Counselling with Nick

20/12/2024

I don't know this Dr, but this research lines up with my experience of working with many such clients. Very cool to see the medical community working on this.

Send a message to learn more

25/05/2024

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w4zi_3huOdA

Modern therapist ( and all health professionals ) need to be trauma-informed or they risk doing harm.

Watch full interview with Dr. Gabor Maté here: https://youtu.be/7iUa7jtb50E⚠ WELLNESS DISCLAIMER ⚠Please be advised; the topics related to health and mental ...

05/11/2023

02/01/2023

Had the privilege of being interviewed by the awesome Chuck Leblanc on his high quality podcast. Check it out below if you're interested in hearing about my thoughts on trauma and therapy.

In today’s episode I speak with Nick Rew, a counselor from Queensland, Australia. During the episode we have a deep discussion about trauma, substance use and change. We also discuss what goes on in the therapeutic space as well as how fatherhood has effected my therapeutic approach. Enjoy Artist ...

17/04/2022

We humans are deeply social beings. We now know that our brains and nervous systems form around the connections we have with our closest humans relationships. In other words, we literally internalise our closest experiences of other people.

Seeking emotional support when we are hurt is the most human thing there is. It's cultural wounding and traumas that have made this a taboo practice. Sadly, sometimes this is even taboo in therapy and labled 'codependent behaviour'.

Nothing could be further from the truth. In reality the self does not exist on it's own. If we are wounded it's often in relationship and healing often comes from caring, empathetic human connection.

Or as Bruce Perry says;

"For years mental health professionals taught people that they could be psychologically healthy without social support, that “unless you love yourself, no one else will love you.”…The truth is, you cannot love yourself unless you have been loved and are loved. The capacity to love cannot be built in isolation"

01/03/2022

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3wZf8ru3HiA

Essential watching right now.

Many people think, “There always has been war and there always will be war.” But scientific evidence shows that some societies have successfully shunned war ...

12/01/2022

This is my experience too.

08/12/2021

I've been revisiting my hypnosis training to help some of my clients who have chronic pain.

It's really amazing to watch them go from an agonising existence to one of feeling pain free or being able to manage their pain.

Recently I've been wondering whether I should just specialise in this.

If you or anyone you know is suffering from chronic pain feel free to reach out to me for a chat about this.

(2021). Hypnosis and the Alleviation of Clinical Pain: A Comprehensive Meta-Analysis. International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis: Vol. 69, No. 3, pp. 297-322.