In March this year I completed Irish Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (IACP) accredited training which qualifies me to work with adolescents aged 13- to 17-years-old. It truly has been a privilege to step into adolescent client’s lives since I started working with teens and it is certainly different than […]
Therapy can be an invitation to be in relationship with one’s ‘self’, with others and with the world from a place of compassion. One of the most powerful ways this shift can occur is through the cultivation of self-compassion. Not a self-indulgence, as some might mis-label it, but a courageous, […]
In previous months I have written about many challenges a person might face and how those challenges can impact a person’s life. I have always written how therapy could be helpful and why a person might seek out therapy for support. I thought this month it would be helpful, (pun […]
“Man up”; “You’re the man of the house now”; “Big boys don’t cry”; “Be a good little man”; “Don’t be a wimp”: These are some of the more print-friendly phrases a male may come up against in the home, school and workplace throughout their lifetime. These are also only a […]
In 1998, Judy Singer, a sociologist, coined the term ‘neurodiversity’, a combination of the words neurological and diversity, and since then it has become a movement, which works towards inclusion, equality and social change. More recently, it is taken that neurodiversity simply refers to the spectrum of neurological diversity of […]
As another year lays ahead of us, it is prime time to whip out the ‘New Year, New Me’ attitude and, most likely, feel disappointed and criticise oneself when things don’t pan out as planned. We all do it, or have done it at some stage: Give up smoking, eat […]