New Leaf Counselling and Supervision

18/05/2022

Once every year or so the stars align and I write a blog. Here is my latest one, about the film 'Pig' but please approach with caution if you haven't seen it as it may contain spoilers....

I love Nicholas Cage films (Con Air – amirite?) except when I don’t; good and bad Cage films is a subject too vast for me to begin to address here. But Pig had really good reviews and Cage said it was one of his finest performances so I thought we should give it a go. Having learned my lesson fr...

30/03/2020

I like to think of myself as fashionably late rather than woefully behind the times, so here (finally) is my coronavirus blog.

Hands up who’s struggling at the moment? I’ve been doing fairly well in coronavirus isolation so far, being a proud introvert not socialising is the norm for me and I’m generally happy with my own company but today has threatened to break me a bit. The children are starting to get bored and tw...

09/02/2020

If getting through your week looks like this keep at it, you'll get there!

28/01/2020

I'm super excited to share my new website. I hope you like it, if you do please feel free to share it.
https://www.newleafderby.co.uk

07/12/2019

Just a gentle reminder to take even a small break when you can.

30/11/2019

I feel very lucky to be able to support people during their darkest times, to be with them even when they feel they have abandoned themselves.

19/11/2019

Self kindness is not always easy, sometimes it feels weird, awkward or self indulgent. But with some practice it gets easier and you are worth the effort.

18/11/2019

We all struggle with our words sometimes...

16/11/2019

Gosh I can't believe it's been 5 months since I last posted on here! Where has the time gone? I'm hoping to be more active on here from now on and I thought I'd kick off with a long overdue blog post about why I do what I do. Sometimes we choose our vocation and sometimes it chooses us. I'm in the very fortunate position to be doing the work I love, but this career definitely chose me...

Someone asked me the other day why I became a counsellor, no one had asked me before, in fact not many people talk to me about counselling, maybe they are worried I will analyse them and dig out their secrets (I won’t!). I didn’t always want to be a counsellor, when I was a child I wanted to be ...

23/06/2019

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30/03/2018

Having someone we care about experience depression can leave us feeling unsure of how to help. We want to support them but can't find the right words or we worry that we will make things worse. If this sounds familiar please have a look at my blog post about supporting someone with depression:

11/03/2018

To me brave does not mean not crying, it does not mean not being affected and not feeling emotions. To me bravery is crying when you feel overwhelmed and hurt because it takes courage to be honest about how you feel. So if you are hurt or sad and you're struggling on anyway, I think you're awesome.

Sometimes the BEST messages go viral. I love that at least 5 of you messaged this to me! And that was after I was already featuring it as an Instagram story. You all ROCK!

(Rumor has it that Parenting Works did these edits. Thank you!)