Between The Tree’s Counselling

12/07/2022

What a wonderful post from the Self Love Self-Love Rainbow.

Everyone's relationship with their body is different. Here are some statements that have helped me change the relationship I have with my own body. ❤️

24/06/2022

An awesome resource from the Lived Experience Educator.

here's a quick guide on autistic burnout because burnout is a bitch and we gotta know about it to manage it 🙃

autistic burnout is a common experience that every autistic will experience that happens due to living in a NT society with stresses and demands as well as a lack of accomodations and resources.⁣
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it is an extreme state of physical and mental exhaustion with a loss of skills and ability to mask and it doesn’t happen from a single cause but a culmination of contributing factors.

everyone will manage their burnout differently but as soon as I reach burnout the best thing I can do myself is to remove as many demands and as much stimulation as possible so I can start recovering.

usually my only way through burnout is by shutting down, withdrawing and focusing on meeting my needs.⁣

if you’re experiencing autistic burnout, you’re not failing - your resources are exhausted and your needs aren’t being met and you're trying to survive in a world not built for you xo

06/06/2022

Another stunning sunset at Between the Trees’ this evening.

23/05/2022

From the awesome Liz Fosslien….

12/05/2022

This week is Mental Health Awareness Week, and we couldn't think of a more fitting time to find out that we have been awarded "Highly Commended" in the Wellbeing & Mental Health Category of the Boarding Schools' Association Awards!

Read on to find out more 🎉 https://msj.gs/3w2ey8w

Girls' Schools Association

02/04/2022

So many people think that dyslexia affects just a persons spelling or reading but commonly overlooked is the profound mental health impact that dyslexia can manifest when a dyslexic person is placed in systems that solely measures value of a person in their ability to pass exams, or retain information that a person has no emotional attachment too.

No attention is paid to a dyslexic persons ability to conceptualise, strategise, create, design and innovate. To convey their ideas in presentation and to emotional connect with the world around them on such a deeply empathetic level.

LinkedIn have made a phenomenal step forwards in introducing this option on their profiles.

Sir Richard Branson has hailed LinkedIn's decision to recognise the term "Dyslexic Thinking" as a major step towards helping people feel proud of their neurodiversity.

02/04/2022

What a lovely image from Iuliastration

07/01/2022

29/12/2021

Thank you to WholeHearted School Counselling for a lovely visual explanation of the kinds of questions we ask of our thought processes in session.

Link to download the PDF! https://bit.ly/CBTPoster

12/11/2021

I’ve had a few messages asking what it is I ‘do’ so I thought I’d share a little from a rather lovely session I run with my smallest clients.

Sparkly Playdough Worry Monsters.

We use the Worry Monsters as a tool to give the little one somthing to do with their hands and to play whilst they think about their feelings. We then ask our Worry Monsters to ‘hold’ the little ones expressed feelings so that they don’t have to. This really helps in the beginning of their journey to process and let go.

21/08/2021

22/06/2021

It’s hard to not berate our selves for not achieveing the insane workload expected of us every day. ‘Our best’ will vary everyday and acknowledging that and being proud of what we have done instead of focusing on what we haven’t is self care.

05/06/2021

Another way to think about grief.

31/03/2021

Incredibly helpful post by the Institute of Child Psychology and The Contented Child