Recent Private Therapy Practice Blog Posts

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What does healing from childhood trauma actually look like? 

Healing from childhood trauma – What happens when you start listening to your inner child? Healing from childhood trauma can be messy – it can take time, but...
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Struggling to trust your therapist? What can you do?

So you’re struggling to trust your therapist? I wonder if it can sometimes feel difficult to discuss. How do you tell someone ‘safe’ that you...

Millennial burnout causes – why it often has roots in childhood

Are you over 30, and finding yourself in burnout cycles that seem to keep coming, no matter how hard you work at the ‘work-life balance’? Millennial burnout is becoming...
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Why do I feel numb? A therapist explains…

“Why do I feel numb?” – If you’ve been trying to figure out where the hell your feelings went and why you can’t feel them – read on!  If you have been...

What is childhood emotional neglect? Signs you might have experienced it.

What is childhood emotional neglect? What is this term, and what would it look like as an adult to start realising that you might have experienced it in your early life?...
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Why Setting Boundaries Feels So Hard

If you’re wondering why setting boundaries is so hard, I’ve written this blog post to help explore some of the reasons together. Setting boundaries, being...
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Therapy isn’t about fixing you – Here’s what actually happens in therapy

Therapy isn’t about fixing you. Because you aren’t broken. You’re not a TV. Or a washing machine. But maybe you don’t feel quite right, or how...

What are ACEs, and why would they come up in therapy?

Would you know that ACEs are Adverse Childhood Experiences? How would you know what ACEs are? I was talking to someone recently about how I work and what I work with, and...
Love thy self this valentines…

Love thy self this valentines…

Love thyself. What a sentence. But with Valentine’s Day tomorrow, there’s a lot out at the moment focused on love. Romantic love. Family love. Finding your...