Seeds of Change Counselling and Psychotherapy

12/08/2024

02/08/2023

When the anxiety, the anger, the sadness, the grief, the loneliness, the resentment, the shame, are felt intensely… they can be very scary. They can be experienced as big, spiky, volatile, rageful, and more. The more intense they get, the more we avoid them. And the more we avoid them the more intense they get. Emotions are messages delivered through our bodies and they won’t stop until they’re attended to. In therapy we find ways of getting closer to these scary emotions so that they can be attended to. And once they’re attended to they will not feel so scary anymore. the process

31/07/2023

Being ostracized for having the courage to speak our truth is a recurring theme in therapy.

27/03/2023

I feel so privileged and excited to be on this training this week. Internal Family Systems (IFS) is an evidenced-based psychotherapeutic modality. The idea behind it is that different aspects of our personality take different roles in our internal system and have their own dynamic going just like in a family. These parts sometimes fall into extreme roles and that’s when we start experiencing internal conflict. IFS is about bringing back balance and harmony to our internal system through self-connection.

25/03/2023

The most important relationship of our life is the one we have with ourselves. This was a resonant message from yesterday’s yindulgence class. A true indulgence for the senses comprising of healing yin yoga and sound bath by and reiki by
The perfect space for self-connection and self-love.
This has now become part of how I take care of myself so I can replenish and be at my best for myself, my family and my clients.

11/03/2023

I often get this question from my clients. What’s the point? I can’t change what happened. They’ve got a point. We can’t change the past. What we can do is change the way we relate to it so it doesn’t impact the present day life and relationships in a negative way.