Adult #trauma can be understood as a traumatic event that happened during your adulthood and changed your sense of self. It is opposed to developmental trauma which happens during your childhood and adolescence. After being impacted by adult trauma (a car crash, a divorce, the death of a loved one), many things change in your reality. Your sense of who you are can be different, you may experience more #anxiety, including #panic attacks, or impulsivity than before the traumati

#Counselling can be compared with an emotional workout. This means you will be asked to face your emotions, acknowledge and give a name to your feelings. Most of us have many feelings that are very easy to acknowledge and recognise, such as joy, but others are not so easy, such as anger or sadness. We tend to brush them under the carpet, hoping they will go away. They rarely do. They usually come back with a vengeance, creating havoc in your life, as you see yourself taking u

Here are some of the most common #myths about counselling. Some of these myths prevent people needing counselling from seeking help. 1) Counselling is only for crazy people: This is not true. Most people could benefit from the type of help that #counselling provides at some point in their lives. 2) Counselling is only about talking: Not true again. Most counsellors are open to explore other approaches in parallel to talking therapy: relaxation exercises, #mindfulness, #gui

#Cultural values can impact in #counselling and #psychotherapy sessions. Independently of what brought you to look for a #counsellor in Devon, some underlying cultural issues may be present. From a counsellor’s perspective – understanding Counselling and psychotherapy were born in Western societies. These societies are based on certain common #values not shared by all cultures in the world. If you come from a culture with different values, your values may clash with those

#Compassion fatigue, also known as #burnout, can appear in #caregivers exposed to suffering on a daily basis. Nurses, care workers, doctors, #counsellors are all exposed to compassion fatigue. We work with people who experience suffering every day and their suffering can affect us. Early detection of symptoms of compassion fatigue can prevent more serious symptoms. Here are five tips to recognize and avoid compassion fatigue: Take care of your body: If you start feeling th

Different counsellors in Devon work in different ways. You will find #counsellors and #psychotherapists who work from a body-centred perspective, and others who follow Freud’s theories very closely. Among the different #counselling approaches, some counsellors in Devon choose to use the #person-centred approach. In order to select the best counsellor for you, you may wish to know a little bit about the different approaches. The person-centred approach was founded by #Car

You will find different approaches to #counselling in Devon. Some counsellors use the existential approach, others core-processing psychotherapy and some work with movement, such as dance movement therapists. If you are looking to get help through counselling in Devon, a good way to start finding a counsellor is becoming familiar with the different approaches and maybe experiencing one or two sessions with a counsellor and see if their approach works for you. Having worked

I heard somewhere that finding the right counsellor is as hard as finding the right life partner. That may be slightly exaggerated, but it is true that there is more to finding a counsellor than one might think. Here are 5 tips to choose the right counsellor for you: Check your motivation for seeking #counselling: What is bringing you to counselling at this moment? Are you looking to solve a specific issue or are you trying to change deep seated patterns that are causing your

In recent years, we are becoming more acceptant of labels belonging to the medical professions in our everyday life. For example, #mental illness, #bipolar, #depression. Some of these terms are increasingly used to identify human states of mind and mood that might have been considered in the past as a normal part of human suffering. So how do we know when we are mentally ill or just suffering as humans? Human suffering is usually a temporary condition, whereas mental illne