Balance Within

Balance Within Balance Within is located on the outskirts of Drogheda and navan.

Providing traditional counselling, psychotherapy, and cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) services. Providing traditional counselling, psychotherapy, and cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) services. As well as a host of alternative therapeutic methods such as Shamanism, Dawson Program and Reiki. Run by Stephen Kinsella, Balance Within aims to help you find a positive pathway through life.
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r resident qualified therapist, Stephen Kinsella, can provide support for a range of issues that may be bothering you or your loved ones, such as:
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​Low Self-Esteem
Depression
Relationship Difficulties
Long term illness
Childhood Traumas
Bereavement and Grief
Feelings of confusion
Anger Management
S*x & S*xuality
Self harm
Anxiety
Attachment Issues
Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD)
Attention Deficit (ADHD)
Panic Attacks
Personal Development
Social Anxiety
Phobias

22/05/2026

A first counselling session rarely starts with:

“I’ve prepared everything I want to say.”

It’s usually more:

“I’m not really sure where to start to be honest.”

The interesting thing is people usually find their own way into the conversation.

And somehow, before you know it, we’ve ended up back in 2007 😄

People pleasing doesn’t always look the way people imagine.Sometimes it’s saying “sure I don’t mind” when you actually d...
19/05/2026

People pleasing doesn’t always look the way people imagine.

Sometimes it’s saying “sure I don’t mind” when you actually do.

It’s taking on one more thing because you don’t want to let someone down.

It’s rewriting a text so it doesn’t sound rude.

It’s worrying someone’s annoyed with you because they seemed a bit quiet.

For many people, it becomes so normal they don’t even notice they’re doing it anymore.

Wanting to help people isn’t the problem. Caring about people isn’t the problem either.

But if everyone else comes first all of the time, eventually something has to give, and usually it’s your own energy.

There’s a particular kind of grief a lot of adults are carrying quietly at the minute.Not necessarily because something ...
12/05/2026

There’s a particular kind of grief a lot of adults are carrying quietly at the minute.

Not necessarily because something dramatic happened.
But because life just doesn’t look the way they thought it would by now.

A lot of people imagined they’d feel more settled at this stage.
More secure.
More certain.

Instead, many feel stuck in limbo somewhere between surviving and trying to keep going.

And in Ireland especially, there’s a real sense lately of people feeling “behind” in life.
Housing. Finances. Relationships. Friends emigrating. Starting over unexpectedly. Trying to keep up while quietly exhausted underneath it all.

These feelings are far more common than most people realise.

Sometimes therapy simply gives people a space to talk honestly about these things without judgement.

📍Drogheda / Navan
Online sessions available

Nobody walks through my door feeling great. That’s kind of the point.In this part of the world, we’re not great at askin...
08/05/2026

Nobody walks through my door feeling great. That’s kind of the point.

In this part of the world, we’re not great at asking for help. We put our head down, get on with it, and hope it passes. Sometimes it does. A lot of the time it doesn’t.

I’ve worked with tradesmen, teachers, parents and everyone in between, people from Navan and Drogheda who held it together for everyone else until they couldn’t anymore.

You don’t have to reach that point before you pick up the phone.

Give me a call or send me a DM. I’m here.
📞 089 489 1888

Some of the more subtle things your therapist is often picking up on 👇The way your body reacts.Sometimes your body says ...
06/05/2026

Some of the more subtle things your therapist is often picking up on 👇

The way your body reacts.
Sometimes your body says more than your words do. The small things like tension, restlessness, or not quite being able to settle can tell a lot about how you’re actually feeling, even if you don’t fully realise it yourself.

The way you speak to yourself.
Those offhand comments, “I should’ve known better”, “I’m useless at this”, they come out very easily, but they’re not nothing. They tend to say a lot about how you’re treating yourself day to day.

And the small changes.
Even on the days you feel stuck, there are usually small shifts happening - being a bit more open, saying something you normally wouldn’t, holding a boundary. That’s often where the real progress is.

Most of this isn’t obvious at the time.
That’s part of what we work through together, and where things can start to ease a little.

📍Drogheda / Navan
You’re very welcome to get in touch, no pressure

This doesn’t feel like stress at first.It just feels like your head won’t switch off.Like you’re a bit more tired than u...
28/04/2026

This doesn’t feel like stress at first.

It just feels like your head won’t switch off.
Like you’re a bit more tired than usual.
Like small things are getting to you more than they should.

So you leave it.

You tell yourself it’s just a busy week…
that you’ll get a proper sleep and feel better…
that it’s nothing really.

And to be fair, it often doesn’t feel like a big deal at the time.

But when it keeps going…
that’s usually when people realise it’s taken more out of them than they thought.

What surprises a lot of people is how straightforward it actually is to talk.

No big moment.
No pressure to say everything perfectly.

Just a normal conversation where someone is listening.

And for a lot of people, that’s where things start to ease a bit.

With it being Stress Awareness Month, it’s probably no harm to notice if any of this has been creeping in.

If it has, you don’t have to keep carrying it on your own.

Most people leave it longer than they need to.Not because they don’t want help…but because they’re not sure if what they...
24/04/2026

Most people leave it longer than they need to.

Not because they don’t want help…
but because they’re not sure if what they’re feeling is “enough”.

So they carry on.

They keep busy.
They push things down.
They tell themselves it’ll pass.

And sometimes it does, for a while.

But more often, it stays there in the background…
showing up as stress, overthinking, poor sleep, tension at home.

One of the most common things I hear is:
“I don’t even know where to start.”

You don’t have to.

You don’t need the right words.
You don’t need a clear reason.
You don’t need to have it “bad enough”.

You can just come in and talk.

That’s where it usually begins.

A conversation.
A bit of space.
No pressure.

📍Based in Drogheda, working with people locally and online
📩 You’re very welcome to get in touch if you ever want to have a chat

“I’ll just do it myself.”It’s something a lot of people say without even thinking about it.You’re reliable.You get on wi...
20/04/2026

“I’ll just do it myself.”

It’s something a lot of people say without even thinking about it.

You’re reliable.
You get on with things.
You don’t ask for much.

And most people see that as a good thing.

For some people, it can be linked to earlier experiences where relying on others didn’t always feel straightforward…
or where it simply felt easier to handle things on your own.

So you might have adapted.

You became the one who sorts things.
Who doesn’t make a fuss.
Who doesn’t want to be a bother.

And that can work, for a while.

But it can also mean you end up carrying a lot on your own, without really realising it.

It’s not the case for everyone, but it’s something that comes up quite a bit.

There’s nothing wrong with being independent.

But you’re allowed to be supported too.

📍Based in the Drogheda area, working with people across Louth, Meath and online.

📩 If you ever want to talk, you’re very welcome to reach out, no pressure.

There’s no one “right” way into this work.And there’s no one “right” way to come into therapy either.A lot of people I s...
16/04/2026

There’s no one “right” way into this work.

And there’s no one “right” way to come into therapy either.

A lot of people I speak to aren’t in crisis,
they’re just tired of carrying things on their own.

If you’ve been feeling stuck, overwhelmed, or just not yourself for a while,
it might be worth talking it through.

I offer psychotherapy and talk therapy in Drogheda, working with people across Drogheda, Navan and surrounding areas, as well as online.

You’re very welcome to get in touch if it feels like the right time.

Address

Beauparc
Louth
C15DN30

Opening Hours

Monday 9am - 7pm
Tuesday 9am - 7pm
Wednesday 9am - 7pm
Thursday 9am - 7pm
Friday 9am - 5pm
Saturday 10am - 1pm

Telephone

+353894891888

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