Fern Green Wellness Counselling

14/04/2026

Research psychologists theorise that we each have a happiness baseline, that is determined by 3 factors:

1. A genetically determined 'set point' for happiness.

2. Spending time in circumstances that make us happy.

3. Choosing happiness-generating activities and practices.

40% of our happiness is shaped by voluntarily pursuing personal goals through meaningful activities.

Taken from the book I'm reading at the moment called "blue mind."

04/03/2026

*I am still looking for people to work with*
I will not be charging for this work as it is to help me pass the course :)

Hello :)

I am looking for a couple of young people and their parents/carers to do some Creative and Therapeutic Life Story Work together. This is for my L6 course, which I am currently completing.

This work is for young people who are in care, fostered or adopted.

If you are, or you know anyone who may be suitable, please get in touch :)*

04/02/2026

23/01/2026

Your reminder that there’s loads of support out there if you, or someone you know, is finding New Year tough 💚

21/01/2026

https://ferngreenwellness.co.uk/forest-therapy/

New blog/website post on Forest Therapy :)

I am hoping to get this work started in the next few months, so watch this space if this sounds interesting to you!

Forest Therapy: Why spending time in woodlands is good for our bodies and minds. Discover how and why I'm excited to start this work.

19/01/2026

I'm doing a course called - Therapeutic Creative Life Story Work at the moment so diving into alot of books about childhood trauma and attachment.

This book has really stayed with me and has helped gain an insight as to why, for some people those early experiences with parents/ guardians have such a lasting effect on how they can relate to others.

19/01/2026

First snowdrops :)

Good to get out for walks, especially on the brighter days.

09/01/2026

I've attended some training today :) and thought I would share this for those of you who worry that you overreact when you feel left out or rejected -

"Those hurt feelings when you're the last one picked for a team may register in the brain just like a scraped knee or a kicked shin, according to new research that finds that the brain responds to social rejection in the same way it responds to physical pain. The findings suggest that our need for inclusion is rooted in our aversion to pain."

Social exclusion activates the same regions as physical pain

08/01/2026

We all know social media in large doses does us no good. This book showed just how bad it is, especially for developing brains.

I imagine parents and grandparents know all too well how difficult it is to manage their children's phone usage. Especially when pretty much every young person has a phone.

The data in this book shows just how steeply the rates of anxiety spiked during and after 2010, which is when social media appeared, is pretty terrifying.

Young people are missing out on so many experiences, due to normal childhoods now shifting dramatically towards screens.

This isn't about shaming anyone, we all need to work together, which i believe involves us adults leading the way and managing our own phone usage. Unfortunately, not as easy as we would like to believe.

One tiny way I try and limit my usage is leaving my phone downstairs overnight. So it's not the last thing I look at before bed or first thing I reach for in the morning :)

15/12/2025

I enjoyed gaining an insight into the internal family systems model, reading this book.

All of us could easily distinguish the different parts we have and how they communicate with us and each other.

We can use this knowledge to get curious about what role they play in our wellbeing, what they're trying to tell us, or protect us from and how we can learn to listen.