Paul Wadey Associates - Accredited Counsellor/Psychotherapist

Paul Wadey Associates - Accredited Counsellor/Psychotherapist Counselling & Psychotherapy: Individual work with adults and young people; Couples Counselling & Psychotherapy; Family counselling & psychotherapy

The concept of trauma permeates modern discourse, often portrayed as a monolithic force inevitably leading to pathology ...
02/04/2025

The concept of trauma permeates modern discourse, often portrayed as a monolithic force inevitably leading to pathology like PTSD. This essay challenges this pervasive 'Trauma Myth,' arguing that such a view obscures the intricate reality of human responses to adversity. Drawing upon clinical insights, resilience research (Bonanno), cultural critiques (Summerfield), and post-traumatic growth theory (Tedeschi & Calhoun), it dismantles the assumptions of universal response and inherent destructiveness. Instead, it unveils the often-overlooked prevalence of resilience, the crucial role of cultural context in shaping experience and expression, the power of meaning-making and narrative reconstruction in healing (Neimeyer, White & Epston), and the potential for profound positive transformation (PTG). By advocating for a more nuanced, culturally sensitive, and strengths-based paradigm, this work offers crucial implications for both therapeutic practice and societal attitudes, urging a move beyond simplistic narratives towards a more compassionate and complex understanding of suffering and survival....

The concept of trauma permeates modern discourse, often portrayed as a monolithic force inevitably leading to pathology like PTSD. This essay challenges this pervasive ‘Trauma Myth,’ ar…

Paul Wadey, May 2024. I I am incensed, humourless, seeking refuge,gathering with others to rechargein a kaleidoscope of ...
21/05/2024

Paul Wadey, May 2024. I I am incensed, humourless, seeking refuge,gathering with others to rechargein a kaleidoscope of colours and sensations,finding solace in red brick sprawland grey-black concrete expanses. I see myself in them, and they in me,denizens adrift, some wearing weary symbolsyearning for redemptive warmth,perhaps the taste of life bursting with spice,...

Paul Wadey, May 2024. I I am incensed, humourless, seeking refuge,gathering with others to rechargein a kaleidoscope of colours and sensations,finding solace in red brick sprawland grey-black concr…

by Paul Wadey, 10.01.2024 Decoupled in a public sphere Where truth—now a nomad—dwelt, Scales weigh unevenly, Truth beca...
10/01/2024

by Paul Wadey, 10.01.2024 Decoupled in a public sphere Where truth—now a nomad—dwelt, Scales weigh unevenly, Truth became untrustworthy, displaced by Dunning-Kruger’s map, And or Bonhoeffer’s guide to idiocy. That where fleeting glimpses of valid coherence twinkle, Darting, speedy, caught for a moment, Thus we're left to communicate, detached, unanchored, Neither cohesion nor congruence to light our way. Adrift on shifting sands, once firm earth diminished,...

by Paul Wadey, 10.01.2024 Decoupled in a public sphere Where truth—now a nomad—dwelt, Scales weigh unevenly, Truth became untrustworthy, displaced by Dunning-Kruger’s map, And or Bonhoeffer’s guid…

by Paul Wadey 02.01.2024 Whispers of time, soft and deep, ache,In relentless pain, unyielding, our children break,Each m...
02/01/2024

by Paul Wadey 02.01.2024 Whispers of time, soft and deep, ache,In relentless pain, unyielding, our children break,Each moment calls for change, so rare,New bells might ring clear, in crisp calm air. Memories hold, old tunes that pine,Unyielding to the new, in time's own line,Echoes break, past stories, lore,New bells might sound change, forevermore. Not just enough, but striving for best,...

by Paul Wadey 02.01.2024 Whispers of time, soft and deep, ache,In relentless pain, unyielding, our children break,Each moment calls for change, so rare,New bells might ring clear, in crisp calm air…

Chesterton's Fence is a principle that stresses the importance of understanding the rationale behind existing traditions...
12/12/2023

Chesterton's Fence is a principle that stresses the importance of understanding the rationale behind existing traditions or norms before attempting to change or abolish them. The idea was first put forth by G.K. Chesterton, a renowned British writer and philosopher, in his 1929 book, 'The Thing.' The principle argues that we should not blindly dismantle or alter a longstanding practice simply because we don't understand its purpose or value....

