Ellie Bennett Counselling

03/03/2026

27/02/2026

✨What does Ellie Bennett counselling offer✨

• Support for men, women, children 10+.

• No wait list and more than 6 sessions of support.

• Lower cost counselling for those who need it.

• Confidential space to explore different feelings and emotions.

• Up to date knowledge of counselling and psychotherapy.

• Online sessions that can be flexible around you and your life.

• A person to trust and talk too on the days where things feel heavy.

• Help you navigate difficult emotions- Stress, low mood, anxiety, worry, anger, and grief.

•Life Transitions/Events: Bereavement, illness, divorce, job loss, or major life changes.

•Relationships: Relationship difficulties, family issues, or social problems.

•Behavioural Patterns: Breaking unhealthy habits, addictions, or managing compulsive behaviours.

•Self-Understanding: Helping you explore identity, self-esteem, and personal growth.

If you or someone you know needs help reach out to me on here or at info.ebcounselling@gmail.com 📧

23/02/2026

21/02/2026

🪟 What Is the Window of Tolerance? And Why Is Everyone Talking About It?

The Window of Tolerance is a trauma psychology concept that explains how your nervous system functions when you feel safe, regulated, and emotionally balanced.

When you’re inside your window, you can:
✨ Think clearly
✨ Feel your emotions without being overwhelmed
✨ Respond instead of react
✨ Feel calm, safe, and in control

But trauma, chronic stress, PTSD, CPTSD, anxiety, or emotional neglect can shrink that window.

When you move outside your window, you may experience:

🔥 Hyper-arousal (fight/flight)
Anxiety, anger, panic, overwhelm, impulsivity, hypervigilance

❄️ Hypo-arousal (freeze/shutdown)
Numbness, dissociation, exhaustion, brain fog, withdrawal

This is why so many trauma-informed therapists, psychologists, and mental health educators talk about the Window of Tolerance — because it helps people understand:

👉 “I’m not broken. My nervous system is dysregulated.”
👉 “This is a trauma response.”
👉 “There are ways to expand my capacity.”

The goal of trauma healing is not to eliminate stress.
It’s to gently expand your window so you can stay regulated longer and return to balance faster.

You can widen your window through:
✔️ Grounding exercises
✔️ Deep breathing
✔️ Somatic healing
✔️ Trauma-informed therapy
✔️ Nervous system regulation practices
✔️ Healthy habits & safe relationships

Understanding your window changes everything.
It replaces shame with compassion.

If this resonates, save this post 🤍

Learn more about trauma healing at
🌿 www.recoverytrauma.com

20/02/2026

You can’t control life.
You can control how you show up when it hits.

20/02/2026

Strength doesn’t always come from comfort.
It comes from standing still while the wind tested you.

From bending without breaking.
From learning how to stay rooted when everything shook.

Growth remembers every storm —
even when the sky looks calm again.

17/02/2026

You grow internally before you grow externally.

16/02/2026

Social emotional learning through a rollercoaster of emotions for children ✨

- Unchecked frustrations that anger could lead too can leave us to make poor choices

- This game can help children learn how to regulate and cope when they get angry

- Using mindfulness techniques and breathing to center focus on the present

- Exploring what causes frustration, and learning that if one strategy doesn’t work- another might

There’s no one size fits all for managing anger and frustration. But when we take time to learn about ourselves and emotions we can help find techniques that work.

11/02/2026

11/02/2026

I do not fix problem. I fix my thinking. Then problems fix themselves. // Louise Hay 💡

08/02/2026

Does your teen struggle to self regulate? 🧘🏻‍♀️

Teaching teens to self-regulate is crucial because it helps them manage emotions, control impulses, make better decisions, and handle stress. These skills improve school performance, relationships, and overall well-being—and set them up for lifelong success. 🌱✨

During adolescence, the part of the brain that controls impulses and decision-making is still developing, while emotions run high. Teaching self-regulation helps teens give themselves time to think, and respond instead of reacting.

Self-regulation helps individuals to pause and evaluate consequences, and can aid reducing dangerous and risky behaviour.

It can also help focus, time management, and help individuals feel like they don’t feel out of control with their emotions- or if they do that they have the tools in place to manage them them with success.

Self-regulation isn’t just about adolescence—it’s a lifelong skill, helping teens get a handle on things early on can help set the stage for a happy and fulfilled future. 🌸