ALN counselling & Wellbeing

27/03/2026

✨ The doors are now open… ✨

Early bird spaces are officially live for our
ADHD Informed Practice CPD workshop

If you’ve been wanting to feel more confident working with ADHD in your therapy practice… this is your invitation.

🧠 A full day exploring ADHD in adulthood
💬 Real conversations, not just theory
🤝 In-person, collaborative learning
🌱 Practical ways to support your clients

📍 Widnes Business Lodge
🗓 Saturday 6th June 2026
⏰ 10:00am – 4:30pm

🎉 Early Bird: £70
(Regular price £85)

⏳ Early bird ends 10th April

This workshop is for therapists and mental health professionals who want to truly understand ADHD from the inside out — not just recognise it, but know how to work with it.

Because so many clients aren’t just struggling with attention…
they’re carrying years of misunderstanding, shame, and feeling “not quite right”.

And how we meet that in the therapy room really matters.

Come and learn, reflect, and grow alongside others in the room.

👉 Book your early bird space now

https://www.thelisteningrooms.uk/adhd-informed-practice

17/03/2026

A gentle reminder for anyone navigating ADHD

You are not behind you’re doing your best in a world not designed for your brain.

Save this for the days you need it.

YouAreEnough

05/03/2026

Love isn’t just one feeling.

Psychologist Robert Sternberg suggested it’s made up of three ingredients: intimacy, passion, and commitment.

Different relationships hold these in different ways, and they can change across time.

Understanding this can help couples move from “What’s wrong with us?” to “What stage are we in?”.

Sometimes it’s not that love is missing it’s that one part of the triangle needs attention.

01/03/2026

Therapy isn’t a performance.
It isn’t dramatic breakthroughs every week.

Often, it’s two people sitting with something that once felt too heavy to hold alone.

Progress can look like:
• pausing before reacting
• saying no without over-explaining
• noticing the critic and softening it
• choosing differently even once

Those shifts matter.

If you’re considering starting therapy, you don’t need the perfect words.
You just need a willingness to begin

25/02/2026

Sometimes it isn’t the situation that feels overwhelming.

It’s how quickly your nervous system reacts to it.

With ADHD, rejection sensitivity can feel like emotional acceleration.

A small shift in tone.
A delayed reply.
A look you’re not sure how to read.

And suddenly your whole system is on high alert.

It’s not about being dramatic.
It’s not about being “too much.”

It’s about a brain that cares deeply about connection and moves fast to protect it.

When we understand what’s happening, shame softens.

And when shame softens, regulation becomes possible.

If you’ve ever wondered why your reactions feel so big…

you’re not broken.
Your nervous system just reacts quickly.

Save this for the next time your emotions hit 100mph.
Or share it with someone who needs a little more self-compassion today.

24/02/2026

There’s something quietly sacred about ending therapy well.

It means growth happened.
It means something shifted.
It means you were ready to carry it forward on your own.

As therapists, we hold stories carefully.
We sit with the heavy parts.
We witness change in real time.

And then we trust you with your own next chapter.

If you’ve ever finished therapy and wondered whether it meant as much as it felt in the room ….it did.

Growth doesn’t disappear when sessions end.
It travels with you.

alncounselling

22/02/2026

Free no obligation consultation

https://www.alncounsellingandwellbeing.org/adhd

19/02/2026

Last week to book your space

19/02/2026

ADHD doesn’t only live inside one person
it often lives inside the relationship dynamic too.

Many couples come to therapy not because love is missing, but because understanding has been lost in the stress, hurt, and miscommunication.

When ADHD is recognised and supported compassionately,
relationships can shift from blame → teamwork.

If this feels familiar, you’re welcome to reach out and explore whether couples support might help.

13/02/2026

10/02/2026

We often talk about the relief of diagnosis.
But not always the grief that can follow quietly behind it.

Grief for lost time.
For being misunderstood.
For trying so hard without knowing why things felt different.

Many people feel sadness for their younger self —
the one who coped the best they could without the support they deserved.

If this is part of your story, you’re not alone.
And your feelings make sense.

Grief doesn’t mean the diagnosis was wrong.
It simply means something important mattered… and was missing for a while.

And alongside that grief, hope can slowly grow.
Understanding.
Self-kindness.
A different way forward.

If you feel able, share one thing you’d want your younger self to know

Someone reading might need those exact words today.

Anna