Uplift Counselling Fremantle

18/01/2024

What is embodiment?
How can somatic psychotherapy help if you feel ungrounded, spaced out or dissociated?

18/01/2024

How does Somatic Psychotherapy change your core beliefs? How does this improve your life?

26/08/2023

Any friends who are in Bali, there's going to be an epic one day festival, as the culmination of a two year training I've been in. Saturday 2/9.
So if you're interested private message me and I can send you details.

04/07/2018

Its my absolute pleasure to offer mindfulness and somatic psychotherapy. Its an honour to share people's journey with them. I'd like to thank Mark Steinward for this heartfelt review which I feel captures what I offer... both to those who come experiencing life's challenges and those looking for personal development.

"Ajay is an incredible therapist. I have had fantastic sessions with him. For me I was not depressed or down but wanted to work on things to make my life better, happier, more peaceful. At times in my life I call upon him to help assist me to assist myself. To help take my relationships and life to the next level. Every time without fail, with just one session I have broken through on whatever issue I brought to the table. I could not recommend Ajay more highly. He is VERY VERY GOOD at what he does."

Thanks Mark.

15/09/2017

Hi folks
I see this as a really important issue. The federal government is using biased research to justify limiting access to natural health.

If you use naturopathy, herbal medicine, homeopathy, even yoga and massage to support your health then this affects you.

Sign this petition:
https://www.yourhealthyourchoice.com.au/

and read here for more info:

https://livingnow.com.au/consumers-fight-to-protect-their-right-of-choice-in-healthcare/

Consumer's right to access complementary medicine is under threat. The Your Health Your Choice campaign is one response.

13/09/2017

I just want to thank the people who have been visiting my page, and liking it and my posts.... facebook is a bit of a new endeavor for me, as a way of letting people know what I'm doing in my work, so thanks for your support.

Ajay, MA, began his own journey in mindfulness and body centred therapies 25 years ago. This led to a passion to offering therapy and meditation practices to others.

08/09/2017

The idea that we should feel happy all the time is pretty pervasive in our society… if we were just that bit richer, sexier, younger we would be in bliss… and its just around the corner.

So why do we feel pain? What is it for? Here are a few answers to that … depending on what is going on.

We are hardwired to look for problems…

The hunter gatherer who was on the lookout for danger tended to live longer and to reproduce, thus passing on their genes, while the happy go lucky hunter gatherer tended to get eaten by wild animals!

Not so useful nowadays perhaps? But painful emotions can be useful, in three different ways:

1. Calls to action:
Just like physical pain is a sign that something is not right, painful emotions can be a way of telling us to do something different....

http://www.upliftcounselling.com.au/why-do-we-have-painful-emotions/

Why don’t we feel good all the time, what are these painful emotions about anyway? In my work I often come across people struggling to deal with emotions...

25/08/2017

Hi friends,
I thought I would share some of the benefits I have experienced, personally and in my work with clients, of having a mindfulness practice. Also some tips for simple everyday things you can do to be more present.

Benefits of mindfulness are to help with painful emotions that have been suppressed or that spill out in unhelpful or destructive ways

04/08/2017

Here is a very beautiful heart meditation which I recommend trying out. I hope it brings you joy!

http://www.upliftcounselling.com.au/atishas-heart-meditation/

Many “positive thinkers” will encourage you to breath out all your negativity and suffering, and to breath in positivity. This does exactly the opposite....

28/07/2017

Hi folks, I've been really noticing the difference it makes to feel grounded in your own body... and how working somatically helps enormously with that. We are so conditioned to be focussed on our thoughts that it can take some time and retraining to connect with our body and our hearts....

http://www.upliftcounselling.com.au/mind-body-and-heart-connection/

People often talk of “gut feelings” or “following your heart”… just nice phrases or do they really mean something? We are conditioned to live from the head

21/07/2017

Hi everyone, this is a tool which I find incredibly helpful to stay grounded through the day, and be more present moment to moment..... I hope you find it helpful!

http://www.upliftcounselling.com.au/check-in-with-yourself/

A great way to practice mindfulness is to check in with yourself through the day. Ask how am I feeling right now? Name it.

14/07/2017

Well I've been back in Perth from my camping trip for a couple of weeks, and am working on keeping that peaceful feeling going through the busyness, challenges and simple pleasures of daily life.... So here are some simple things I use to stay present and grounded through my day. Feel free to share some of your own....

http://www.upliftcounselling.com.au/more-grounded-and-present/

Being more grounded and present can help in many ways. It can help to stop us being so reactive to triggers, and help us to be more aware of our emotions

03/07/2017

Hi,
I'm just back from a camping trip up to Jurien bay and Kalbarri... it was so great to have some spacious time in nature to just be. So here are some tools I will be using to bring that stillness into daily life in the city! Let me know if you find them helpful, or have other things that work for you!

http://www.upliftcounselling.com.au/tools-for-mindfulness/

Mindfulness and meditation practices seem like a really good idea, but who has the time, and where do you start? Tools for mindfulness like this can help.

