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What’s the Whack-a-Mole have to do with my emotions?

In this post, I’d like to address something that I believe in and that colours the therapeutic work that I do. It also colours my life if I’m completely honest! I didn’t go looking for psychodyamic theory or its way

Why have therapy in your own language? (and why I offer this service)

Welcome! In this post, where I’ll be focusing on the importance of our native language when going to therapy. I will focus on Spanish and English in this post as those are the two languages I speak fluently and to

Spring cleaning

The past couple of weeks – since the weather picked up and it seems spring is finally arriving – I have started clearing out some of my papers, clothes and clutter. It made me feel good, removing things that I

What can therapy do for you?

Welcome to this post. Today I want to talk about what therapy can do for you in more general terms. While you are in the therapy room trying to figure out how to work through your feelings of anxiety, depression,

Embracing change

Change… ….that word that most of us cringe at or just simply dislike because it means making adjustments that we might not have been ready for. It might also mean being uncomfortable for a while until we get used to

What to do with the should do’s, have to’s and must do’s

Welcome to this post, aimed to support your mental health and wellbeing. You can work on these on your own, or get the support of a counsellor or psychotherapist. In this post, I want to talk about a peeve of

Mental Health Stigma #timetotalk

This post was prompted by Time to Change, who take the lead in the fight to end mental health discrimination and stigma. So today, I want to join in the movement by writing this blog post, as well as sharing

Grief Resource library

Following up on my post about loss and grief, I found this lovely library of blog posts related to the same topic. It contains a variety of posts, from poems to more serious ones, from authors all over the cyber-world.

Working through our feelings when we make a mistake

I wrote this post back in 2018, but it still has good lessons I learned from it and hope you also find it helpful whenever and wherever you’re reading it. I usually have a clear idea of what I’m going

What to expect during your first counselling session (part 2)

Welcome to this second instalment of working through your first counselling session. In this post, I will talk about what the counsellor will say to you and some questions they might ask you in the first session. This is by

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