What is trauma bonding?
Are you in a relationship with someone who is obviously not good for you but you can’t seem to find it in you to leave them? You are not alone. You and many others may be experiencing the symptoms of trauma bonding without even realising it.
How to know when you need relationship counselling
Relationships are not static; they take a lot of work from both parties to maintain!
Individuals in a relationship usually go through different feelings and emotions ranging from moments of romantic excitement and loving closeness to periods when both partners feel distant and are unable to stand each other.
Getting to know narcissistic abuse
One in four Australian women suffers emotional abuse from a partner. One of the types of emotional abuse someone can experience is narcissistic abuse.
Covert manipulation – are you experiencing it?
I’ve witnessed a lot of clients in the past talk about a very concerning type of behaviour that is very underhanded and can be distressing. Known as covert manipulation.
It’s part of the cycle of abuse that can happen when you’re in a relationship or interacting with someone that is manipulative. Whilst all types of manipulation is toxic and underhanded, this covert stuff can be potentially quite damaging. And it’s different in its own sense and holds an even deeper layer of manipulation. It can often even have a hidden or underlying energy to it. So it’s worth identifying and discussing.
Setting boundaries to combat holiday season stress
Are you already starting to feel the tension and stress of this busy time of year? The holiday season is a time when we traditionally gather with family and friends through formal and informal gatherings.
Out of the suffering with Adelaide counselling
We’ve looked at how people can completely transform their lives with counselling and other wellbeing techniques.
My counselling services bring relief from suffering and are powerful in life changing ways. I genuinely believe the majority of my mission on earth is to help ease the suffering of others. If I can help others find a path to their own wholeness or reconnect to their inner selves and perhaps something beyond the self then I feel I’m completely doing what I am meant to be doing.
What is counselling?
Every wondered what is counselling? Counselling offers healing and understanding. It is a forum to speak about problems. And issues, traumatic events, past or present topics that are affecting day to day life. Counselling can be used to navigate current difficulties. Such as a relationship break up, anxiety, depression or work/career disputes) or to gain healing and/or understanding around past events (like childhood trauma, family separation, loss of a loved one).
Who does the housework?
Who does the housework in your home? Are you doing ALL or most of the housework and domestic duties in your household?
Statistics show that the average Australian woman spends between five and 14 hours a week doing unpaid domestic housework. Whilst males are doing just five.
