Insightful Life - Therapy and Counselling Centre

12/11/2025

10/11/2025

We are pleased to share details of a free 90-minute online workshop aimed at Dad's. Topics include:
👶Attachment and Bonding
👫Parental Mental Health
❓Accessing Services

We'll also be looking at labour, birth and what lies beyond to help our dads feel prepared as they can. We also touch on Dad Matters so they have an understanding if they need some help further down the line.

Dads will need to sign up via the registration form here https://forms.office.com/e/tqMLLNTYgB?origin=lprLink

07/11/2025

📖✨ Book Club Update

Tonight’s book club was as lovely as ever and is always a reminder as to why we come together in the first place - to think, feel, explore and connect.

We’ll now be taking a little well-earned bookish pause over the winter months and returning on Friday 6th February, 7-8:30pm, with a beautifully appropriate read - ‘Wintering’ by Katherine May. We’re almost full at the book club but there’s room for one or two more - if you’ve been curious about what it would be like to attend, drop me a message for more info.

Before then though, don’t forget our Festive Social on Sunday 30th November, 10am-1pm. A chance to slow down, chat, nibble, and share some warmth and connection before the year closes.

See you there ✨

07/11/2025

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/nov/02/so-you-want-to-try-psychotherapy-but-what-does-it-actually-do?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQKNjYyODU2ODM3OQABHneNNPoGHJZkV4jlxnFIFGQhwMrqbGGg3Pezusa6hJdcJj9C1buh7X94qsse_aem_hhsUjrfZcx9OfPH-OzUdgA

From psychoanalysis to existential therapy, there’s a bewildering variety of approaches – with one thing in common

04/11/2025

This week is Ask Your Pharmacist Week.

Your pharmacist can provide treatment or some prescription medicine, if needed, for seven common conditions - without you seeing a GP.

Think pharmacy first and get seen by your local community pharmacy team.

04/11/2025

✨ Sneak peek of the new Sandbach space ✨

It’s taken a little longer than planned (turns out being unwell doesn’t mix well with furniture-lifting 😅), but it’s getting there! Lots of light, calming corners and something that already feels special 💛

Sometimes slow progress is the best progress 🌼

If you’re interested in using this space for your practice and I’ve not already got you on my radar to get in touch with - give me a shout!

25/10/2025

No drop-in tomorrow - my immune system has decided it needs a day off. Next and final (festive!) drop-in of the year details coming soon 💛

22/10/2025

🙌🏽HISTORIC CAMPAIGN WIN🙌🏽

👩🏻‍⚖️ After a decade-long campaign, today the government has decided to repeal the legal presumption of parental contact.

This is a HUGE move for child victims of domestic abuse, who for too many years have been failed and silenced by the systems supposed to protect them.

🤔What does that mean?
There will no longer be a legal presumption in the family courts that it's safe and better for a child to have access to both their parents.

🤔Why is it important?
Presumption costs lives. 19 more children have been killed by an abusive parent in the last decade, as a result of unsafe child contact arrangements.

🤔What next?
The repeal will need to be made through legislation in the coming months. It is one step towards protecting more children, but we're calling for a whole-system approach to prioritise children’s voices in the courts, and beyond.

🩷A huge thank you to our survivor Ambassador Claire Throssell and countless other survivors, who's courage and determination have helped lead this campaign.

20/10/2025

NEW SLEEP WORKSHOP!✨

Friday 14th November, 10am-12pm at Oakenclough Family Hub, Wilmslow.

Email parenting@justdropin.co.uk to book on!

Our sleep workshops are open to parents of children aged 8-16. We aim to support you in understanding why your child may be struggling to sleep, possible causes of sleeping issues and importantly, what you can do to help your child and family to get better sleep.

17/10/2025

In a historic step forward for miscarriage rights in the UK, all parents who experience baby loss will now be entitled to bereavement leave. ❤ Follow the link in the comments to find out more.