Your Journey Counselling

02/09/2025

If ever you need to reach out there is always help available.
https://www.thecalmzone.net/feeling-suicidal
https://www.papyrus-uk.org

18/03/2025

Highly recommended if you need your car van or motorhome valeting 👍🚗🚙🚘🚖

07/09/2024

Where will your counselling journey take you?

Seeking therapy and asking for help has typically been viewed as a sign of weakness.

In fact, the opposite is true. It is far easier to avoid the underlying issues that might be affecting someone on a day to day basis than to face things head on. The hardest part for many is the process of acknowledging that there might be unhelpful patterns of behaviour that no longer serve them. Or facing hard inconvenient truths that can be uncomfortable to process.

Talking to a qualified professional can help to face anything you might be struggling with in a safe and non judgmental environment. No matter what your journey brings, knowing that you are not alone in facing what you need can make the difference.

03/06/2024

Pride Month is an opportunity to highlight the unique challenges and stigmas that LGBTQ+ individuals face and how it affects their mental wellbeing.

Here are just a few of the many stigmas that the LGBTQ+ community face and how it impacts mental wellbeing:

Internalised Homophobia or Transphobia: Society’s negative attitudes and stereotypes towards LGBTQ individuals can lead to self-doubt, shame, and self-hatred within the community – This can contribute to anxiety, depression, and low self-esteem.

Discrimination, prejudice, and marginalisation can lead to chronic stress, anxiety, and feelings of isolation.

Bullying and Harassment: The q***r community are at a higher risk of experiencing bullying, harassment, and violence due to their gender identity or sexual orientation. This can result in increased rates of anxiety, depression, and post-traumatic stress disorder.

Minority Stress: The constant need to navigate societal stigma and prejudice can lead to chronic stress known as minority stress.

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08/11/2023

Brilliant work!

We are super excited and grateful to share that Braunton Fireworks 2023 raised over £3,000 for Ask for Jake!

Thank you to our wonderful Braunton community who came out in the pouring rain, to Braunton Cricket Club for letting us turn your field to mud, to DMR Pyro for the best fireworks display, to Seb for organising the event, to Benny's of Braunton, J & S Wensley Newsagents and Braunton Cricket Club for selling so many tickets, to Kat Grant Photography for taking some amazing pictures, to AW Photographic North Devon for capturing the evening on video, our brilliant volunteers for giving up their time, and to everyone else who helped to make the night so special.

We will be working our way around the village removing the posters, but if you see one that we miss, it would be hugely appreciated if you could take it down for us please 😊

We hope you enjoyed the night as much as us, and we hope to see you next year! If you would like to be part of the team for 2024, please let us know and we will add you to the list 🎆

04/11/2023

03/11/2023

Don't forget your reusable cups for the bar , we can't wait to welcome you all 🎊🎊

03/11/2023

It really is the final countdown now…

There are only 48 hours until Braunton Fireworks 2023 with 𝗹𝗶𝗺𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗸𝗲𝘁𝘀 𝗹𝗲𝗳𝘁 to buy from Benny's of Braunton, J & S Wensley Newsagents, Bluewave and Braunton Cricket Club - Bar.

Adult - £6
Child - £5
Family ticket (2 + 2) - £20

Gates open at 4:30pm, with stalls, music & food, all ready for a brilliant display by DMR Pyro!

28/09/2023

I know it’s been a while since I posted, have had to take a much needed social media break over the summer and it’s taken some time to get back into posting again.
Taking a break is important but now feeling recharged and it’s great to have that routine back again. More posts to follow soon.

20/07/2023

We have the lovely Osca joining us this Saturday at the Ask for Jake talk shop at the Hub.
If you want to come and chat and meet us and Osca we are here for you. 🙏 💚

19/07/2023

This is a dedicated safe space to talk which is run by men, for men.

17/07/2023

If you love dogs and love a chat then come on down to the Talk Shop Hub in South Street in Braunton this Saturday 💙💚

Come along to our Talk Shop this Saturday, between 10 and 11 at the AFJ Hub, where we will have the lovely Osca joining us 🐾

Osca is a therapy dog and his owner Julie will be talking all about him and how therapy dogs provide such comfort to those struggling with their mental health. We hope to see you there!