Living Unbound - psychotherapy & recovery coaching

22/09/2025

What is trauma? And how does it show up in the body?

Understanding the physical aspect of emotional wounds

21/07/2025

Attachment feels like a daunting subject to write about - there is just so much to say and I was struggling to find a way to break it down into something (hopefully) useful - but here is a start with three smaller pieces to follow:

How our attachment styles affect us and how therapy can help

05/06/2025

Feeling stuck can feel like failure or defeat and be utterly unsettling. But what if it's a really exciting invitation to create the life you actually want?

19/05/2025

Are you a prolific people pleaser? Are you the self proclaimed love-and-light saccharine sachet for everyone's use, to the extent it fills you with stress and anxiety? Does the idea of someone being unhappy with you fill you with terror? Then boundaries and the occasional (even if gentle) NO might be something to consider...

Boundaries for people pleasers: reclaiming your time, energy and self-respect.

10/05/2025

I have a bit of a soft spot for this man and I think it's because through his writing he seems like such a warm and accepting human. Erik Erikson - the man who coined the term "identity crisis" with his contribution to psychoanalysis: the psychosocial stages.

We’re going fact heavy again, but please bear with me…

24/04/2025

Loss and grief - a journey that is unique to each individual and relationship. A big subject and therefore a long post, yet it only scratches the surface so we will no doubt come back to it..

Heavy subject. Right? And yet it’s the one that will – and does – affect us all in a multitude of ways. This post focuses on bereavement and it’s LONG! There is so much to say, but in this post I’m going to attempt givin...

16/04/2025

Now this might seem like WAY too big a question, but it's actually these things that so often lurk just under the surface of what we struggle with... ..and what it so often comes down to.

Big question, right? And I don't think I have ever had a client enquiry where this was stated as the key reason for seeking out therapy. Nor have I posed this myself to therapists I've gone to.

11/04/2025

Addiction is addiction is addiction. Each substance or behaviour represent their own unique challenges. Let’s have a look at alcohol this time. Yes, it’s a drug. Moreover, it’s the only drug we have to justify saying no to.

Navigating Sobriety in a World That Worships Alcohol

09/04/2025

So who are you really?

Let's Start with Carl Rogers...

07/04/2025

An introduction to ADHD. Is this you? Great - me too. Or just curious and want to know more? Come right in, we have cookies (and probably some other impulsive buys).

Let's start by breaking the rules!