Kim Harries Counselling

03/07/2024

01/04/2024

The Karpman Triangle and Trauma

This mindset wears us down and disrupts relationships. To feel empowered in the present we must come to terms with the past

24/11/2022

Food for thought!
No 2 children have the same parents.

Dr. Gabor Maté shared a post on Instagram: "You can check out the full 2 part interview with Gabor and by clicking the linktree in bio.". Follow their account to see 183 posts.

11/11/2022

This model really helps when we are in high anxiety of feeling depressed....

05/08/2022

The under-the-radar treatment is one of the most effective for those suffering from PTSD — and experts say you're probably going to be hearing about it a lot more.

17/06/2022

https://player.autopod.xyz/185042

Fri 17 Jun

31/05/2022

What happens to our nervous system when we experience, anxiety, depression or trauma.

This video was developed to give a basic introduction and overview of how trauma and chronic stress affects our nervous system and how those effects impact o...

27/05/2022

Listen to the Verywell Mind Podcast, hosted by Editor-in-Chief Amy Morin, LCSW, for guidance and tips to improve psychological well-being and cultivate mental strength.

03/05/2022

Wow! What a fantastic and much-needed documentary on the menopause Davina McCall & Kate Muir.

It’s always devastating to learn that so many women have unfortunately quit their jobs due to their menopause symptoms.

In a recent survey with our balance community, we learnt that since using the app 50% of users find it easier to manage their symptoms at work and 44% think less about leaving or cutting down their hours. We’re really pleased by these results but we are working hard to achieve even more to help our users; so many women need and deserve access to evidence-based information so they can receive the right treatment for their perimenopause and menopause.

At balance, we want to empower all women to make decisions that are right for their bodies. You can download the app in the App Store or Google Play: https://bit.ly/download-balance-FB

28/03/2022

I spent two years watching cancer take my mum – and even longer trying to dull the memories. Now, I can finally remember the happier times

26/03/2022

I thought it might be time to talk about mental illness from a personal point of view.

I was always so ashamed about my depression, feeling so self-indulgent with nothing physical to show for it. If you have a broken heart or leg you get flowers, with depression you just get a few friends telling you to ‘perk up’. ‘Perk up’, like you never thought of that.
So with mental illness you get a double whammy. The very brain that makes the assessment of what you've got wrong has gone down, so how can you tell what's the matter? It’s like a demon has come in the night and stolen your old personality, leaving a gormless lump locked in a mind numbing frozen hell. If you had a spare brain it could tell you something was wrong, but you don’t.
That’s the bitch about mental illness, you’re always the last to know.

People say to me they can’t believe I could have depression with the fearlessness I seem to have to stand on stage or they think those who run a business or seem to have their lives together surely can’t have something mentally wrong... Let me say this once more, depression or any other mental illness doesn’t care who it hits: rich, poor, old, young, any class; really it’s not picky. I particularly hate when people ask me if comedians have more mental illness than anyone else? I just remind them it’s 1 in 4. There aren’t that many funny people. It’s like saying that all weather girls have shingles.

The idea that this is some exclusive disease keeps the stigma flag flying. Do they think we made it up because we had nothing better to do? “Yeah, I was thinking, should I go to the Bahamas, take up tennis or have a mental illness?"
If someone doesn’t believe you have a mental illness, drop them and walk away. Remember, if it’s not them who has it, it’s a relative or friend so let them figure it out.

Mental health is how you think, act and behave. It’s who you are inside of your skin and decides how you’re going to act outside of your skin. Even when you fake it, it's you.
It's what's running this whole machine, not some lightweight thought bubble. Mental is physical and physical is mental. Mind and body are a onesie.
If there’s too much stress overload going on in the mothership, it will work its way down like a berserk pinball machine. Cortisol (the stress hormone) doesn’t just burn out neurones in the brain, it can burn every organ in your body and is one of the causes of certain cancers, diabetes type 2, heart disease, infertility and premature ageing. So if you think mental health takes second place next to the BIG DISEASES, think again – it could be the cause.

Even though the world is like the worst real life horror show probably ever witnessed in our time, try to walk away from your screens, for a moment, and look out at nature trying to push life back. It knows more than we do. But we are nature and also need light.
You need a mind that thrives if you're going to change the world.
Above the clouds the sun still shines.