Locus Counselling

03/09/2025

The SYP Poole Group is back @ Bournemouth & Poole College from tomorrow, Thursday 4 September!

Looking forward to welcome all of you, see you there

02/09/2025

Trauma is not just a memory; it’s a physiological injury that leaves a lasting imprint.

When we experience traumatic events, our brain’s intricate structures are altered, often leading us to get stuck in a perpetual state of danger mode.

🧠 The Amygdala, also known as the fear center, goes haywire, incessantly sounding the alarm. Stress hormones flood our bodies, wreaking havoc & impacting the size & function of both the Amygdala & the Hippocampus.

🧠 The Hippocampus, responsible for memory, becomes overwhelmed during trauma, making it challenging to stamp memories with the right timeline. As a result, past memories can feel distressingly vivid in our day-to-day lives, easily triggering us as if the past were still the present.

🧠 The Prefrontal Cortex, in charge of rationalising & decision-making, is frequently overridden by the overactive Amygdala. As a consequence, we may find it difficult to manage emotions & make rational choices.

These responses occur beneath the level of conscious awareness, in our survival brain. Anxiousness, triggers, or shutdowns aren’t voluntary decisions; they happen automatically & instantly. If something reminds us of a past trauma, our physiology drives us into fight, flight or freeze.

You can develop the resources to manage these survival responses & cope with your brain on by getting to know your nervous system & support it through regulation skills & resourcing!

I teach you about your nervous system in my free webinar. Where you’ll understand how YOUR past shaped your nervous system & what you can do to reshape it.

Just say REGULATE & I’ll send you it!

30/08/2025

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29/08/2025

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Burnout isn’t just about overwork… it’s about disconnection.
From your body.
From your truth.
From the version of you that’s been quietly waiting to feel safe enough to be seen.

You don’t need another productivity hack.
You need rest.
You need repair.
You need to come home to yourself.

Your body is ready.
Your truth is safe.
Your healing begins here.

29/08/2025

❗JOIN US! ❗

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED!

Space Youth Project is on the lookout for Volunteer Youth Support Workers in Bridport, Dorchester, and Weymouth. ✨

You don't have to be a superhero to help. No cape required, no experience necessary: full training included.

Email us for your application form:
📧 Hello@SpaceYouthProject.co.uk

Or contact us using our website:
🌐 www.SpaceYouthProject.co.uk

29/08/2025

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Every single human on Earth started life as female. That is not opinion, that is biology. In the earliest weeks of pregnancy every embryo follows the same template and that template is female. Only later, depending on chromosomes, hormones and timing, do bodies develop into male, female, inters*x or something in between.

The cl****is and the p***s come from the same tissue. The ovaries and the te**es come from the same tissue. Even ni***es form first. Every one of us was female once before testosterone did anything.

Here is where it gets even more interesting. S*x organs form in the first trimester. The brain develops its s*x characteristics later in the second trimester. These are two separate processes happening at different times, shaped by different hormone signals. If those signals don’t line up, you can end up with a body that goes one way and a brain that goes another. That is one of the clearest biological explanations for why transgender people exist. This is not a theory. It is science backed up by decades of research in embryology, endocrinology and neuroscience.

Brain imaging studies confirm this. Over the past twenty years researchers using MRI and PET scans have shown clear structural and functional differences in the brains of trans people compared with cis people. For example, trans women often show brain patterns that align more closely with cis women than cis men in areas linked to body perception and identity. Trans men often show the reverse. A 2015 study in The Journal of Neuroscience found that even before hormone treatment, trans people’s brain structures reflected their gender identity more than their s*x assigned at birth. These are not psychological illusions. They are measurable biological realities.

Inters*x variations prove this even more. Chromosome patterns like XXY or XO, androgen insensitivity, mosaic genetics and differences in hormone receptors can all create bodies that do not fit neatly into “male” or “female.” Some people are assigned a s*x at birth that is completely different from their biology. Some only find out they are inters*x years later.

Human biology is not simple. It is messy, diverse and full of natural variation. School biology lessons give a version that is easy to memorise. Real science is far more complicated.

So when someone says “you can’t be a woman if you weren’t born one,” they are denying their own story. They were female once. Their p***s was once a cl****is. Their te**es were once ovaries. Their ni***es were there long before testosterone touched their body.

We all began in the same place. Some of us kept transitioning after birth. Some of us did not. Neither is more natural than the other. The idea of a fixed binary truth is not only cruel, it is bad science.

So the next time someone throws “biology” at you like a weapon, remember this. Biology proves them wrong.

29/08/2025

Yes yes yes 🙌 it can take people years to even find one human that can provide consistency, boundaries, safety and prove trustworthy enough to trust. But trauma thats caused interpersonally can only be healed through secure and consistent relationships. Everything in us is structured to keep people away, following complex trauma. Our inner critics shame us and make us hide to avoid further shame, humiliation, abandonment and rejection.

Our outer critics tell us that no one can be trusted. Both are valid and need to be honoured and at the same time there are people who can be trusted.

Understanding complex trauma is essential and trauma-informed therapy can be a good place to start. But its not for everyone. What do you need to feel you are able to trust someone? What qualities and behavioural indicators could help you feel more able to trust someone. What would you need to feel ready to trust?

29/08/2025