regulation already in motion.

And often, healing begins not by adding more control… but by allowing what the body already knows how to do.

🌿 The Deeper Truth

Your nervous system is always trying to protect you.

Sometimes that protection looks like:
– overthinking
– overworking
– shutting down
– or even “getting tired out of nowhere”

But underneath it all is the same question:

“Am I safe right now?”

💫 The question to ask yourself

Instead of asking:

“Why am I tired or bored?”

Try asking:

“Is my body in survival, shutdown, or finally settling into safety?”

Because sometimes what feels like exhaustion… is protection.

And sometimes what feels like boredom… is your nervous system meeting a state it hasn’t yet learned to trust.

👩‍💻 How I Can Help

If this resonates, and you’re starting to notice how your body responds to stress, shutdown, or overwhelm—you don’t have to figure it all out alone.

As a trauma-informed, attachment style focused, somatic therapist, I help you understand what your nervous system is doing underneath your thoughts and behaviours, so things start to make more sense and feel less confusing or self-blaming.

Alongside my professional training, I also bring lived experience of what it’s like to override my body’s signals, not understand my emotional responses, and slowly learn how to actually listen to what my nervous system was trying to communicate.

In our work together, we focus on:
– recognising your nervous system states in real time
– understanding your stress and shutdown patterns
– building safety in the body so regulation becomes easier and more natural
– learning to work with your body instead of against it
– strengthening emotional awareness, boundaries, and self-trust

This is not about forcing change.
It’s about helping your system feel safe enough to stop needing to protect you in the same ways.

⚠️ Disclaimer

This content is for educational and self-reflection purposes only and is not a substitute for personalised medical, psychological, or professional advice.

Nervous system responses vary from person to person and can be influenced by many factors including stress, trauma history, sleep, health, and environment. If you are experiencing ongoing distress, it is important to seek appropriate professional support.

Take what resonates, leave what doesn’t, and move gently with yourself as you explore this.

💭 Share Your Thoughts

Have you noticed your body doing any of these things—yawning, shutting down, or feeling “tired” in ways that don’t fully make sense?

Or maybe you’ve realised you’ve been in survival mode more than you thought?

I’d love to hear your reflections in the comments 👇

By Brianna King (Bree)
Light the Way Counselling
🌐 lightthewaycounselling.com
📧 lightthewaycounselling@gmail.com
📱 0439 776 040
👥 FB Group: Secure Within - Attachment & Relationship Growth

20/04/2026

Do You Really Feel Worthy? Looking Beneath the Surface

⏱️ 3–4.5 minute read

If you ask most people, “Do you feel unworthy?”
The answer is often quick: “No, of course not.”

And yet… their thoughts, behaviours, and relationship patterns often tell a different story.

This isn’t because people are lying.

It’s because core wounds live at a subconscious and nervous system level, not just in conscious awareness.

🧠 Why the Initial Denial Happens

Core wounds like “I am unworthy” are rarely obvious.

They form early—often through:
– inconsistent love or attention
– emotional neglect
– conditional approval
– feeling unseen, not chosen, or “not enough”

Over time, the mind adapts.

Instead of thinking “I’m unworthy,” it creates protective beliefs like:
– “I’m independent, I don’t need anyone”
– “I just have high standards”
– “People always let me down”

These protect you from feeling the deeper wound.

- So consciously, you don’t feel unworthy
- But subconsciously, your patterns are organised around it

🔍 Signs of an “I Am Unworthy” Core Wound

In your thoughts:
– “Why would they choose me?”
– “It won’t last”
– “I’m too much / not enough”
– overthinking small interactions

In your language:
– downplaying yourself (“it’s not a big deal”)
– deflecting compliments
– joking at your own expense
– over-explaining or justifying yourself

In your behaviours:
– people-pleasing or over-giving
– tolerating less than you deserve
– struggling to receive support
– staying in one-sided dynamics

In your actions:
– abandoning your own needs
– not following through on things that matter to you
– choosing emotionally unavailable people
– pulling away when things get healthy

🧍‍♀️ The Attachment & Nervous System Layer

This wound shows up differently across attachment styles:

– Anxious: seeks validation, fears abandonment
– Avoidant: disconnects from needs, avoids vulnerability
– Fearful avoidant: swings between both

In the body, this can feel like:
– anxiety or urgency (prove your worth)
– shutdown or numbness (protect from rejection)
– tension, overthinking, or hypervigilance

The nervous system is trying to keep you safe from re-experiencing the wound

🌿 Why Knowing Your Core Wounds Matters

If you don’t recognise the wound, you’ll try to fix the symptoms instead of the cause.

You might:
– chase better relationships without changing patterns
– work on confidence without addressing deeper beliefs
– keep repeating the same dynamics in different forms

Because the subconscious is always trying to resolve what it believes is true

⚠️ What Happens If You Don’t Work With It

Unaddressed core wounds tend to:
– repeat in relationships
– shape your identity
– limit your choices and self-expression
– keep you stuck in familiar but painful patterns

It can look like:
“This always happens to me”
“I don’t know why I keep ending up here”

But underneath, the system is trying to: prove or resolve the belief “I am unworthy”

🌱 How to Start Healing & Integrating

This isn’t about forcing positive thinking.

It’s about gently bringing awareness to what’s already there.

Start with:

– noticing your patterns without judgement
– tracking moments where you abandon yourself
– observing your reactions in relationships
– tuning into your body (tightness, anxiety, shutdown)

Then begin:
– validating the part of you that learned this
– creating new experiences of safety and worth
– allowing yourself to receive, not just give

Healing happens through awareness + new experiences, not just insight

💫 The Deeper Truth

You can’t change what you’re not aware of.

And many people are living out core wounds they don’t consciously believe—but consistently embody.

So instead of asking:

“Do I feel unworthy?”

Try asking:

“Do my patterns reflect a belief that I am worthy?”

Because your life doesn’t follow what you say you believe.
It follows what your nervous system has learned is true.

👩‍💻 How I Can Help

If this resonated, you don’t have to figure this out on your own.

As a trauma-informed, attachment style focused, somatic therapist, I help you uncover the subconscious patterns and core wounds that are shaping your thoughts, behaviours, and relationships—so you can start creating change at the root, not just the surface.

Alongside my professional training, I also bring lived experience of working through my own core wounds, self-worth struggles, and attachment patterns. I know what it’s like to think you’re confident or “fine,” but still notice patterns that don’t reflect how you want to feel or show up.

In our work together, we focus on:
– identifying your core wounds and how they show up day-to-day
– understanding your attachment style and relational patterns
– building nervous system safety so change feels possible, not forced
– learning to meet your needs in healthier, more secure ways
– developing self-trust, boundaries, and the ability to receive

This isn’t about fixing you.
It’s about helping you reconnect with parts of yourself that learned they weren’t enough—and gently updating that belief through lived experience.

⚠️ Disclaimer

This content is for educational and self-reflection purposes only and is not a substitute for personalised psychological, medical, or professional advice.

Core wounds and attachment patterns are complex and shaped by many factors. If you are experiencing ongoing emotional distress or relationship challenges, it’s important to seek appropriate professional support.

Take what resonates, leave what doesn’t, and approach this work with curiosity and self-compassion.

💭 Share Your Thoughts

Did any of these patterns feel familiar?

Or did something in this post shift how you see yourself or your relationships?

I’d love to hear your reflections—feel free to share in the comments 👇

Brianna King (Bree)
Light the Way Counselling
🌐 lightthewaycounselling.com
📧 lightthewaycounselling@gmail.com
📱 0439 776 040
👥 FB Group: Secure Within - Attachment & Relationship Growth

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