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Welcome to the Underground (a metaphor)
‘Welcome to Holland’ is a well-known poem that likens becoming a parent of a child with additional needs with planning a trip to Italy,...
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Online Creative Counselling part 3 – Room to Zoom
Hello, Hopefully you’ve read my 2 earlier blogs: Online Creative Counselling: What do I need? Online Creative Counselling: Getting...
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Online Creative Counselling part 2 - Getting Ready
Hopefully, you’ve read my first blog: Online Creative Counselling – What do I need? This second blog in the series is the next step...
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Online Creative Counselling part 1 – What do I need?
I am very glad you asked. When you think of zoom you may think of meetings, work and training. You probably don’t think about the ways...
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My Carer’s Story
Recently I had a chat with Carers Leeds, who are a fantastic organisation that support all unpaid carers in Leeds. I opened up about my...
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To Tell Or Not To Tell - The Autism Series
Actually, I’m not going to beat around the bush here, unless a child has learning difficulties or cognitive impairment that affects their...
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The Space In Between: The Autism Series
12 months ago I started a journey into discovering whether Mr 8 (now he's 9) was Autistic. We were lucky. Our wait for an Autism...
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Creative Space can Grow your Business
Giving yourself creative space will enable you to increase your capacity to grow your business. I want to encourage you not to see this...
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Creative Counselling – Is it just a nice thing to do or does it actually work?
What is Creativity? Right at the start I want to make it clear that being creative doesn’t mean being artistic or skilful. In this blog...
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Is Your Child Suffering from Covid Grief?
But let's first start with you. Are you lacking in energy, depleted and exhausted and fed with COVID-19? Are you getting moments of rage...
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How to Mourn the End of your Marriage
I can still remember the day I got married. I was stood at the back of the church. My dad’s job was to walk me down the aisle slowly –...
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The Perfectionist Parent & Home-schooling
If you’re like me you will struggle to keep the demands of school in perspective. You will want to do your absolute best for your child...
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Have you Considered Working Outdoors?
When we first went into lock down I made a point of having weekly (socially distant) walks with a counselling peer and friend. We...
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Outdoor Therapy: Route 2
Today I did Route 2 of one of my Outdoor Therapy Walks. Its a big playing field and today it felt huge, huger than it usually does. ...
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Let Yourself Be Sad
Every now and then I have a conversation about who I feel really sorry for during this crisis. It's usually one of these: High school...
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To Send to School or Not to Send to School
Are you bogged down with all the opinions on Social Media? Are you scared about the future for your children? Are you confused about...
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Online Counselling - Is it Second Best?
Are you in need of Counselling but unsure of how Online works? I wonder if you are apprehensive about whether it really works and is it...
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