Chesterton’s Fence is a principle that stresses the importance of understanding the rationale behind existing traditions or norms before attempting to change or abolish them. The idea was fir…

by Paul Wadey, 07.12.2023 You were Genoveva, the artisan of shadow-laden reveries, and you embroidered your cryptic arra...
07/12/2023

by Paul Wadey, 07.12.2023 You were Genoveva, the artisan of shadow-laden reveries, and you embroidered your cryptic arras in the chiaroscuro of your cloistered domain. Beneath the polarity of nocturne and lunar radiance, your narrative unfurled—a tessellation of luminescence and obscurity. Your digits, akin to crepuscular arachnid limbs, pirouetted across the loom, each gesture a masked murmur of your concealed chronicle....

by Paul Wadey, 07.12.2023 You were Genoveva, the artisan of shadow-laden reveries, and you embroidered your cryptic arras in the chiaroscuro of your cloistered domain. Beneath the polarity of noctu…

by Paul Wadey, 04.12.23 In a realm where twilight spiders a web of shadows, an abode stands, kissed by an ethereal sigh ...
04/12/2023

by Paul Wadey, 04.12.23 In a realm where twilight spiders a web of shadows, an abode stands, kissed by an ethereal sigh of dusk. Evening descends, not with a sombre touch, but as a painter, stroking the world's canvas with great daubs of introspective hues, reflecting a tumult sea of thoughts churning within its walls. Here financial tempests brew, sculpting landscapes of choice and consequence....

by Paul Wadey, 04.12.23 In a realm where twilight spiders a web of shadows, an abode stands, kissed by an ethereal sigh of dusk. Evening descends, not with a sombre touch, but as a painter, strokin…

--- by Paul Wadey, 24.10.2023 In your gaze, a trove unveiled— Depths uncharted, yet absolving, While warm summer showers...
27/11/2023

--- by Paul Wadey, 24.10.2023 In your gaze, a trove unveiled— Depths uncharted, yet absolving, While warm summer showers paint my view anew. Still this path, Be clear, my love, Reveal simplicity’s truth. I see gifts within your smile, Like dawn's sunbeams gently waking. Dance the merciful hue of a song once lost, Now found— Misgiving vanished. Amidst the joy your presence brings,...

— by Paul Wadey, 24.10.2023 In your gaze, a trove unveiled— Depths uncharted, yet absolving, While warm summer showers paint my view anew. Still this path, Be clear, my love, Reveal simplicit…

--- by Paul Wadey, 24.08.2006 In pursuit of a child's radiant beam, With artful brush, I'd recast the sphere: In vibrant...
27/11/2023

--- by Paul Wadey, 24.08.2006 In pursuit of a child's radiant beam, With artful brush, I'd recast the sphere: In vibrant tints of a dreamer's dream, Transforming dread to whimsy sheer. For the smile of a child, that treasure so wild. With hands, scarred yet firm and tender, I'd forge a haven from ruins of yore, Shifting stones of past surrender, …...

— by Paul Wadey, 24.08.2006 In pursuit of a child’s radiant beam, With artful brush, I’d recast the sphere: In vibrant tints of a dreamer’s dream, Transforming dread to whim…

---Paul Wadey, 22.10.1984 In realms where thought's lone profit doth seem slight, A jest, perhaps, yet holds potential v...
27/11/2023

---Paul Wadey, 22.10.1984 In realms where thought's lone profit doth seem slight, A jest, perhaps, yet holds potential vast; If darkened minds would wed their brooding plight To philosophies where compassion's cast. What faith remains, unsullied by the taint Of cynic's sneer or sceptic’s cold disdain? A shadowed knight in adamant restraint Might shield us all, and not in vain, remain....

—Paul Wadey, 22.10.1984 In realms where thought’s lone profit doth seem slight, A jest, perhaps, yet holds potential vast; If darkened minds would wed their brooding plight To philosoph…

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Consulting clinical supervisor, psychotherapist, & systemic family practitioner

Whether you or someone important to you has a specific issue requiring attention, a complex emotional or behavioural problem, or perhaps an enduring non-specific sense of dissatisfaction for no easily apparent reason, counselling and psychotherapy can be hugely beneficial to find a greater sense of clarity, understanding and relief, as well as providing practical methods to unlock our inherent potential. As an experienced integrative counsellor, psychotherapy practitioner and psychologist, I see individual people, couples, young people and family groups based within the wider CO6 area. On my contact page, one may access a map of the Colchester area. Please do get in touch if you are looking for clinical supervision, psychotherapy, counselling or a systemic family & couples practitioner. Substantive experience in the following areas:


  • Acute and/or Chronic psychological health

  • Practice-based or Outreach work

  • Couple and/or Family work