Donna Marie Counselling.

03/11/2025

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It’s Monday, it’s raining, and the school has a staff training day!
I’m fully booked this week, but please don’t hesitate to reach out if you need me — I’ll get back to you as soon as possible.

Today I’m off to enjoy some outdoor fun with my family and will respond to all enquiries first thing tomorrow.

Wishing you a Monday filled with the people and things you love.

02/11/2025

02/11/2025

Resting and recharging at the weekend is important because it allows our mind and body to recover from the stress and or busy week. Taking time to relax helps improve focus, mood, and overall health, while also preventing burnout. It’s also a chance to spend quality time with family and friends, enjoy hobbies, and prepare yourself to start the new week feeling refreshed, motivated, and ready for the coming week.

01/11/2025

Just as trees shed leaves, therapy in November can be about letting go of old patterns, unresolved feelings, or habits that no longer serve you. It’s a month for taking a proactive step for your mental health rather than waiting until burnout or low mood become overwhelming.

31/10/2025

29/10/2025

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28/10/2025

I understand that maybe not everything happens for a reason. Some things are just wrong — they should never have happened. But even then, we somehow find a way to make meaning from them. We grow from the hurt, even when it feels impossible. And maybe that’s part of being human — turning pain into understanding, turning a cruel life changing experience into a positive life changing experience, even when it was incredibly unfair to begin with.

28/10/2025

Trauma is not just the event itself — it’s the psychological and emotional response that happens when something overwhelms your ability to cope, leaving you feeling unsafe, helpless, and even afraid. It’s your body and mind’s response when something feels too much to handle.

The good news is that trauma can be healed. With the right therapy, support, and self-care, people can rebuild safety, trust, and a sense of empowerment.

What happened to you, is not who you are.

30/09/2025

As September closes its pages, October waits with unwritten lines.

29/09/2025

People leave our lives for many reasons, and often it has less to do with our worth and more to do with their own path. Sometimes they grow in a different direction, or their needs and priorities change. Sometimes they don’t have the capacity to show up the way we hope, even if they care. Sometimes the connection was meant to be temporary — valuable in its season, but not forever.

It can still hurt deeply, because when someone leaves it can feel like rejection, abandonment, or proof that we aren’t enough. But the truth is, people walking away usually reflects where they are in life, not whether we are deserving of love, care, or stability.

What matters most is that the people who stay — or the new ones who come into your life later — tend to be the ones who can truly walk alongside you for the long haul.

28/09/2025

Happy Sunday to you all. I hope your day is full of the things you need today.

Sundays for me are a day for slowing down. Rest is not laziness - it's renewal. It is time to sit, breathe, recharge and simply be.

However every time I try and relax, along comes "Obligation" and the guilt of feeling I am wasting a day or I have forgot to do something. So today will be a pyjama and movie day - once the football is over of course!!!!

We do not have to feel guilty for pressing pause on our busy lives. Rest is not about neglecting responsibility, it can be productive too.

Obligation man often strikes on a Sunday. The so-called day of rest is repeatedly hijacked by this joyless fun-sponge 🙄 Yes, there probably ARE things you should be doing and yeah you probably OUGHT to do them. But don’t be afraid to mix in some sweet FA between your jobs once in a while. Don’t let him have the WHOLE day, ok? Pop ‘binge watching a series’ on your To Do list, maybe? Or add ‘lie-in’ to its very beginning (✅) so that you have something nice to tick off before you’ve even gotten out of bed!!

I’m not saying stay on your couch til your skin fuses to it.

But slow down.
Be here now.
Soak in the moment once in a while.

Get in and clean your bathroom, sure. But then rest. Chill. Go for a walk. Phone a friend. Read a chapter of your book. Listen to a pod cast. Give yourself a pedicure.

Your to-do list isn’t going anywhere. No one EVER ‘finishes’ the laundry. Not for long, anyway. There’s always more where that came from.
That’s true of most things…except your life.
One day your life WILL be over…

You are not alive to just plunge head-first into ‘doing’ mode from dawn to dusk. Pace yourself. Or before you know it you’ll be at your own grave, having passed your time in such a blur of activity you didn’t actually notice what was happening.

And that would be a shame…

Art: Katie Abey