Emma Dunsford - Counsellor & Psychotherapist

09/09/2025

We all experience shame, it's part of our make up as human beings, but sometimes our shame becomes chronic or limiting for us. Holding us back in our work, relationships, self esteem and life trajectory.Shame contributes to feelings of depression, anxiety and general malaise.Begin the Journey with m...

07/09/2025

Happy Saturday 💛

15/08/2025

“On Sunday 7th September 2025 at 3pm, the government will send a loud emergency alert to every mobile phone in the UK. It’s a test designed to warn people of danger but for those experiencing domestic abuse, it could do the opposite.

Many people living with an abuser keep a hidden second phone – a lifeline to safety, support and escape.

If that phone makes a sound, it could be discovered. And the consequences could be devastating.”

Click the links in the post below to learn how to turn off the alert. -

If you’re a survivor of with a secret or secondary phone, the government’s could reveal your phone even if it’s on silent.

There will be another test of the emergency alerts on Sunday 7th September. If you're concerned this test and any future alerts could reveal your phone, watch our guide to disable them:

iPhone - https://brnw.ch/21wUCqA
Android - https://brnw.ch/21wUCqB

14/06/2025

Tracy at Ash Tree Integrative Counselling Services is currently offering free consultations and lower cost counselling.

I can highly recommend Tracy, she is a fantastic, empathic, down to earth, highly skilled therapist & an all round wonderful person.

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07/04/2025

We are thrilled to announce, our Suffolk Night Owls service has been extended until 31st March 2026! 🦉

Suffolk Night Owls (SNO) is our evening emotional support telephone line that is available to anyone in Suffolk who needs our support 7 nights a week between 7pm and 1am. 📞

We have dedicated support line workers who will have access to your referral form and discuss how you would like to be supported during your calls to the service.

Our service users quote their appreciation of feeling understood by regular staff who they can get to know without having to repeat themselves. 💙

If you would like to access SNO, please complete a self-referral form and our team will be in touch.

👉 https://zurl.co/JQDl7

08/03/2025

Happy International Women’s Day 💖

20/02/2025

Beautiful words ❤️

The day you left, it felt like the world lost its color. The skies seemed dimmer, the air heavier, and the beauty of life turned to ash. But in the quiet moments, as the pain settled deep in my chest, I realized something: your love left traces everywhere.

Grief isn’t just the absence of you—it’s the overwhelming presence of everything you were. Every laugh we shared, every embrace, every moment we thought would last forever—it all echoes now, not in the noise of the world, but in the stillness of my heart.

Though the colors feel faded, I see you in the small things: a butterfly that dances in the sunlight, the way the wind brushes past my cheek, and the warmth of a fading sunset. It's like you're reminding me that you're still here, just in a different way.

Grief is love transformed, and I carry it with me every single day. You may be gone, but your light will always linger in the shadows, painting the world in hues only my heart can see.

You will never be forgotten. You’re still the colors of my life, even if they shine differently now.

~ Dealing With Grief Dealing With Grief

~ Image via Pinterest

07/12/2024

Advent for your mind: Day 6.

Christmas comparison is a mighty thing. The picture of perfection is thrown at us from all angles. It can appear that everyone is having a magical time, with their picture perfect families, making magic Christmas memories. This can be in stark contrast to what we feel underneath our surface.

All the things we are supposed to do, should have done, have to do. All the things that everyone else manages so well.
Don’t they?

All the festive cheer we are supposed to feel. Because none else feels how we are feeling, overwhelmed, stressed, perhaps a bit lonely, or a bit inadequate. Everyone else just feels fine all the time.
Don’t they?

We all have stuff going on underneath the surface. We can think that this stuff makes us somehow different or weird, but actually it’s just part being human.

The reality is that many people find this season stressful.So often the picture perfect image is just an illusion and there’s a lot going on underneath the surface that we just don’t share about ourselves or see in others. Life is complex. It’s very rarely as simple or picture perfect as it may appear.

When you find yourself making these negative comparisons about yourself here are two simple ideas to help:

1. Remember every time you make a comparison, you are comparing your full iceberg to just the tip of everyone else’s iceberg. That’s not a fair comparison.

2. If you’re beating yourself up for what’s underneath your surface, remember that we all have a submerged story, even if it feels like others don’t. We all have stuff going on and feel bad and struggle at times. It’s just human.

30/10/2024

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