Black Sheep Counselling & Psychotherapy

02/01/2022

A restful New Year to you all! 🎉🎊✨

I'm often asked what it means to be a therapist. What role do I play? My answer is that I am an imperfectly human human being accompanying someone on their journey to answer for themselves - what does it mean to be human?

Often, the purpose of life is considered akin to the goals of therapy - to find happiness. Whilst admirable, I don't think either are true.

Life invites challenges as well as joys, heartbreaks as well as successes. I ask you, reader, are you as attentive to your anger, your shame and your despair as you are to your elation, your joy?

From my perspective, the purpose of therapy, a purpose that has implications for life itself, is to make peace with all of our emotions, however disquieting or alarming. They may be saying something important. This poem by Rumi communicates this message clearly and beautifully.

In this new year, if you, or someone you know, may benefit from opening up the guest house we all hold, please get in touch 😊

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15/11/2021

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**COVID-19 NOTICE: While restrictions regarding the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic are easing in the United Kingdom, I respect that anxieties surrounding the transition to reduced restrictions may be high. Therefore, I will be offering video-conferencing and telephonic counselling sessions (see App...

10/10/2021

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09/10/2021

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19/09/2021

As restrictions ease and our every day begins to show glimpses of life pre-COVID, I feel like this article is a pressing reminder of the remarkable strength shown in the face of the pandemic.

While the pandemic was an unprecedented and often tragic event, I believe it is a microcosm of the resilience present within all human beings.

You all have a fire within you. Celebrate it.

This research briefing looks at resilience across the UK during the coronavirus pandemic and how people are coping.

08/09/2021

"The curious paradox is that when I accept myself as I am, then I change. I believe that I have learned this from my clients as well as within my own experience that we cannot change, we cannot move away from what we are until we thoroughly accept what we are. Then change seems to come about almost unnoticed"

Rogers, C., 1961. On Becoming a Person. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, p.17.

06/09/2021

An excellent article encapsulating one of my most fundamental beliefs about human beings: our capacity to survive and thrive in the face of adversity.

Whether it's humour in response to hardship, or simply carrying on to the best of one's ability, resilience takes many forms. It is part of our nature, individually and collectively.

I feel honoured to be a part of a profession that constantly exposes me to this, one of humanity's greatest gifts.

I hope you reflect on your own challenges and come to discover what is an undeniable fact: you are stronger than you think ❤

When we face adversity, misfortune, or frustration resilience helps us bounce back. But that’s not all. Learn about Resilience Theory in a little more depth