Connect Within Counselling

12/09/2025

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💡 Healing means learning to notice your reactions and giving yourself compassion in those moments.

Trauma isn’t who you are—it’s something you’ve been through. With awareness and love, you can break the cycle. 🕊️💜

07/08/2025

I’ve officially completed my Internal Family Systems (IFS) training with the IFS Institute!
This training has been one of the most powerful and transformative experiences I’ve had, both professionally and personally. IFS offers a way of working that feels deeply respectful, non-pathologising, and compassionate. It sees all parts of us as having a purpose, even the ones we might struggle with most.

I choose to work this way because it doesn’t try to "fix" people, it helps them understand and connect with their inner world in a way that brings real healing. I’ve seen first-hand how this approach can shift things at a deep level.

Feeling really grateful to now be part of the wider IFS community and excited to keep learning and growing in this work 💛

05/08/2025

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Therapy isn't self-indulgent. It takes courage and a deep commitment to growth to be willing to face unbearable psychological pain.

Listen to the podcast: https://www.carolynspring.com/podcast/podcast-20-how-therapy-transformed-me/

27/07/2025

In writing this 'fable', I show that trauma has very predictable, natural and understandable consequences or 'symptoms'. But they're not a sign of mental illness: it's totally normal to be traumatised by .
Please read and share: https://www.carolynspring.com/blog/trauma-and-the-bears

27/07/2025