Content warning – this post discusses suicidal feelings. Suicidal behaviour, defined as thinking about or planning to take one’s own life (suicidal ideation) or attempting suicide, is understood to have been experienced by 1 […]

In co-creating a counselling practice, Remona and Natasha knew they wanted to provide a safe space that embodied acceptance, nourishment, community and flexibility with the kind of permanence that embraces changing conditions. […]

Choosing a counsellor can seem challenging and overwhelming. With so many options out there, where do you start? Speak to trusted people in your life. Are they in counselling? What do they […]

Professor Evan Stark, forensic social worker, and lecturer, defines coercive control as “a pattern of controlling behaviours over time more akin to terrorism and stalking.” (https://coercivecontrolcollective.org/what-is-coercive-control/). This behaviour has been criminalised in […]

You’ve decided to invest in your mental health and wellbeing by engaging in therapy. Where do you start? What support are you looking for? Does your GP need to be involved? What […]

Brene Brown, research professor at the University of Houston, has spent the last two decades studying courage, vulnerability, shame, and empathy. She describes shame as “the intensely painful feeling or experience of […]