Sandra Taylor, Counselling

11/09/2025

During a late summer break, by the rugged, gorgeous Pembrokeshire coast, I’ve found some beautiful shells as we’ve dodged the rain and braved the winds on the near empty, soft, sandy beaches. It’s been a time to reflect on what has been a difficult year, full of loss and change to adapt to, but we have some wonderful things to look forward to, and a whole heap of hope for a much better year to come. It is good to take some time out to breathe in salty air, to stand watching the waves roll with thrill-seeking surfers riding that unpredictable energy and to listen to the seaside sounds.

A shell can feel so fragile in our fingers, yet it’s a surprisingly protective shield for the vulnerable creature who lives securely shut within on the sea bed. I’ve always loved to collect pretty seashells, they’re so tactile and the patterns always fascinate me.

Sometimes in the counselling room a troubled client can benefit from having something tactile to hold and to draw their focus upon, it can be very grounding, centering, and can help bring about a feeling of calm and wellbeing as we talk together or process all that has been said and thought upon.

10/09/2025

Spending time with a therapist can bring some of the most beautiful and healing conversations you can ever have. Yes sometimes there are tears in the counselling room, but there is often laughter too.

‘The fight is not easy, everyday is a fight. But let me tell you if you’re going through the same thing, that fight is worth it. You’re worth it.’
- AJ Lee

A.J. Lee

04/08/2025

Many years ago, I experienced the grief of baby loss in early pregnancy, and it was such a deeply painful time. But, I have a friend who landed on my doorstep at just the right moment, walked in and just sat in silence with me all day. She intuitively knew that there weren't any words that could be said aloud that would bring me comfort, just sitting with me in my pain as a companion, full of silent empathy (that spoke volumes), was enough. I'm forever grateful, it helped, in the moment.

16/07/2025

I don’t give a lot of time to updating my social media, and yes, I know I ‘should’, but, there always seems to be so much else clamouring for my attention. We have a place we regularly go on holiday, which has been a haven of peace and often of much needed healing too for when life’s storms have left us battle weary. This beautiful photograph, taken last evening, after a beast of a storm had wreaked havoc along the Pembrokeshire coastline, really spoke to me of the calm that always does eventually come after the storm. What feelings or thoughts I wonder, does this picture conjure up for you?