Insight Counselling

15/10/2024

More than just a lack of activity, stillness is the deliberate and conscious decision to pause from all the doing in order to allow ourselves a moment to reflect and reconnect to ourselves. Put another way stillness invites us to stop and check if we are going in the right direction.

Read more about The Importance of Stillness in a Busy World via the link in bio 🐢

30/09/2024

I recently wrote an article for South China Morning Post SCMP’s Young Post on the topic of “Assertiveness”- a skill that can be helpful to develop whether you’re a teen or adult. Being able to express ourselves as well as be considerate others is somewhat of an art that can be honed through practice and strengthened over time.

Thank you to Doris Wai at Young Post for editing the article which can be found via the link in story.

25/09/2024

Trauma is often thought of solely as a psychological issue, but recent research, particularly through the lens of Polyvagal Theory, has illuminated the connection between experiences of trauma and our nervous system’s functioning.

Here are 7 facts to better understand this connection in order to enhance our ability to cope with past trauma as well as our approach to healing and mental health.

Check out the blog post via link in profile 📖

25/09/2024

Trauma is often thought of solely as a psychological issue, but recent research, particularly through the lens of Polyvagal Theory, has illuminated the connection between experiences of trauma and our nervous system's functioning.

Here are 7 facts to better understand this connection in order to enhance our ability to cope with past trauma as well as our approach to healing and mental health.

Trauma is often thought of solely as a psychological issue, but recent research, particularly through the lens of Polyvagal Theory, has illuminated the connection between experiences of trauma and our nervous system's functioning. Here are 7 facts to better understand this connection in order to enh

09/04/2024

How we respond to and recover from the challenges of life is an indicator of our wellbeing and ability to learn and grow. It begs the question of how one faces the trials, tribulations, and traumas of life. Polyvagal Theory developed by Dr Stephen Porges offers us an understanding of how the connection between our mind and body plays a crucial role in the process of healing from trauma.

05/03/2024

“Feel your feelings.”-it’s a phrase you hear in the world of self-help and therapy but it can be an especially difficult concept to grasp when the demanding and fast-paced world we live in often forces us to put our emotions aside and prioritise thinking and doing.

The tendency to ‘think our way through life’ means that it can be difficult to tune into and fully feel our feelings, making it easy to lose touch with our inner emotional landscape. However, understanding how to properly ‘feeling your feelings’ can be a powerful skill to make our selves more at easy and our lives more satisfying.

Read more on this via link in bio.

22/12/2023

As the year draws to an end, it’s a natural moment in time to pause and reflect on where we’ve been in the last 12 months and where we hope to move towards in the next. Time is a funny thing and a year can feel like 10 or like it went by in a blink of an eye depending on your perspective. Whether this year felt long or short to you, here are 10 questions to reflect on as we wind down the last week of the year.

22/12/2023

As the year draws to an end, it’s a natural moment in time to pause and reflect on where we’ve been in the last 12 months and where we hope to move towards in the next. Time is a funny thing and a year can feel like 10 or like it went by in a blink of an eye depending on your perspective. Whether this year felt long or short to you, here are 10 questions to reflect on as we wind down the last week of the year.

As the year draws to an end, it’s a natural moment in time to pause and reflect on where we’ve been in the last 12 months and where we hope to move towards in the next. Whether this year felt long or short to you, here are 10 questions to reflect on as we wind down the last week of the year.

21/08/2023

Traumatic events that are not fully or properly processed can cause post-traumatic stress and symptoms.

EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing) is a type of structured somatic therapy that has been shown to be effective in helping us heal a range of mental health issues including trauma, anxiety, depression and OCD.

Read about what EMDR is and what to expect if you are considering this therapy approach.

13/06/2023

Walk and talk therapy integrates aspects of traditional talk therapy with ecotherapy and somatic therapy. These sessions are unique in providing a tangible way to engage the mind and the body as well as allow our natural surroundings to help with the therapeutic process. 🌿

Read more about how this approach to therapy is beneficial and whether this is something for you to try.

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15/03/2023

Therapy can seem shrouded in mystery, a process done behind closed doors with noone else to witness it apart from you and your therapist. Questioning whether it is effective is pretty common and it can be difficult to gauge whether it is ‘working’ and what to use as a measure of success.

Knowing what to look out for when determining the effectiveness of your therapy sessions can help you reflect for yourself whether therapy is going in the right direction for you. Here are some things to consider throughout your therapy process.