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....
Mar 6, 2017 | Counselling, Depression, healthy relationships, relationship breakdown, Relationships, resilience, Stress, Uncategorized
There seems to be a lot of talk about building walls at the moment. Walls that are intended to keep out the ‘illegals’ and provide a sense of security for those on the inside. Politics aside – it has made me aware that I work with walls every day of my working...
Sep 11, 2016 | Anger, Counselling, Counsellor, parenting, relationship breakdown, resilience, sibling, Uncategorized
‘Who said you could wear my clothes?’ ‘Get out of my room!’ ‘You’ve been on the computer for hours!’ It’s normal for teenage siblings to fight over all sorts of things. Teenage siblings argue just as much as younger children, but they tend to fight about different...
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,...
Jan 18, 2016 | Anger, Anxiety, Controlling relationships, Counselling, Counsellor, Depression, Domestic Abuse, Featured, Grief, healthy relationships, hurt, overreacting, relationship breakdown, Relationships, resilience, Stress, Uncategorized
“When we push down hurt or pretend that struggle doesn’t exist, the hurt and struggle own us.” Brene Browne We don’t suppress happy feelings usually. They are easy, we just have them. You tell me a joke, I laugh. I see a double rainbow and gasp...