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MBACP/ACC Counsellor & Psychotherapist
Certified Clinical Trauma Professional
Break free from shame & build self-worth. Ready to step into confidence?

Trauma-informed, neuro-affirming therapy. DM Kay

14/07/2025

A wonderful time enjoying rest lots of sun, sea and wonderful food. Arrived back to a UK heatwave too 😎

Looking forward to getting back to work this week after a much-needed break. A full and meaningful season ahead, client work resumes this week, and I’m also preparing two exciting new offerings:

A CPD workshop for therapists on Shame and Authentic Honour: a space to explore how we meet shame with compassion and work with honour in the therapy room.

A 6-week course for individuals on transforming shame into self-worth: Offering gentle, structured support for those ready to reconnect with identity, value, and belonging.

I’m also delighted to have joined the Therapist Staffroom Community Advisory Board, and to be writing regular mental health articles for Blackmore Vale and the Purbeck Gazette, bringing shame-informed, accessible insights to a wider community.

And slowly, quietly, Brave Heart, my new YouTube channel exploring shame, honour, and the journey back to self-worth is beginning to take shape.

Rooted, recharged, and ready for what’s next

29/06/2025

A gentle pause…

For the next two weeks, I’ll be stepping away from both client work and social media.

This is a planned rest, a space to breathe, restore, and reconnect with the parts of me that give deeply to this work.

If you’ve reached out or are waiting to hear from me, thank you for your patience. I’ll be back soon, with fresh energy and grounded presence.

Take gentle care of yourselves while I do the same.
💛 Kay | Place to Talk Therapies

25/06/2025

You’re not weak for struggling with rest.

You’re not broken for bracing against kindness.

You’re not failing just because softness feels unsafe.
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You might be feeling the ripple of something deeper, not your failure, but your emotional inheritance.
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Maybe rest was never modelled. Maybe softness came with strings. Maybe slowing down wasn’t safe in your family, your culture, your early relationships.
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What feels “wrong” now might simply be what once kept you safe.

Your nervous system isn’t faulty - it’s loyal.

Loyal to what it learned.
Loyal to what it survived.
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This is the quiet cost of emotional inheritance:
We carry what others couldn’t process.
We inherit the urgency, the vigilance, the tension - sometimes before we even know language.
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Thankfully, inheritance isn’t destiny. Patterns can be interrupted. Safety can be relearned and rest, albeit awkward, unfamiliar, or resisted, rest can become your radical act of self-honour.
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You are not broken.
You are healing.
That knowledge changes everything.
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23/06/2025

A weekend of learning, laughter… and looming deadlines

There’s something deeply life-giving about being in a room full of like-minded souls - learning together, growing together, and feeling seen in the work we do.

This weekend was full of those moments: rich insights, courageous sharing, and the kind of connection that reminds me why I chose this path.

And yet… here I am, basking in the afterglow of CPD joy while also side-eying the essays I’ve definitely had time to start. (but didn’t.)

To all the fellow professionals who are deeply committed and occasionally drowning in deadlines - I see you. We can do hard things… but maybe after another cup of tea?

12/06/2025

It doesn’t make grief easier, yet it does help to know we all as humans experience love and grief.

To avoid grief we must avoid love.

Grief is a testament that honours who or what has been lost, whether a person ,a pet, a hope and an imagined way of living and so much more.

For me, avoiding love is not how I want to live.

Does this resonate with you? Let me know in the comments 💗

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05/06/2025

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05/06/2025

You might know it wasn’t your fault.
You might have said it out loud, maybe even in therapy.

But still, that quiet voice lingers…
Something’s wrong with me.

That’s often the voice of unhealed and unwitnessed shame. It doesn’t just live in your thoughts, it settles into your body.

Which is why healing takes more than insight.

Understanding is important, but it’s not always enough. You also need to feel what safety, connection, and self-worth are like from the inside out.

In my June blog, I’m sharing why nervous system awareness matters when you’re working through shame, and how it helps you move beyond just coping.

This isn’t about quick fixes. It’s about genuine, lasting healing the kind that changes the way you live, not just the way you think.

Read the blog: Felt Safety, What is it and how does it Link to Shame Recovery?

Listen to my short video over on YouTube. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=dHDAmoJeWLw

Link in bio or in my stories post today.

04/06/2025

I've started a YouTube channel- its called BRAVE HEART. I truly believe that navigating through shame and low self-worth takes determination, resilience and a BRAVE HEART.

Living in authentic self-honour is…..no longer shrinking to keep the peace or stretching yourself thin to prove your worth. It’s listening to the quiet truth of who you are and allowing that to be enough.

It’s saying no without guilt.
It’s asking for what you need without apology.
It’s showing up with both softness and strength, even when your voice shakes.

Living in authentic self-honour is the slow, courageous practice of choosing you with compassion, integrity, and deep respect for your story.

If you’ve ever wondered why self-worth feels so fragile… why people-pleasing is so hard to stop… or why shame still whispers that you're “too much” or “not enough” this space is for you.

I’ve launched my channel to speak directly into the places where unhealed shame hides.
We’re talking:
🔹 Authentic honour
🔹 Felt safety
🔹 Nervous system regulation
🔹 Reclaiming identity
🔹 And real, raw conversations about healing

Because you deserve more than just coping. You deserve to feel seen, safe, and significant.

Come join me on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/

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