Parenting: The 3 C’s – Consistency, Care, Communication
When it comes to raising kids, the number one question on most parent’s minds is HOW?
Navigating the Dating Game
Firstly, it’s important to know what you’re looking for in a date, or potential partner. Are you looking for a short-term connection, or a lifelong partnership?
Sexual Addictions Counselling
Sexual addictions include addiction to internet porn, having multiple affairs with sexual involvement, or engaging in interactive online sexual behaviours.
Study Stress and Anxiety
Are you currently studying? Ready to face exams? Have assignment deadlines? Are you finding yourself not able to cope?
How Do You Approach Parenting?
Parenting is a complex and challenging job. Whether it’s your first child or your third, fourth or fifth there are challenges along the way. These challenges arise in part due to the complex nature of raising a small person who in many ways is completely different to you.
Anger Management: Looking Deeper
Anger management problems are so common. Anger, unresolved and unmanaged, can destroy relationships. I’ve always had a short fuse So often we can think that anger is the problem, when actually it is a expression of deeper issues. Those issues may be unrealistic expectations, lingering resentment, or feeling unloved or inadequate. Those issues may also be unresolved…
Emotions: Tips in Learning to Respond Well
What to do with emotions can be difficult, confusing, awkward and scary. Some people are hardly aware of their emotions. Others feel utterly overwhelmed. Are feelings important? Are there good and bad emotions? What kind of emotions are there? What are our feelings trying to tell us? Or are they just trying to trick us? Often people think…
Mental Health: Hope for Return to Normality
Mental health issues impact most of us at some stage “What’s happing to me? Why am I feeling like this? Why can’t I get better?” These are some common questions people ask when they are struggling with a mental illness. And times like this can seem bleak and scary. There can be a lot of uncertainty…
Child Protection Matters
You might ask the question, we’re here to talk about my issues, why do you want to know about my children? Essentially, when it comes to counselling, all aspects of life can be contributing to your current level of functioning. All parts of your personal life may need some air time at some stage or…
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) There are many different strategies that counsellors and psychologists use to support their clients progress in therapy. CBT is one of many commonly used strategies. There is lots of research around how helpful CBT is to support clients in their journey of healing and self-development. But for many clients, it is not always so well described…