Pola Counselling Services

28/08/2022

Gratitude is good for refocusing and evaluating life. We all have something to be grateful for but too often we get lost in the pain and fail to recognise the blessings.
Take time to do an inventory of your blessings and you will be surprised at the miracles in your life.
Gratitude boosters your immunity and changes your countenance.

29/03/2020

Below are some links to access help if you are struggling or just need a bit of a reminder that you will get through this and that you are stronger than you think.

- Call or text 1737 to speak to a professional counsellor. Don't lose heart if you don't get through at first, keep trying as phone lines are congested during this unusual time

- www.mentalhealth.org.nz for resources
- Call Healthline free on 0800 611 116
- www.alcoholdrughelp.org.nz/Addiction
‎0800 787 797
- www.areyouok.org.nz
- www.health.govt.nz /covid-19

Stay safe, stay at home and say a prayer for our people at the front lines and our whanau

22/01/2020

Just as your life has purpose (it does), even life situations have a purpose. The trick is trying to find purpose in the pain or Joy or the challenge.

The purpose is usually hidden from us. It's not in plain sight and that's why we need others to help us navigate the mire.

Don't be afraid to ask for help. Keep asking until you find the answer. It's there somewhere and it may not look like the answer you are looking for but it's there.

Hold on! Help is on the way!

ASK!! , Seek, Knock !!

are not alone # 1737 # 0800 TAUTOKO

08/01/2020

Grieving is personal. There's no right or wrong way to grieve. It's not a competition as to who should grieve or you is more entitled to grieve more.
Often people who are grieving feel guilty because they feel their loss isn't as bad as the people in that place or the other place so chin up and continue with life.
I say if you are feeling the pain, if you have lost something or someone, it's normal to grieve, you have a right to grieve. You are entitled to grieve.

However, if you are concerned about your or a loved one's grieving process, talk to someone. Don't do it alone. Help is available.

#1737 # 0508 TAUTOKO (828 865) # 0800 LIFELINE (0800 54 33 54) # #

06/08/2019

Sometimes when life becomes overwhelming, talking to someone might be the link you need to find hope. You are not alone.
Reach out

16/03/2019

For those in Christchurch, please look after each other. Terrorists attacks disrupts not only the peace of a country but tears at the fabric of who we are as a people.

If you need support please call or text 1737. You are not alone.

To the Christchurch therapists, look after yourselves as you look after others.

Kia Kaha Christchurch.

16/02/2019

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08/09/2018

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16/08/2018

The Opposite Of Addiction Is Not Sobriety – It Is Human Connection. ( Hari).

11/08/2018

“When cultures are fragmented and in serious disarray, proper audiences may be hard to find”. (Myerhoff, 1982).