**TRIGGER WARNING: Suicide ** As we come to the end of Mental Health Awareness Month, I feel this is the perfect time to focus on men’s mental health. Although I…
Are you feeling emotionally drained after work? Holding emotional or intense client work, week after week, can take a toll on us, even when we are very passionate about what…
Do you find yourself trying so hard to stay calm, patient and connected with your children, while internally feeling overwhelmed, overstimulated or emotionally exhausted? Do small moments sometimes feel huge…
When small moments feel huge internally Parenting while living with trauma or CPTSD can feel incredibly hard, not because you don’t love your children enough, but because trauma literally changes…
Great Polyvagal Theory visual aid showing what happens in our body when our nervous system goes through different states. Although Polyvagal Theory is greatly influential in Trauma Therapy, and I…
According to the message in this image by Nicole LePera (The Holistic Psychologist), all parents traumatise their children. Although it does have some element of truth in it based on…
As someone who primarily works with clients who have experienced trauma, I also support a large number of clients who identify as, or are exploring whether they might be, neurodivergent.…
Are you a therapist or helping professional who: Works with trauma Wants a deeper and embodied approach Feels unsure where to start with trauma work If you work with trauma…
So I had a dentist appointment last weekend, and it did make me wonder how numbed and zoned out I always felt throughout the day after every dentist appointment. I…
The other day, I came across a discussion in a professional therapist group that caught my attention. Someone was asking for recommendations for an attachment‑informed EMDR therapist. A therapist in…