Prevail Counselling Therapy

19/12/2025

As the Christmas season quickly approaches this can be a time of a lot of pressure for us all.

Existing stresses in family life can be heightened.
We can have memories of the past that come back with feelings of sadness, loss, even anger.

If you believe that over Christmas, you would benefit from just having a neutral space to talk about what is happening please do feel to avail of the support that Prevail can give you.

On-line or phone sessions are available.
If you can make it to Clondalkin, I'd be happy to see you in person.

To book a session over the Christmas and New Year Season, please use this link:
https://prevailcounsellingtherapyheretohelp.as.me/

19/12/2025

As the Christmas season quickly approaches this can be a time of a lot of pressure for us all.

Existing stresses in family life can be heightened.
We can have memories of the past that come back with feelings of sadness, loss, even anger.

If you believe that over Christmas, you would benefit from just having a neutral space to talk about what is happening please do feel to avail of the support that Prevail can give you.

On-line or phone sessions are available.
If you can make it to Clondalkin, I'd be happy to see you in person.

To book a session over the Christmas and New Year Season, please use this link:
https://prevailcounsellingtherapyheretohelp.as.me/

15/12/2025

Christmas time can be a season where people do want to reach out for help.

Events in our personal lives can become very tense and complicated.

If you do require support over Christmas I am available.

Please do save the information in the image for your records.

I hope this helps over the Christmas and New Year Season

To book a session over the Christmas and New Year Season, please use this link:
https://prevailcounsellingtherapyheretohelp.as.me/

15/12/2025

Christmas time can be a season where people do want to reach out for help.

Events in our personal lives can become very tense and complicated.

If you do require support over Christmas I am available.

Please do save the information in the image for your records.

I hope this helps over the Christmas and New Year Season

To book a session over the Christmas and New Year Season, please use this link:
https://prevailcounsellingtherapyheretohelp.as.me/

14/12/2025

Christmas is a stressful time. Presents, food, and social activities.
Most significantly, it is a time for family.
And that is not always easy.
This blog explores what can make Christmas a difficult time in family life.
The roles that we have in families become heightened at Christmas time and can cause tension.
The 2011 film Arthur Christmas is a good guide for seeing this tension in a very exaggerated context.

To read the blog follow the link below:
https://www.prevailcounsellingtherapy.ie/blog/the-christmas-family

14/12/2025

Christmas is a stressful time. Presents, food, and social activities.
Most significantly, it is a time for family.
And that is not always easy.
This blog explores what can make Christmas a difficult time in family life.
The roles that we have in families become heightened at Christmas time and can cause tension.
The 2011 film Arthur Christmas is a good guide for seeing this tension in a very exaggerated context.

A look at the tension caused by exaggerated and unappreciated family roles at Christmas. A view through Arthur Christmas, a film from 2011.

06/12/2025

The drive for financial security is ingrained in the male personality. This drive is well-meaning. It is there biologically so that men will overcome pain to provide for those they love.

Unfortunately, the drive for financial security can overpower the motive of love and become self-serving.

The film The Family Man dramatises this struggle. A successful man on Wall Street sees the life he could have had with a loving family.

The film is appropriately set at Christmas time. A time when the stress between family and material wealth is at its peak.

To read the blog use this link
https://www.prevailcounsellingtherapy.ie/blog/money-or-family-every-mans-struggle

06/12/2025

The drive for financial security is ingrained in the male personality. This drive is well-meaning. It is there biologically so that men will overcome pain to provide for those they love.

Unfortunately, the drive for financial security can overpower the motive of love and become self-serving.

The film The Family Man dramatises this struggle. A successful man on Wall Street sees the life he could have had with a loving family.

The film is appropriately set at Christmas time. A time when the stress between family and material wealth is at its peak.

To read the blog use this link
https://www.prevailcounsellingtherapy.ie/blog/money-or-family-every-mans-struggle

06/12/2025

The drive for financial security is ingrained in the male personality. This drive is well-meaning. It is there biologically so that men will overcome pain to provide for those they love.

Unfortunately, the drive for financial security can overpower the motive of love and become self-serving.

The film The Family Man dramatises this struggle. A successful man on Wall Street sees the life he could have had with a loving family.

The film is appropriately set at Christmas time. A time when the stress between family and material wealth is at its peak.

The choice of for man to work simply due to fear of material insecurity or for family benefit is a constant fight. The Family Man film highlights this struggle.

29/11/2025

As a survivor of cancer, (so far), I have found attending the relay for life in Corkagh Park very moving and helpful.

Our annual fund raising bucket collection with the fabulous RAMS In Rhythm is this Saturday in Liffey valley.

29/11/2025

Despite the increasing darkness, the damp that never dries fully for long and occasional chilly day there is still signs of life and rebirth.

If you are feeling the darkness too much Prevail is a service designed to help you get through it.

All the photos below are from my garden.

To arrange a booking use this link:
https://prevailcounsellingtherapyheretohelp.as.me/