Becoming Creative Counselling

13/10/2021

Because addiction is just a way to cope with the pain of childhood trauma. Trauma is not the big event that happened but the impact it holds into our bodies. I love Gabor Mate’s compassion and straightforward questioning. I try to work like that with my adult clients.

Watch The Wisdom of Trauma Movie on October 4-10, Featuring DR. GABOR MATÉ Plus The Trauma Talks Series, Part II, a 5-day teaching series on trauma with leading experts!

31/01/2021

Lockdown can trigger an internal lockdown. When teens close their door and struggle to engage with their parents: it is worth checking this is not low mood gone into numbness, isolation and depression. It is worth asking a professional, GP and therapist sooner than later. Sometimes, help supporting parents is enough, sometimes therapy or counselling is needed.

Mumsnet's advice on the triggers of teenage depression and how parents can help their children get through it.

20/01/2021

It's often helpful to know where we are on the river of life: closer to the side of Chaos or its opposite; Rigidity? As children, our parents should help us with rowing our boat in the middle, but sometimes, this was compromised. In therapy, we learn to integrate our experiences through our mind and body and navigate safely in the middle.

What is the River of Integration? The River of Integration is a metaphor coined by

08/12/2020

Complex trauma, borderline personality disorder and structural dissociation.

02/09/2020

After such a long time, going back to school might be making children and parents anxious. First look into yourself and see if there are anxious feelings. Is it about contamination, separation anxiety, or anything else? Containing those feelings will help contain your child’s anxiety. This doesn’t mean avoiding feeling anxious and perhaps jumping into diversions, but staying with the anxiety. Grounding yourself info the present moment through the senses, breathing in and out helps calming the nervous system.
The article below gives good advice on separation anxiety.

Heading back to school this fall might trigger separation anxiety for kids. Here's how to help them cope, no matter what the school year brings.

31/05/2020

Most of us haven’t been inside a COVID-19 ward, and it’s hard to fathom what frontline medical workers are experiencing every day. That’s why I want to share this video with Danielle Ofri, MD, PhD with you. Danielle is an attending physician at Bellevue Hospital in New York, and she’s worked...

13/05/2020

Because there are different ways to be anxious. Which ones can you relate to at the moment?

30/04/2020

Is lockdown a good opportunity to explore with our teens how to be productive? If we define hard work as this, does it help?

25/04/2020

So many feelings to be explored with the children at the moment. So many opportunities to become more aware of them, to build a sense of who they are. As parents, it's really important to welcome them and stay with them, without trying to change them. It shows our children that it's ok to have feelings and it helps them regulate. 😊😡😳🤭😴🤒🤢

21/04/2020

Pay attention to your Body. What is it saying right now? Close your eyes and go inwards. Where is tension right now? What are the sensations? If you notice anxiety, pay attention. It's hiding a core feeling. What is underneath? Is it fear, anger, longing, grief or joy and excitement? Name it, and stay with it for a few minutes. Does it begin to ease? Bear with it a little bit more. When you are are ready, come back and gently open your eyes. Welcome back. You just connected with yourself. Now you can begin 😊🌼❤️