Wave Counselling

Wave Counselling Welcome! Are you facing challenges in your life or struggling with difficult thoughts, feelings or behaviours? I can offer you the support to get you through.

A fully certified male counsellor based in Stourbridge in the West Midlands.

This might be a controversial thing to say but drinking as a coping mechanism is very clever in many ways...In a way, an...
01/09/2025

This might be a controversial thing to say but drinking as a coping mechanism is very clever in many ways...

In a way, and bear with me on this, it's almost a form of mindfulness. If you consider the benefits of mindfulness, it brings you into the present and distracts you from anxieties and worries. Alcohol does the same and more. It relaxes you and reduces social anxieties. It helps you forget about today's worries and tomorrow's angst.

But..! And of course there is a big but. It's an unwieldy beast and difficult to manage. It whispers in your ear, just keep drinking and I'll help you...! If only this were true...

Drink doesn't keep it's promises. It's positive effects are temporary and the after affects long lasting... It's tendrils are far reaching and difficult to escape from. The answer is to rewrite your relationship and beliefs around alcohol and this takes courage and conviction.

Find professional support to help you on a journey that can change your life.

*An original article by Wave Counselling

Now the real work can begin! When you have been given a diagnosis it's important to know that a diagnosis for ADHD and/o...
28/08/2025

Now the real work can begin!

When you have been given a diagnosis it's important to know that a diagnosis for ADHD and/or Autism is not going to be the end of your problems but the start of a new journey of understanding.

Many people can interpret a diagnosis as meaning they are faulty or defective and can feel embarrassment or shame about their condition. Will people think less of me? Do I feel less of me? Is it reductive having this label? Am I just jumping on the band wagon. After all, everyone has it now don't they...?

Outsiders will often comment that you're "just the same old you!" To you, this seems to miss the point entirely. Everything about you, or what you knew about yourself, has been turned on it's head. After all, you didn't really expect to be told you had "it". But yet that's exactly what happened. By an expert! Okay, you must have just done a good job of deceiving them.

The next thing you're offered medication. Something perhaps you've not considered or are opposed to maybe. Is this going to fix the ADHD, or is it going to fix me! Who will I be then..!?

Medication won't fix you because you're not broken... read that again... you're not broken.. sure you're wired differently and medication may help life feel a bit more bearable. The diagnosis has helped you unlock a part of the puzzle, a clue to who you really are...

Now the real work can begin to uncover the authentic version of who you are...

*An original post by Wave Counselling

It's been a while since I posted but I had a thought this morning that I wanted to share... If you're on social media, y...
27/08/2025

It's been a while since I posted but I had a thought this morning that I wanted to share...

If you're on social media, you'll see a lot of reels and videos etc. talking about ADHD and common traits that you might see (and some that you might not) such as RSD, ability to focus, inability to focus, social anxiety/awkwardness, procrastination, sleep deprivation etc.etc.etc. There are even a few that propose that it's a super power...( I'm still working on that notion personally!).

However, I wanted to highlight that what ADHD is, is a neurodiversity, as in, your brain doesn't work in the same as the vast majority of other people. You're not just a collection of traits to be dissected and worked on.

We can examine the traits and find strategies to deal with them, so we can fit in to a neuro typical world, we can also work on accepting ourselves and finding a place which works for us...a neuro diverse friendly place.

Change, I believe, begins with acceptance.

*An original post by Wave Counselling

I haven't posted for a while as I've been enjoying a break away.It's easy in this modern, digital age to feel the pressu...
02/08/2025

I haven't posted for a while as I've been enjoying a break away.

It's easy in this modern, digital age to feel the pressure to keep up with the posting, messaging and maintaining of our digital presence. Stepping back for a while and taking a breather feels natural and provides an opportunity to come back with a renewed sense of energy to produce more genuine and inspiring content. It's important to be 'selfish' sometimes! This word has a bad rep but what it also means is making space for what's important to you. Be sure to take care of yourself this summer away from your digital presence.

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