Marches Counselling Service

06/12/2025

It's National Grief Awareness week. This years theme is "Growing with Grief"

Losing a loved one is hard to process, it will affect everyone differently and at different times. Often the feelings come and go in waves, triggered by something, a situation or place.

After that loss, we can't go back to who we were, but in time, instead, we can grow into someone new shaped by love, memories, and resilience. This growth doesn’t erase the pain, but it allows eases and changes. We may even become more present, more compassionate, more aware of what truly matters in life.

Counselling may help whether you recently went through a bereavement, or are still struggling with a loss that happened a long time ago. We are a charity providing affordable, confidential and professional counselling. We don't have a waiting list or limit the number of sessions a client attends. You can contact us on 01432 279906 or email admin@marchescounselling.org or get in touch via our website www.marchescounselling.org

05/12/2025

Today is International Volunteer Day and we are extremely grateful to all our volunteers. Whether it's raising funds, raising our profile or gaining valuable experience with us as a student counsellor or merely voluntarily telling others about our services. As a charity aiming to provide affordable counselling, all the support we get is extremely valuable.

Should you with to volunteer for us, do get in touch. We'd love to hear from you and what ever time you can spare. You can contact us on 01432 279906 or email admin@marchescounselling.org or get in touch via our website www.marchescounselling.org/contact

04/12/2025

A lovely aim.

Be the reason people believe in beautiful souls, kind hearts and good energy

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04/12/2025

These are good.

03/12/2025

Today is International Day of Persons with Disabilities (IDPD).

The first IDPD was held in 1992 by the United Nations, as a way to recognise the rights and dignity of people with disabilities worldwide. Its goal is to raise awareness about disability issues and show why inclusion matters — in education, work, social life, health, culture and more. Today, about 1.3 billion people worldwide live with a disability — that’s about 1 in 6 of us.

Many still face unfair barriers to healthcare, education, employment and social inclusion. Here at MCS we work hard to embrace these ethics in both our employment criteria and in providing access to our services. Although we our counselling rooms are up two flights of stairs, should access to these be an issue physically, we are happy to hire suitable rooms elsewhere on a ground floor.

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03/12/2025

Childhood plays a huge role in shaping our personality, how we behave and how we react to others. Was your childhood ok but you want to understand yourself and why you react as you do to certain situations?Was your childhood happy/unhappy/mixed? Do pictures like this frustrate you as memories of your own childhood don't fall into this kind of image?

An article in Psychology Today talked of 4 key ways your childhood shaped us. Birth order, emotional wounds, family climate, and role models.

Need help understanding these and how they impact on your interactions now? Want to change your reactions? Need help coming to terms with difficult experiences and memories?

Counselling may help. We are a charity providing affordable, confidential and professional counselling. We don't have a waiting list or limit the number of sessions a client attends. You can contact us on 01432 279906 or email admin@marchescounselling.org or get in touch via our website www.marchescounselling.org

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01/12/2025

The next Reflective Practice Group meets on 3rd December 7-8 p.m. at our offices in Hereford. The group is for counsellors and psychotherapists. It is a supportive space to think about practice issues and experiences in a community of counsellors and psychotherapists.

December often seems to catch up with us too soon! This week is the last reflective practice group of the year, and fittingly we will talk about seasons and the impact they have on us and our clients. This is a time of year when we might be feel different in our energy levels, where the long evenings might present a subtle shift in our work/life balance. This month's group is a space to reflect on this and more.

For more information contact Helen on Helenmiskin@marchescounselling.org.

To book onto this session go to our website, or access our booking form directly with this link. https://forms.office.com/e/HKR99mwqjS

30/11/2025

Our next Reflective Practice Group for counsellors and psychotherapists is on Weds 3rd December at 7pm

December often seems to catch up with us too soon! Next week is the last reflective practice group of the year, and fittingly we will talk about seasons and the impact they have on us and our clients. This is a time of year when we might be feel different in our energy levels, where the long evenings might present a subtle shift in our work/life balance. This month's group is a space to reflect on this and more.

For more about the group and our form to book a place, go to www.marchescounselling.org/counselling-network

30/11/2025

Feeling like you are stuck in the same pattern, same cycle of negative thinking? Want to understand why, look at things differently and help figure out ways to change your own perceptions, reactions or behaviour? Counselling might help you like it did a client of ours who gave us this feedback.

If you are struggling, we are a charity providing affordable, confidential counselling. We don't have a waiting list or limit the number of sessions a client attends. You can contact us on 01432 279906 or email admin@marchescounselling.org or get in touch via our website www.marchescounselling.org

29/11/2025

Are you affected by what others say either directly about you or about themselves or a situation, and take it as a "dig" at you. Do you read things into facial expressions or tone of voice used? Do these comments replay in your mind, hindering your full participation in the present and then come back to you later, again and again causing you a lot of hurt and pain?

Have you ever taken a step back and thought about how else you could interpret those comments. Would they have really been meant about you, to hurt you. Would the person even remember they said that comment or those things?

Do you need help to look at things with a different perspective? Counselling might help.

We are a charity providing affordable, confidential counselling across Herefordshire. We don't have a waiting list or limit the number of sessions a client attends. You can contact us on 01432 279906 or email admin@marchescounselling.org or get in touch via our website www.marchescounselling.org/contact-us

28/11/2025

Struggling to remove burdens or burdens or negativity, to see things from a different perspective and with emotional clarity? Counselling can help lift the challenges (or the clouds), give a clearer view and show things in a better light.

We are a charity providing affordable, confidential counselling across Herefordshire. We don't have a waiting list or limit the number of sessions a client attends. You can contact us on 01432 279906 or email admin@marchescounselling.org or get in touch via our website www.marchescounselling.org

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27/11/2025

Setting healthy boundaries or limits is important for maintaining mental well-being. Having the right boundaries can protect emotional health, prevent burnout, and encourage healthier relationships.

They help us define how we engage with others and what maintain a situation we are comfortable with. It may involve avoiding over commitment either socially or in a work environment. It may mean managing external pressures and taking control of what we want ourselves. It may mean regulating emotional responses to situations and defining how we engage with others.

If you are struggling, we are a charity providing affordable, confidential and professional counselling. We don't have a waiting list or limit the number of sessions a client attends. You can contact us on 01432 279906 or email admin@marchescounselling.org or get in touch via our website www.marchescounselling.org