UK Therapy Guild Counselling Service

13/10/2025

Season of Rest
Sometimes life feels full — with change, responsibility, and emotion.

When we reach that point of overwhelm, our mind and body often whisper: slow down.

Rest isn’t a luxury or a weakness — it’s a necessary return to balance.

This week, we’re reminding our community (and ourselves):

You don’t need to do more to be enough.

Allow yourself to rest, reflect, and simply breathe. 🌿

13/10/2025

Season of Rest

Sometimes life feels full — with change, responsibility, and emotion.

When we reach that point of overwhelm, our mind and body often whisper: slow down.

Rest isn’t a luxury or a weakness — it’s a necessary return to balance.

This week, we’re reminding our community (and ourselves):

You don’t need to do more to be enough.

Allow yourself to rest, reflect, and simply breathe. 🌿

06/10/2025

Thank you for inviting me along to talk about mental health and the question of working with clients who are suicidal. If you have suicidal thoughts please remember you are not alone, often after speaking with a safe and trusted person saying the words out loud can be a relief in itself and we can help you move forward ❤️

06/10/2025

Sometimes life forces us to slow down — even when we don’t choose it. Stress, rushing, and emotional overload can leave our bodies in constant alert mode. Then something happens that stops us in our tracks, reminding us how fragile and precious life really is.

Whether it’s an accident, illness, or just exhaustion, these moments invite us to pause, breathe, and reset.

Healing can bring up unexpected emotions — fear, panic, even flashbacks. That doesn’t mean we’re “going backwards.” It means our body is asking for care.

If you’re finding yourself anxious or overwhelmed, know this: compassion is the medicine, and patience is the practice. 💛

06/10/2025

Sometimes life forces us to slow down — even when we don’t choose it. Stress, rushing, and emotional overload can leave our bodies in constant alert mode. Then something happens that stops us in our tracks, reminding us how fragile and precious life really is.

Whether it’s an accident, illness, or just exhaustion, these moments invite us to pause, breathe, and reset.

Healing can bring up unexpected emotions — fear, panic, even flashbacks. That doesn’t mean we’re “going backwards.” It means our body is asking for care.

If you’re finding yourself anxious or overwhelmed, know this: compassion is the medicine, and patience is the practice. 💛

01/10/2025

Resilience in unexpected places

This sunflower grew strong in the middle of a fading field — a reminder that even in hard seasons, we can still turn towards the light. 🌻

With the right support and nourishment, growth and healing are always possible.

📞 0151 272 1092
✉️ admin@uktherapyguild.org

01/10/2025

Resilience in unexpected places

This sunflower grew tall in the middle of a fading, tangled field. Even in less-than-perfect conditions, it found the strength to turn towards the light. 🌻

It’s a gentle reminder that with the right nourishment — whether that’s kindness, connection, or a safe space to be heard — we too can grow, even in difficult seasons.

At UK Therapy Guild Counselling Service, we believe that no matter what challenges you’re facing, the potential for growth and healing is always there. Sometimes it just needs a little nurturing. 💛

📞 0151 272 1092
✉️ admin@uktherapyguild.org

01/10/2025

Wellbeing Wednesday

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25/09/2025

Glad we could help 🙏.

25/09/2025

Glad we could help 🙏

18/09/2025

Sometimes you just wish you knew this years ago! Psychoeducation is here to help us be better - it’s not a stick to beat ourselves with

During my course yesterday, I learnt something new that really stuck with me 💡

When a person is triggered and in a state of fight, flight or freeze, they can actually lose their ability to communicate. 🫥

So, when something happens at school and they come home, you might ask…
“Why did you do that?”
“How did this happen?”
But instead of responding, your child goes quiet. Then you get more heightened - “Answer me, why aren’t you listening?”😠

The truth is, they are listening. They just can’t respond. In that triggered state, the brain only has access to around FOUR words…that’s it!
They literally can’t piece together full sentences.

This is where body language becomes so important. When the mouth and throat cannot communicate, the body and behaviour often will. Watch for the signs of how their psyche is speaking on the outside. 🧠

If this response happens repeatedly, it becomes a pattern. The psyche learns at a young age that this is how to cope with overwhelm, and it can follow someone through life as a trigger pattern.

So, what can you do to help❓
If someone is triggered - stop with the questions!Remember the number 4, pay attention to their body language and just be there.

Stay calm, stay present and when they come out of that fight/flight/freeze state, their words will return and that’s the time to talk it through 🦋