The Messed Up Counsellor

Episode 117 Counselling in another country and things to think about keeping us and the Client safe. In this world of connection across countries, what do we have to think about in providing our work and how difficult and sometimes illegal it could be.

How does life change and how do we cope with seeing a new understanding of mortality or coping with the changes we cant control.

Episode 114 Looking forward to the summer and why that helps us to lift mood and make us able to cope with the hard times in the long nights.

111 Action reaction using the clock face. Understand how to stop bad actions to understand reactions to give a positive cycle instead of a negative destruction.

Episode 114 Power and control in our work and relationships. What do we do to offset the power in-balance in those situations and why do we sometimes need to emphasise it and when does it become a hindrance

Episode 112 Teenagers and CYP getting them to open up: Using different language structures to get to know them better.

Episode 110 Riggers of being the authentic you. Are you ever truly you or an amalgamation of the you your supposed to be.

Episode 109 Feeling misunderstood: Looking at our interactions and speaking the same languages what do they think of me can restrict us in what we say and do.

This episode looks at the role we play and when we are asked to take a responsibility role in the client's world

This episode looks at when we receive requests for information and some of the complexities that arise with those requests.

Episode 108 Trust and damaging relationships: How to build trust and what can break it down.

Episode 107 Annoying friends and colleagues, why do they annoy you so much and what do they hope to achieve from unsettling you.

Episode 106 The downside of being a counsellor, what the training organisations don’t tell you: The life of a counsellor the things you need to know.

Episode 105 Family and social traditions are they helpful: We have many things that we accept and that play out in our interactions to others, consciously or unconsciously what if some are poisonous for us.

Episode 104 The ending of relationships and becoming the leper: Why do people you used to frequent time with suddenly give you space or reject you.

Episode 103 Giving gifts and receiving attention: Why do some people find this hard to enjoy or receive and what drives it, what does it do for the person giving the gift.

Episode 102 Are teenagers lazy or we disrespecting their growth. Looking at what might be behind the lie ins and raiding the fridge.

What and why do I do this and what have I learnt along the way in the journey of podcasting, highs and lows.

Why do people try to put us in the middle and what can we do to disengage ourselves from the role, giving it back to others.

How often can we be fully us and why do we moderate us for the benefit of others or to protect ourselves.

Exploring the dynamics of rejection and love and how we might react to the emotional signals we get from others in a negative way.

Looking at the way we mentally construct language and why some people take an age to answer our verbal input. Thinking is the obstacle to talking.

Episode 96 Aging and the work ethic. What does aging do to us and when is it a positive or negative process, how can we accept it in an easier way.

Episode 95 Commitment what does it really do. By committing to another person’s needs does it increase trust and future security or feel imprisoned.

Episode 94 New Year resolutions: the good the bad and the inconsistency; make those resolutions work for you long term.