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From Lived Experience to Psychotherapeutic Understanding of Dissociation and Social Overwhelm

Have you ever been in a room full of people, people you know, people you trust, and suddenly it feels like they are all blankly staring at you. ...

January Can Be a Fresh Start, but it also does not have to be.

January is often talked about as a fresh start, a chance to reset, refocus, and begin again. For some people, that really does ring true, there is relief ...

Debunking the Picture Perfect Family Christmas

Every year as Christmas approaches, something starts to stir for people. Not the lights or the shopping or the familiar songs on the radio, but something inside. A ...

This house was built as a Land Commission house.

It came into being during a period of Irish history shaped by loss of land, displacement, and long uncertainty. For many families, houses like this offered something that ...

Why Does Family Hurt? Unpacking Generational Patterns and Emotional Pain

I have spent a lot of time thinking about why family, the very foundation of our lives, can also be a source of deep pain. In my work, ...

Other People’s Negative Opinions

You can’t control other people's opinions. I've been reflecting on how people's opinions and criticisms can deeply impact our inner worlds and how we see ourself. Every comment ...

Toxic Positivity

Toxic positivity is the idea that we must maintain an upbeat, optimistic outlook at all times, even in the face of genuine pain or hardship. This mindset can ...

School Anxiety Tips

School refusal is an umbrella term used to describe when a young person does not want to attend school or finds it difficult to remain in class for ...

Family Consultations

Family Consultations also known as Family Systemics is a therapeutic approach designed to assist clients to uncover and reveal hidden dynamics in families. Consultations allow the client to ...

Why People Come for Therapy?

Clients come for many different reasons, such as Anxiety disordersPhobiasObsessive Compuslive DisordersBerevenment Loss and GriefDepressionAttachment and Separation IssuesDivorce Separation issuesAddictionsChildhood IssuesTraumaSelf Harm and suicide ideationSelf Esteem / ConfidenceConflict ...