23/06/2017

Hi friends,
This post shares some ways that I have found useful to drop into meditation or mindfulness in the middle of the hustle and bustle of daily life. Have a look, and if you feel inspired, share some of your own ways of doing this....

http://www.upliftcounselling.com.au/mindfulness-in-daily-life/

Stress is the biggest killer in the west, and mindfulness in daily life is a great antidote. When we take time we make time.

17/06/2017

Hi everyone,
I have been contemplating the importance of loving kindness, or in counselling jargon, "unconditional positive regard" in a counselling session, and in life in general. I hope you find this useful!

http://www.upliftcounselling.com.au/what-is-loving-kindness/

Mindfulness was not intended to be strictly an attention–regulation exercise. Take away loving kindness and mindfulness is like watching a frightening scene

09/06/2017

Hi friends, I decided to post something on my blog today about mindfulness, and how it differs from meditation, hope you find it revealing!

http://www.upliftcounselling.com.au/what-is-mindfulness/

What is mindfulness? An amazing way of becoming more present to your own life, of savouring each moment, of not letting the days and weeks go by in a blur.

03/06/2017

Hi Folks,
I've been thinking about the concept of acceptance and how expecting things to be different can be the root of much of our suffering. Here is a post about how mindfulness in therapy can help us accept and find peace with ourselves, as well as to change limiting core beliefs.

http://www.upliftcounselling.com.au/benefits-mindfulness-in-counselling/

Mindfulness in counselling creates safety and gives us the resources to be present with uncomfortable emotions without them overwhelming us.

19/05/2017

Locating your body’s intelligence and using mindfulness tools, Ajay helps you to bring past experiences to resolution. Ajay supports you to work through life issues, to understand and rewrite core beliefs, allowing you to live more joyfully and achieve your full potential.

Medicare rebates available.

Specialising in:

✔ Personal Growth
✔ Mindfulness
✔ Stress
✔ Anxiety
✔ Depression
✔ Relationships & more

With years of training and experience as a practitioner, Ajay has spent his life diving deeply into meditation and growth work. He brings the richness of this background to his counselling practice, offering powerful tools for change.

Based in Fremantle
Call Ajay to take the next step 0421476429

www.upliftcounselling.com.au
ajay@upliftcounselling.com.au

Fremantle therapist Ajay Hawkes specialises in mindfulness based therapies and somatic counselling to help you live your life to it's full potential.

15/05/2017

Hi everyone,
I hope that you find this post about research into mindfulness interesting. Let me know your thoughts!

http://www.upliftcounselling.com.au/mindfulness-therapy-research-facts-friendly/

Evidence based therapies are all the rage nowadays and it is important to know whether a particular modality has been researched effectively.* There has been extensive research into mindfulness and mindfulness therapy and there is also significant research into somatic therapies which I’ll address...

08/05/2017

People sometimes wonder who counselling is for, so I've addressed this here:
http://www.upliftcounselling.com.au/counselling-need-ill-therapy/

The brief answer is NO! Counselling is for anyone. I see my work as being about personal development as much as dealing with life’s difficulties. Therapy is about developing better life skills, learning to deal with the difficult emotions we all suffer from, and becoming more able to find lasting pe...

28/04/2017

Hi folks, here's a blog post about simple ways to bring awareness and mindfulness into how we relate to other people.
http://www.upliftcounselling.com.au/relating-mindfully-awareness/

Mindfulness is not just an introspective activity, in fact mindful awareness becomes a gift to those around us in relating to them. We become less reactive, more present with people and more loving; Some ways to be more present in your relationships: Take the time to connect with your partner: On wa...

21/04/2017

Check out my new blog post about how to deal with painful thoughts and emotions:
http://www.upliftcounselling.com.au/control-painful-thoughts-and-emotions/

“You can’t stop the waves, but you can learn to surf” Jon Kabat-Zin “Meditation is the only intentional, systematic human activity which at bottom is about not trying to improve yourself or get anywhere else, but simply to realize where you already are.” Jon Kabat-Zin How much time do we spend tryin...

19/04/2017

I'm excited to be starting a blog on my website where I will explore tools for mindfulness and personal development as well as how to manage the stresses and traumas of life. I will be drawing on what I have understood from my training in Hakomi mindfulness based psychotherapy as well as other work I have done and my own meditation practice. Check out my first post here:
http://www.upliftcounselling.com.au/mindfulness-check-your-baseline/

This is a good way of reinforcing that what you are doing in your meditations is working – it’s producing a change. Or if there is no change after a meditation has been tried for a while, perhaps recognizing that it is time to try a different meditation technique, or to enlist the support of a class...

09/07/2016

I'm excited to be offering mindfulness based psychotherapy, combining my long interest in alternative therapies and meditation with my experience as a counsellor and psychotherapist. Trained in Hakomi psychotherapy. Medicare rebates are available or self referrals. Visit my website for more info. www.upliftcounselling.com.au