The Healing Space

The Healing Space Hi, I’m Gemma 👋
Helping families build resilience 💬 I offer therapy for children (7+), teens & adults, plus 1:1 parent coaching. Based in Cheshire & Manchester. In person, online & walk-and-talk.
🔗 https://www.bacp.co.uk/therapists/412047/gemma-brown/

Book now: https://portal.therasee.com/the-healing-space/booking

Ending a long-term relationship is rarely simple.It often comes after months or years of uncertainty, reflection and emo...
05/04/2026

Ending a long-term relationship is rarely simple.

It often comes after months or years of uncertainty, reflection and emotional conflict.

For many people the hardest part isn’t the decision itself.

It’s starting the conversation.

Speaking honestly about the reality of a relationship can feel incredibly vulnerable.

But avoiding the conversation often keeps both people stuck.




In many family systems, one child ends up carrying the role of “the problem”.The difficult one.The emotional one.The reb...
03/04/2026

In many family systems, one child ends up carrying the role of “the problem”.

The difficult one.
The emotional one.
The rebellious one.

But sometimes that child is simply the one who reacted honestly to what was happening around them.

Family roles often form quietly over time.
And they can shape how a child sees themselves long into adulthood.



The impact of the manosphere isn’t just about how boys view women.It’s about how they learn to view themselves.The messa...
01/04/2026

The impact of the manosphere isn’t just about how boys view women.

It’s about how they learn to view themselves.

The messaging around emotion is rarely direct.

It’s layered.
Strength is framed as control.
Vulnerability is framed as risk.
Emotional expression is framed as something that lowers status.

Over time, this doesn’t just influence behaviour.

It shapes identity.

In the therapy room, this often shows up as disconnection from emotional experience.

“I don’t know what I feel.”
“I’m just angry.”
“I don’t really think about it.”

Because the skill hasn’t been developed.

Not because the capacity isn’t there.

For parents, this can feel difficult to navigate, especially when the influence is happening outside of the home.

Some ways to begin countering this:

• Help your child build language for emotions (beyond “fine” or “angry”)
• Stay curious rather than critical about what they’re watching
• Normalise emotional expression without forcing it
• Focus on connection over correction

You don’t need to compete with online influence.
But you do need to stay present within it.



ADHD Therapy CPD – Course 2 Now LiveHi all, just a quick update as I’ve now released the second training in my ADHD Ther...
01/04/2026

ADHD Therapy CPD – Course 2 Now Live
Hi all, just a quick update as I’ve now released the second training in my ADHD Therapy CPD series.

This one focuses on creative tools for working with ADHD in the therapy room - so much more about the how of adapting sessions when traditional approaches just aren’t landing.

In practice, I kept seeing how easily sessions can become overloaded for ADHD clients. Too much talking, too many open questions, too much internal processing expected all at once… and then it gets labelled as avoidance or disengagement.

This course shifts that.

It’s about reducing cognitive load, working more externally, and making therapy feel doable rather than overwhelming.

I go through things like:

• using whiteboard/externalising to hold the thinking
• adapting structure without losing depth
• integrating movement and sensory elements into sessions
• building regulation into the work, not as an add-on

It’s all grounded in what this actually looks like in the room, not just theory.

Course 1 (understanding ADHD in the therapy room) is already available, and course 3 will focus more on the relational side of the work.

I’ve also included a set of free supporting worksheets alongside this course to help you actually implement the approaches in practice.

I’ve put this one on an early bird price of £39 for the first week (usually £59).

Link in bio

Families rarely assign roles consciously.They develop quietly over time.One child learns to keep the peace.Another disap...
30/03/2026

Families rarely assign roles consciously.

They develop quietly over time.

One child learns to keep the peace.
Another disappears into the background.
Another becomes the achiever.
And sometimes one becomes the problem.

But what if that child wasn’t the problem at all?

What if they were the one reacting honestly to something that never felt safe?

Understanding family systems can completely change the way we interpret behaviour.



28/03/2026

Children are not born knowing how to regulate big emotions.

That ability develops through thousands of moments where an adult helps them feel safe again.

Calm voice.
Presence.
Connection.

Over time, those experiences shape the brain’s regulation systems.

It’s not about teaching children to suppress feelings.

It’s about helping them learn what to do with them.


One of the reasons manosphere content spreads so easily is that it offers simple explanations for complicated experience...
27/03/2026

One of the reasons manosphere content spreads so easily is that it offers simple explanations for complicated experiences.

Rejection.
Insecurity.
Confusion about relationships.

But the explanations it gives boys about girls and dating can distort how they understand connection.

Instead of empathy and communication, boys are often taught:
• dominance
• emotional distance
• competition

For boys who are already feeling unsure of themselves, that messaging can be powerful.

In the next post I’ll explore why boys are drawn to this content in the first place and what emotional needs it’s actually responding to.

Save this post if you're raising a boy.















The ADHD Therapy CPD Series:• Understanding ADHD in the Therapy Room (available now)Recognising what’s actually happenin...
26/03/2026

The ADHD Therapy CPD Series:

• Understanding ADHD in the Therapy Room (available now)
Recognising what’s actually happening in-session and why insight doesn’t always translate into change

• Creative Tools for Working with ADHD in Therapy (available from 1st April)
Practical ways to adapt sessions so therapy feels more accessible and less overwhelming

• Working Relationally with ADHD (coming next)
Shame, rupture, and patterns that emerge over time in the therapeutic relationship

Each course can stand alone, but they’re designed to build together.

👉 understanding what’s happening
👉 adapting the work
👉 working with it relationally over time

If you’ve been feeling like something isn’t quite landing in your work with some clients… this may be the missing piece.

You can find more information here:
https://thehealingspacetherapy.co.uk/shop/ols/categories/for-therapists-cpd

One of the most powerful moments in therapy often happens when someone’s experience is finally acknowledged.Not minimise...
26/03/2026

One of the most powerful moments in therapy often happens when someone’s experience is finally acknowledged.

Not minimised.
Not explained away.
Not compared to someone else’s story.

Just recognised.

Many adults carry childhood experiences that were dismissed, normalised, or reframed as “not that serious”.

But the nervous system remembers what the environment felt like.

Healing often begins when the story is allowed to be told honestly.



Parenting teenagers often means sitting with uncomfortable space.Space for privacy.Space for independence.Space for mist...
25/03/2026

Parenting teenagers often means sitting with uncomfortable space.

Space for privacy.
Space for independence.
Space for mistakes.

Many parents check phones because they care deeply.

But trust grows strongest when teenagers feel respected rather than monitored.

Family systems work best when safety and autonomy develop together.



The phrase “they can focus when they want to” creates so much blame.ADHD is not inconsistent effort.It is inconsistent a...
24/03/2026

The phrase “they can focus when they want to” creates so much blame.

ADHD is not inconsistent effort.

It is inconsistent access to activation.

When dopamine rises, attention follows.

When it drops, initiation drops.

Understanding this shifts parenting, teaching, and therapy dramatically.

Because you stop fighting the child
and start adapting the structure.

“I don’t know” can be one of the most misunderstood responses children give in therapy.Especially for children with ADHD...
23/03/2026

“I don’t know” can be one of the most misunderstood responses children give in therapy.

Especially for children with ADHD.

What can look like avoidance or disengagement is often a brain trying to manage too many thoughts at once.

Sometimes the most helpful shift we can make is moving away from asking for an explanation and instead creating ways for thoughts to become visible.
And when thinking becomes visible, understanding often follows.







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