Life Matters Counselling & Psychotherapy Centre

15/05/2026

📖 Healing Shame and Guilt: The Developmental Roots of Chronic Shame and Guilt and How the NeuroAffective Relational Model (NARM) Can Help You Heal and Reconnect

Coming next week...

27/04/2026

Owning our mistakes is not always easy, but it is one of the most important skills we can model and teach…

An effective apology goes beyond simply saying sorry. It builds trust, repairs relationships, and reflects emotional maturity.

When done well, it helps others feel seen, heard, and respected while creating a safe space for connection and growth ❤️

27/04/2026

Secure functioning is the foundation of a healthy, lasting relationship. It’s about creating a partnership where both people actively protect and prioritise each other’s emotional safety. As Dr. Stan Tatkin explains, our brains are wired to detect threat, so feeling secure with one another isn’t accidental, it’s intentional❤️

22/04/2026

Many different techniques fall under the umbrella of “somatic therapy,” which is gaining popularity.

20/04/2026

You probably heard something like that growing up, too.

"I'd do anything for this family."

Maybe they did, in the ways they knew how. But being willing to be vulnerable, and emotionally present? For most of us, nobody modeled that.

Instead, we too inherited and adapted to the patterns of the people who raised us. How they handled conflict, how they showed love, how they shut down or lashed out.

After decades of working with families, here’s what I know:

You can't change what you were given. But you can change what you pass on.

Breaking the cycle – that’s the greatest thing you could ever do for your family.

If you're ready to start, my free parenting class on Tuesday, April 21, gives you the skills to do exactly that.

You’ll find the link to register for the free parenting class in the first comment below 👇

10/04/2026

04/04/2026

Podcast With Me & NARM Founder Larry Heller

Hi everyone. I was really delighted to get a chance to sit down with the co-founder of NeuroAffectiveRelationalModel and co-author of Healing Developmental Trauma, which is one of my favorite books about early childhood wounding. I'll share the links in the comments below, but I just wanted to let y'all know, in case any of the rest of you are also Larry Heller or NARM fans!

03/04/2026

https://youtu.be/xbe-jIBeumk?si=G9qaY2mdEZ2wTsnE

We've been approaching mental health the wrong way. But why?Traumality is a documentary exploring the link between trauma and mental health.The film takes yo...