Jan 26, 2018 | Adolescence, Anger, Anxiety, Blog, Counselling, Counselling Kellyville, Counsellor, Featured, healthy relationships, Relationships, Stress
A relationship is most commonly understood as something that happens between two people, right? And relationships seem to be the source of our greatest joy, and our greatest pain. Think for a minute. If I asked you to describe your closest relationship what would you...
Apr 30, 2017 | Anger, Anxiety, Blog, Controlling relationships, Cycle Of Abuse, Domestic Abuse, Featured, healthy relationships, marriage
– Kellyville Counselling Are you riding the cycle of abuse? Are you on the roller coaster of confusion, highs, lows, being bullied, being love-bombed? Is your partner a monster one minute and a charmer the next? Are you reeling from the blows of false...
Apr 24, 2017 | Anger, Anxiety, children, communication, Counselling, Counselling Kellyville, Counsellor, Counsellor Bella Vista, Depression, Domestic Abuse, Featured, healthy relationships, hurt, overreacting, Relationships
-Counselling Kellyville Words are fascinating little things. They can be like fertiliser in so much as they can nourish, inspire, rally, stir, encourage. Another’s words can tell us we are loved, beautiful, capable, worthy. They can enrich and enlarge our hearts. They...
Apr 19, 2017 | communication, Counselling, Counsellor, Counsellor Bella Vista, Featured, healthy relationships, listening, marriage, relationship breakdown, Relationships, resilience
There is no question, one of the most common issues I find in my counselling room when working with couples, is communication. Or more specifically, listening. In fact, listening to each other seems to be a common interpersonal issue. I was once in a communication...
Apr 5, 2017 | Anger, Counselling, Counsellor, Counsellor Bella Vista, Domestic Abuse, Featured, healthy relationships, overreacting, parenting, relationship breakdown, Relationships, Stress
What does it mean to blame? Blaming is the act of locating the source of wrongdoing with another person or institution. “They did this to me.” “It’s your fault that x, y or z happened.” But there are 2 key problems with blame: 1. You hurt me so I’ll hurt you back....
Jul 24, 2016 | Counselling, Counsellor, Featured, healthy relationships, parenting, relationship breakdown, Relationships, resilience, Uncategorized
– Counselling Norwest. Blog article written by Cristina Vides. It was the worst day of my life. The day I packed up my children, a few boxes of belongings and drove away from our family home for good. I never imagined that ‘divorce’ would be part of our story,...