Carmel Meehan, Counsellor/Therapist,Registered MBACP

13/09/2023

A brief introduction to Gestalt Therapy.....

We asked BACP Accredited Member Katerina Georgiou what Gestalt therapy is and how it can help

21/10/2022

Forgiveness is one of the really difficult things in life. The logic of receiving hurt seems to run in the direction of never forgetting either the hurt or the hurter. When you forgive, some deeper, divine generosity takes over. When you can forgive, then you are free. When you cannot forgive, you are a prisoner of the hurt done to you. If you are really disappointed in someone and you become embittered, you become incarcerated inside that feeling. Only the grace of forgiveness can break the straight logic of hurt and embitterment. It gives you a way out, because it places the conflict on a completely different level. In a strange way, it keeps the whole conflict human. You begin to see and understand the conditions, circumstances, or weakness that made the other person act as they did.

JOHN O'DONOHUE

Excerpt from his book, Eternal Echoes
Ordering Info: https://johnodonohue.com/store

County Galway, Ireland / September 2022
Photo: © Ann Cahill

22/07/2022

Where there is growth, there is change.

Where there is change, there is growth. 🌱

You don’t have to be the same person you used to be. Gaining confidence within yourself can be life changing.

Use your voice 🙌

01/07/2022

When the mind is festering with trouble or the heart torn, we can find healing among the silence of mountains or fields, or listen to the simple, steadying rhythm of waves. The slowness and stillness gradually takes us over. Our breathing deepens and our hearts calm and our hungers relent. When serenity is restored, new perspectives open to us and difficulty can begin to seem like an invitation to new growth.

This invitation to friendship with nature does of course entail a willingness to be alone out there. Yet this aloneness is anything but lonely. Solitude gradually clarifies the heart until a true tranquility is reached. The irony is that at the heart of that aloneness you feel intimately connected with the world. Indeed, the beauty of nature is often the wisest balm for it gently relieves and releases the caged mind.

JOHN O'DONOHUE

Excerpt from his books, Beauty: The Invisible Embrace (US) / Divine Beauty (Europe)
Ordering Info: https://johnodonohue.com/contact

Ballyvaughan, County Clare, Ireland
Photo: © Ann Cahill

20/05/2022

Stillness is vital to the world of the soul. If as you age you become more still, you will discover that stillness can be a great companion. The fragments of your life will have time to unify, and the places where your soul-shelter is wounded or broken will have time to knit and heal. You will be able to return to yourself. In this stillness, you will engage your soul. Many people miss out on themselves completely as they journey through life. They know others, they know places, they know skills, they know their work, but tragically, they do not know themselves at all. Aging can be a lovely time of ripening when you actually meet yourself, indeed maybe for the first time. There are beautiful lines from T. S. Eliot that say:

'And the end of all our exploring
Will be to arrive where we started
And know the place for the first time.'

JOHN O'DONOHUE

Excerpt from his book, Anam Cara
Ordering Info: https://johnodonohue.com/store

Sky Road, Connemara - Ireland
Photo: © Ann Cahill

12/11/2021

can offer you a safe, private space to speak to a trained professional about how you're feeling, worries, difficult events or anything you may be going through.

Find out more here 🔗https://orlo.uk/H01cO

25/08/2021

Our member Dr Justin Havens offers advice on trauma/PTSD and explains how counselling can help🔗https://orlo.uk/kJ4ka

28/07/2021

is an adverse reaction that can leave us feeling overwhelmed or overloaded by the demands placed upon us😔

Hansa Pankhania explains how counselling can help with stress and explore and understand what is causing your stress💜

🔗https://orlo.uk/LN556

15/07/2021

These words hit 🙌

Unpack the idea that you constantly have to be busy in order to be productive. Maybe the most productive thing you can do at present is to rest, reset and regroup.
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Aim not to feel guilty for taking time out or resting. Down time is essential for productivity and progression. It isn’t laziness, it’s recuperation 🤍

Try to embrace a slower pace, especially if you feel that you need it 🙌

17/11/2018

29/10/2018

What happens to the brain of a child who is abused, neglected, or otherwise maltreated?