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12/05/2026

Online counselling could be the answer you’re looking for.

Life doesn't always make it easy to ask for help, and that matters.

Distance, low energy, a demanding schedule, or finding it hard to leave the house are all very real reasons why face-to-face therapy can feel out of reach.

Online counselling is designed to remove those barriers, not add to them. Through secure video sessions, you can access qualified, trauma-informed support from wherever you are in the UK. Sessions can draw on approaches including CBT, EMDR, and psychodynamic therapy, shaped entirely around your needs and pace.

There is no shame in needing things to work differently for you. Honouring your wellbeing, in whatever form that takes, is not weakness.

Research consistently shows online counselling can be just as effective as in-person therapy for anxiety, burnout, trauma, and relationship difficulties.

If you or someone you know has been considering counselling but hasn't found the right moment, we'd love to hear from you.

📩 Get in touch or visit our website to learn more about online sessions.

12/05/2026

Life doesn't always make it easy to ask for help, and that matters.

Distance, low energy, a demanding schedule, or finding it hard to leave the house are all very real reasons why face-to-face therapy can feel out of reach.

Online counselling is designed to remove those barriers, not add to them. Through secure video sessions, you can access qualified, trauma-informed support from wherever you are in the UK. Sessions can draw on approaches including CBT, EMDR, and psychodynamic therapy, shaped entirely around your needs and pace.

There is no shame in needing things to work differently for you. Honouring your wellbeing, in whatever form that takes, is not weakness.

Research consistently shows online counselling can be just as effective as in-person therapy for anxiety, burnout, trauma, and relationship difficulties.

If you or someone you know has been considering counselling but hasn't found the right moment, we'd love to hear from you.

📩 Get in touch or visit our website to learn more about online sessions.

12/05/2026

People pleasing can look kind, capable and “easy-going” from the outside.

Underneath, it can feel exhausting.

Always monitoring.
Always adapting.
Always trying to keep everyone comfortable, even when it costs you your own needs, boundaries and identity.

That’s why certain horror films resonate so deeply with people pleasers. The fear is rarely the monster.

It’s rejection.
Disappointing someone.
Being “too much”.
Not being safe if you stop performing.

Sometimes the scariest thing is asking:
Who am I when I stop abandoning myself for everyone else?

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10/05/2026

How do your attachment patterns affect you?

The ways we cope, connect, and sometimes withdraw in adult life often trace back to early attachment experiences. Understanding these patterns can open the door to healing and healthier relationships.

What might you find out about your own connections today?

09/05/2026

The blueprint of love you learned long ago still whispers within you. It shapes how you connect, trust, and protect yourself, even when you're unaware.

Gently noticing these patterns can be the first step towards healing old wounds and opening space for authentic, compassionate relationships.

What subtle signals about love and trust are you beginning to recognise in yourself?

Contact https://www.placetotalktherapies.co.uk/contact counselling

08/05/2026

Shame often whispers that we are unworthy, making it hard to set clear boundaries or understand ourselves fully.

But when we approach shame with kindness and respect, it becomes a guide—not a barrier—to healthier boundaries and steadier emotions.

This gentle practice helps you reconnect with your true self and reclaim your emotional balance. What small step could you take today to meet shame with compassion instead of judgement?

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07/05/2026

New resource

Conflict Resolution Anchor Cards | 32 cards for anyone navigating difficult conversations, relationship conflict, or patterns they want to understand better.

Each card has a practical tool on the front and a deeper reflection question on the back. Gentle, trauma-informed and neuroaffirming — no right answers, no pressure.

Whether you're a therapist using them with clients, or someone working through something yourself — these cards are designed to open doors, not close them.

Trauma-informed, neuroaffirming, and grounded in my unique shame and authentic honour framework.

Therapist, use with clients in-person and online. 1-1 therapy, couples, family work, coaching, groups and in clinical, group and peer supervision.

Swipe to see inside 👉

Print PDF £12 · Print + Screen bundle £18

Message me to get yours 💬

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07/05/2026

New resource 🌿

Conflict Resolution Anchor Cards

32 cards for use with clients in-person and online. 1-1 therapy, couples, family work, coaching and groups. Also useful in clinical, group and peer supervision.

Print PDF £12 or Print + Screen bundle £18.

Message me to get yours.

06/05/2026

“Who are you pretending to be?”

Many of us learn to wear a mask. We become the funny one, the strong one, the easy-going one, the one who never makes a fuss.

But pretending can become exhausting.

Therapy can offer a safe, confidential space to explore what is really going on beneath the performance. You do not have to have the right words. You do not have to arrive polished or put together. You can simply begin where you are.

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Building Resilience | Inspiring Hope

06/05/2026

The most exhausting thing you will ever do is pretend to be someone you are not.

Not the big performances. The quiet daily ones. The smile when you are hollow. The "I'm fine" when you are not. The version of yourself you put together each morning before anyone sees you.

Shame teaches us that the real self is too much. Too complicated. Too inconvenient for the room.

But that self has not gone anywhere.
It is waiting. And it deserves to be known — not the edited version, not the one that holds it all together — the actual you, underneath all of it.

Today is about the masks we maintain. What they are, where they came from, and what becomes possible when we begin to put them down.

If something in this landed, save it. Share it with someone who needs to hear it. Or take the first step and reach out — link in bio.

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04/05/2026

You cannot see most of what holds a tree upright.

The roots that keep it standing through decades of storms run deep and wide, mostly hidden, mostly thankless.

The therapy sessions. The hard conversations. The mornings you got up anyway.

That is your root system.

It deserves the same honour we give the canopy.