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Glister Counselling Provider

Hello! I'm Kerry Quigley, an accredited counsellor with 20+ years' experience. Available weekdays, evenings, and weekends.

I work with a wide range of issues and offer both face-to-face and remote sessions. You can book sessions through my website 🌐 At Glister we promote self-actualization, empower self-growth, improve relationships, and reduce emotional stress. We will work with you collaboratively on whatever is most beneficial and important to you. Together, we will decide upon the best way forward and we will aid you with achieving your goals.

08/01/2026

The weeks following the festive period often bring a sharper awareness of what isn’t working in relationships.

Changes in routine and higher expectations tend to amplify existing patterns.
Extended time together can also highlight loneliness within a relationship, which can feel more painful than being alone.

This time of year doesn’t always bring answers or decisions.
More often, it brings an awareness of questions that have been there for some time.

This is the kind of reflective, pattern-based work I support people with within counselling, helping them make sense of what they’re noticing and decide what comes next.

✨ What has this season brought into focus for you?

01/01/2026

The start of a new year often brings pressure to set goals or make resolutions.
I tend to approach it a little differently.

For me, this time feels more like a pause than a push.
A moment to return to what matters, rather than add more.

This is what care looks like for me.
Not a resolution or goal-setting exercise, but a return.
A reset that honours my values and supports my wellbeing.

For others, care may look different:
🌿 time with family
🌿 rest
🌿 creativity
🌿 travel
🌿 space
🌿 noticing what has been quietly asking for care

There’s no right way to begin a year.
Only what feels meaningful and aligned for you.

30/12/2025

We all carry emotional patterns 🌀

They show up as automatic reactions, roles we step into without thinking, and familiar dynamics that can repeat themselves, even when we are consciously trying to move forward.

These patterns are not flaws. They are echoes of earlier experiences, shaped long before we had the words to understand them.

In my latest blog, I explore why these patterns repeat, how they influence our relationships, and the powerful shifts that begin when we understand the story underneath our reactions.

If you are curious about your own patterns, or you have noticed certain emotions resurfacing recently, you may find this a grounding read.

📍You will find the full blog on my website. The link is in my bio.
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26/12/2025

If today feels tender, complicated, or quietly heavy, please know you’re not alone.

Be kind to yourself. That matters more than getting today ‘right’. 🤍

24/12/2025

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DSnIYZqiBjb/?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA== This time of year can feel full of expectations, emotions, and opinions.
So much to respond to. So much to hold.

But there’s also a quieter voice inside you.
The part that knows what feels right long before you can explain it.
You might notice it as your body softening, or a quiet sense of letting go.

Learning to trust that inner voice can help you choose
calm over obligation,
clarity over overthinking,
and steadiness over performance,
especially in moments where others’ needs feel louder than your own.

You do not have to respond to everything.
Not everything needs your energy.

18/12/2025

✨ Christmas often puts relationships under strain.

More time together, heightened expectations, family dynamics and financial pressure are all compressed into a short, intense period. It is common for couples to argue more at this time of year, often over small things that are really carrying something bigger underneath.

When patience feels thinner or familiar patterns repeat, it can be a sign that something important needs attention. At the same time, December rarely offers the space or conditions for those things to be properly aired or worked through.

⭐ Pause before reacting. Tiredness amplifies everything.
⭐ Name the pressure you are carrying, rather than express the irritation.
⭐ Lower expectations of yourselves and each other.
⭐ Create small pockets of space, even on busy days.

🤍 If this season is bringing challenges into sharper focus, having a calm, supportive space to reflect, often easier once the intensity of December has passed, can help you understand what is really going on underneath.

16/12/2025

🧠 Emotional maturity isn’t a switch that flips at a certain birthday.

It’s shaped by how you learnt to attach, how safe it felt to express emotion, the sensitivity of your nervous system, and whether you ever had the space to reflect rather than just survive.

That’s why people the same age can feel so different emotionally, and why growth looks unique for each of us.

Understanding your own developmental stage can bring compassion where there’s been self-criticism, and clarity where there’s been confusion.

🌱 Growth begins with awareness, not comparison.

If this carousel sparked reflection, therapy can offer a safe space to explore your patterns, particularly in relationships.
Link in bio 🌐

11/12/2025

It’s easy to get swept up in the season…
…and lose ourselves in the rush and expectation.
But sometimes the most peaceful moments are the quiet ones we least expect.
Take care of your inner world this Christmas. Slow down, breathe, and gently return to yourself.

09/12/2025

If a behaviour keeps repeating, it usually means there is a pattern that needs attention.
Noticing what happens after the behaviour, not just the behaviour itself, will help you understand whether it’s a red or green flag.

🚩 A red flag is not the incident itself. It’s the lack of repair afterwards.
If someone repeats the same behaviour without reflection, ownership or genuine change, your nervous system picks up on it. It’s not overreacting. It is your instincts recognising something familiar.

🟩 A green flag isn’t perfection. It’s accountability. People make mistakes.
What matters is whether they:
✅ genuinely listen
✅ understand the impact
✅ take responsibility
✅ work to show up differently next time

That is what real emotional growth looks like.

Whether you are feeling stuck in a cycle with someone else or noticing a difficult pattern in yourself, counselling can help you understand what is happening and find a way forward.

⭐ For more information about my individual and couples counselling service, please head to the link in my bio.

04/12/2025

✨ Pain that isn’t consciously understood will always land somewhere.
Often on partners, children and friends, the ones who didn’t cause it but feel it all the same.

When you understand this, you begin to see behaviour differently.
Not through blame, but through perspective.
Not through self-sacrifice, but through boundaries that honour your wellbeing.

You can hold compassion without carrying someone else’s pain.
You can care without absorbing.
There is strength in knowing the difference.

If you’ve noticed these patterns in your relationships and would like a safe space to explore them, I offer both online and face-to-face sessions. You can see my availability through the link in my bio. 🌐

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The Racquets Court, 3 College Street
Newcastle Upon Tyne
NE18JG

Website

http://glister.uk.com/

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