The Messed Up Counsellor

How can we find the motivation to transcend boundaries? In this episode I explore what could be preventing us from making the changes needed to achieve our aims.

Some things you find easy might be hard for others, and vice versa. In this episode I explore the confusing subject of how we see the world.

What’s fixable, and what’s not? This can be a controversial and thought-provoking conservation, and one we should all be having.

Great, but what does that actually mean? Identifying the problem is one thing, reflecting on how that problem makes you feel might be more meaningful communication.

Is anger a normal emotion or a negative emotion? In this episode I explore how to identify the emotion in anger, so that you can take control of your actions.

I am often asked this by my clients, so in this episode of the podcast I look at what is needed to make it work and last.

When you communicate and share your feelings, do ever feel like you are not listened too? In this episode of the podcast, I look at effective ways of getting your point across so that you can feel like you are heard.  

Relationships often breakdown because people want different things, and don’t communicate their desires effectively. This can often lead to a loss of connection.

In this podcast I look at the systems we live and work in and how they inform our choices. Where are our conflict areas and how can we adapt and grow in a positive and connected way? How does this affect the roles we play in others’ lives and our drive to be a part of something.

In this episode I discuss how you can become the you that you have always wanted to be and how age can encourage you to simply say it as it is. You can be a glorious person and you can give back to others and the world.

In this episode I explore my journey into podcasting. I discuss how I got started, how I have developed and grown the podcast, and I share some of the highs and lows of being in the spotlight.

As a supervisor I meet a lot of new counsellors, and part of my role is to guide them through their training and placements. In this episode I share some of the things they talk about and discuss how becoming a counsellor or therapist can be a life changing experience.

I discuss how I live with Dyslexia and what it does to my world, how it shaped me growing up, and what impact it has on my life both negatively and positively.

We take a look at the trials of growing up and what adults can do to help that transition. Take a journey into your past and explore how young people they aren’t too dissimilar to you at their age.

In this episode I explore how best to intimately connect and how to make love instead of having sex. What’s the difference? How can you make that intimate relationship strong and lasting.

In this episode we take a journey into their world and discuss how they see it working for them. Who is creating the problems that they face? How can we help them to communicate, understand, and be heard?

In this episode I discuss how to turn confusion and inability to choose into real change and progression.

Why do we always fall back into unhelpful dynamics in families? Why do we spend so much time and energy trying to change other people? In this episode I explore how to help people accept things they can’t change, and how to find peace with it.

There is a lot of talk about identity and gender these days. Many parents what to be supportive and sympathetic but find there is a lot of new information to navigate, and previous generations might have dealt with these issues in a less inclusive way.

Why is it important and how do we do it? What does it look like in the modern age? Are your hobbies just passing time, or are they helping you relax and refuel your energy and resilience?

What is trauma and how do you recognise it? How does it affect you? How does it affect your human interactions?

People are getting busier. How do we make room to enhance our lives or relationships when we are busy just trying to survive?

Sometimes people don’t even realise that they are in an abusive and controlling relationship. I explore what to look out for, and how you might detach yourself from an abusive relationship safely.

In this podcast I talk about physical sex and intimacy, what the difference is, and how you might introduce both back into a relationship.  

In this podcast I look at the many different types of abuse and the effects that it can have on the victims of abuse. I explore how abuse can affect our relationships, and what signs and triggers to look out for.