Making Connections Counselling

24/10/2021

20/06/2021

Happy Father’s Day to all the Dads, Stepdads, Grandads, adoptive Dads and Foster Dads out there!
Today is a difficult day for some, we’re thinking of you all. 💙

This week has been and .
Being a Dad can be really overwhelming!
Please reach out if you are a Dad and need that extra help.

05/04/2021

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/mar/29/conversation-mental-health-psychiatric-language-seriously-ill?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other&fbclid=IwAR0lZQtpJXJ-gigCq1TkdfkMueA_f63tWnth_VtqA6FOaJodmmHh19-NCRI

Increased use of psychiatric language means ordinary distress is being medicalised, while the seriously ill are not being heard, says psychologist Lucy Foulkes

27/03/2021

At Mind, we help everyone understand mental health problems, so no one has to feel alone.

27/03/2021

16/03/2021

Frank, honest and authentic program addressing male mental health.

Roman Kemp explores the mental health and su***de crisis affecting young men.

16/03/2021

It’s hard to reach out. Reach in.

14/03/2021

Today is a difficult day for so many and for others, mothers come in all shapes and sizes, close friends, foster mothers, adoptive mothers, birth mothers, social workers the list can go on. There are those that yearn to be mothers and those that choose not to become a parent. There are also those that have lost their mother or there is a reason their mother is not in their life. And there are the mothers that have lost their children in so many different ways. So if today is a difficult one for you, choose self compassion 💓💓💓

25/02/2021

When Dr. Edith Eger was 16 years old, her family was sent to Auschwitz concentration camp. Her parents were murdered the day they arrived. Dr. Eger was pulled from a pile of corpses when the camp was liberated in 1945. She's dedicated her life to finding her freedom and dedicated her career to helping us understand trauma, healing, and the power of the human spirit. I will never stop feeling deeply moved by and grateful for this conversation and Dr. Eger's work. http://bit.ly/2ZJMPZk

24/02/2021

https://www.psychologytoday.com/gb/blog/freedom-learn/202102/pandemic-lesson-family-togetherness-makes-children-happy?fbclid=IwAR0t-XYoSIuXcBZntFcjVoOfKeqkHbDIp4cJZACNP0775oB4H3xyGVSyNaM

The lockdown provided children and parents time to learn they like one another.

24/02/2021

24/02/2021

https://endseclusion.org/2021/02/20/bad-behavior-or-nervous-system-response/?fbclid=IwAR1Mr-l6AFHqa0Oeg2FB9PEQ2d7pHlboBCUUm4b5kI4qL0iSS52MNX1Fya8

“When our brains and bodies perceive threat, we protect and defend through our behaviors. When we are fear-filled, angry, anxious, or worried, our nervous systems are not available for learning, reasoning, logic or rewards, stickers, and consequences.”

Our nervous systems and physiological states create and produce the behaviors we observe, question, discuss, punish, suspend, seclude, and attend to in all moments throughout the day! As educators …

24/02/2021

“Whatever a child or young person's circumstances, we can't assume that the right thing to support their recovery and wellbeing is for them to be in lessons for longer each day," he added.

The British Psychological Society warns against reinforcing the notion that school pupils are "behind".

23/02/2021

During the last year we have all lost and grieved. We stand together as a country, community, with our friends and families bearing witness to each others grief. Sometimes we need to reach out and have someone bear witness on a more intimate level and this is where talking provides the opportunity for someone to journey through our grief with us.

As we mourn 500,000 COVID deaths in the US, I was reminded of this quote from David Kessler. When he said it during our conversation about grief on Unlocking Us, it hit me as truth.

Often a number like 500,000 seems too big to get our heads and hearts around. The loss seems incomprehensible. But as our friends, family, and neighbors reckon with their grief, and do so without funerals and many of the important witnessing rituals that are part of our healing, it's important to remind them that they are seen, loved, and not alone.

This is the full quote:

“Each person's grief is as unique as their fingerprint. But what everyone has in common is that no matter how they grieve, they share a need for their grief to be witnessed. That doesn't mean needing someone to try to lessen it or reframe it for them. The need is for someone to be fully present to the magnitude of their loss without trying to point out the silver lining.”
—David Kessler

15/02/2021

"In a world where you can be anything, be kind."

Remembering Caroline's beautiful soul and the importance of her words one year on. ❤️