Shannon Fraser - Counsellor

04/07/2024

The Nurturing Nook is the new business page and has all the details on where you can find me to make a booking!

Seeyou soon 😀

20/12/2023

To my clients, followers and supporters online,

I wanted to take a moment and share some news for 2024.
As of November 30th-2023 my space at Warwick Psychological Services was no longer available due to sudden and immediate management changes and dissolving of the business. The news came as a shock to myself and many other clinicians who previously called this place home and it was a rollercoaster of emotions. It was a sad goodbye to a place I loved coming to work and working collaborately with other clinicians in the mental health field. I truly wish the new business Bridging the Gap a success in their future endeavours and previous colleagues, the best on their new journeys.

I have since processed the changes all while trying to continue my care to my clients over the busy festive season without a physical space, it has been tricky but with my last working day of this year being the 22nd December, I have indeed made it through. To the clients who continued to hold their bookings with me, I thank you for your flexibility during a stressful transition, I also offer my sincere appreciation and gratitude for your understanding during this time.

I still aim to work collaborately with some colleagues from the WPS team as best we can in order to continue offering a supportive team to shared clients. While the Warwick chapter is over, I am reminded of the knowledge I learned and strengthening skills that reinforced my confidence as a Registered Counsellor.

With that said, I have been busy setting up new booking systems, contact methods and getting new business cards ready for the launch of my very own counselling business.

It is with great enthusiasm that I introduce and launch, The Nurturing Nook -Counselling Space for 2024. I will be operating out of 2 new locations in Perths Northern suburbs and Eastern Hills. There is new social media pages associated with my new business and will be active in their engagement and responses for current and future clients. This page "Shannon Fraser-Counsellor" will no longer post updates and content to help minimise the confusion of where I will be around Perth. The new booking link is uploaded on the instagram platform and currently taking bookings for the new year.

If your interested in following me across and keeping updated, you can find me on instagram .nurturing.nook or Facebook The Nurturing Nook. I look forward to meeting some new faces in the new year and wish you all a happy and safe holiday break.

Thank you again for your ongoing support,

-Shannon Fraser

16/07/2023

Correct ✅️

14/07/2023

I saw this on post and thought it was such a reflective and interesting moment from the perspective of our little people.

Life is busy, stressful and sometimes as parents we might assume our eldest children should just know our routine and have a helping hand in the organising of their siblings. But we forget they are little too, while they may want to help at times, they don't at ALL times and that's ok. Their job is to be little and be part of our chaos of raising mulitple children and in these times we are teaching them that while responsibility is important, having fun is too!

-Shannon

15/06/2023

Today I spent more spoons than I had.

That means tomorrow I may well wake up without energy. I might be sad. I might be short-tempered. I'll definitely be stressed.

In a perfect world tomorrow would be a resting day. That won't be possible. Too much junk to do.

I'll try and sn**ch a few restful moments when I can. And drink all the coffee in the world.

Em 🌈
AuDHD SLP

P.s. My whole take on spoon theory (created by Christine Miserandino) can be found here:

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=109385945333764&id=100087870753308

14/06/2023

Our little people aren't logical, they are learning and processing all of the time. As parents it's so hard in the tough moments to remember this. However when we reframe our view in these moments, we do have capacity to be kinder and find those extra bits of patience we didn't think we had.

Parenting is hard and unpredictable but we are doing our best!

13/06/2023

Pregnancy is different when you have other children to care for already. It’s a miracle, and no less special than your first, but it’s where the splitting of your attention starts. Holding them in your arms is simply where it continues.
Every mother knows pregnancy is sacred and that the life inside of her is worthy of celebrating, even if her body is pushed to the limits. And it’s hard every time, but it’s a different type of hard when you have others already at your feet.
It’s having little people asking you to pick them up, to find their toy, to play hide and seek when all you want, and all your body needs, is to rest.
It’s getting up at night to feed, rock, or care for those same babies who needed you during the day, with the one inside of you twisting and twirling for your attention.
It’s mothering on while growing another you will mother, knowing that you only have a certain window of time to enjoy your now before everything changes.
It’s two chapters needing to be read at the same time, even though the characters are introduced at different times.
And it’s feeling like there’s never enough time to enjoy both seasons fully, no matter how hard you try.
But despite all of that, it’s also a different kind of special.
It’s having your older children kiss your belly and talk to their yet-to-be- born-sibling through your stretching skin.
It’s having such a special time in your life shared with the most special people in your life.
And it’s knowing where this sort of love story can take you in a few months.
This sort of pregnancy is a roller coaster of a different kind, physically and emotionally, no matter how many times you have ridden it. But it’s the kind that makes you even stronger as you ride it and more content as you finish it. It’s the kind that makes you realise you can read two chapters at once, and still end up with the most beautiful ending.
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📖 Words taken from my “Mother On” book on early motherhood. My books and printable poems can be found via this link -

https://www.hangingwiththeheaphys.co.nz/emmaheaphypoetryseries

Words of Emma Heaphy
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Art: angelica.ch.r

31/05/2023

A journey worth embarking on🌿

A gentle reminder 🤍