Prevail Counselling Therapy

29/11/2025

As a survivor of cancer, (so far), I have found attending the relay for life in Corkagh Park very moving and helpful.

Our annual fund raising bucket collection with the fabulous RAMS In Rhythm is this Saturday in Liffey valley.

29/11/2025

Despite the increasing darkness, the damp that never dries fully for long and occasional chilly day there is still signs of life and rebirth.

If you are feeling the darkness too much Prevail is a service designed to help you get through it.

All the photos below are from my garden.

To arrange a booking use this link:
https://prevailcounsellingtherapyheretohelp.as.me/

29/11/2025

Despite the increasing darkness, the damp that never dries fully for long and occasional chilly day there is still signs of life and rebirth.

If you are feeling the darkness too much Prevail is a service designed to help you get through it.

All the photos below are from my garden.

To arrange a booking use this link:
https://prevailcounsellingtherapyheretohelp.as.me/

29/11/2025

Despite the increasing darkness, the damp that never dries fully for long and occasional chilly day there is still signs of life and rebirth.

If you are feeling the darkness too much Prevail is a service designed to help you get through it.

All the photos below are from my garden.

To arrange a booking use this link:
https://prevailcounsellingtherapyheretohelp.as.me/

27/11/2025

Social media can be very coruptive.

This post is not about the issue of being an atheist, agnostic or a Christian.
That's your business.

The speaker Alex O'Connor is an accomplished philosophy/religion debater. In this video he shows how he has been grossly misrepresented by various groups. He is annoyed but mostly disappointed by this.

The video highlights how it is possible to duped by what we watch, read on line. With A I this is now much scarier.
Also how easy it is for all of us to be dragged along by emotionaly driven content.

We need to be careful in what we believe.
We need to be careful in what we contribute to and how we do that.

To watch the video use this link:
https://youtu.be/1t2QLF3vgdw?si=OLQNXFy-YbSPAB8I

27/11/2025

Social media can be very coruptive.

This post is not about the issue of being an atheist, agnostic or a Christian.
That's your business.

The speaker Alex O'Connor is an accomplished philosophy/religion debater. In this video he shows how he has been grossly misrepresented by various groups. He is annoyed but mostly disappointed by this.

The video highlights how it is possible to duped by what we watch, read on line. With A I this is now much scarier.
Also how easy it is for all of us to be dragged along by emotionaly driven content.

We need to be careful in what we believe.
We need to be careful in what we contribute to and how we do that.

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25/11/2025

A local tradition to be proud of.

🎄✨ It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas… ✨🎄
Our beloved Christmas Carol Service Concert is almost here — the moment so many families call the true start of the season.

Think glowing lights, timeless carols, and that unmistakable festive feeling that only happens when a whole community sings together.
Bring your people. Bring your Christmas spirit. Let’s make the season official.

Collection on the night in aid of the Capuchin Day Centre

25/11/2025

"It was so refreshing to hear that maybe, there’s nothing wrong with you – suffering is normal, and you’re normal. You’re simply subject to the human condition and the ups and downs of life.

Our therapeutic culture has made that seem alien. There’s a liberation in that which we’re rarely able to enjoy in a cultural climate where we are trained to embrace self-pity rather than resilience."

From a conference on 22-11-25
It had a panel where relevant professionals debated is our culture over diagnosed.
Has mental health diagnosis almost become a fashion label?

What effect is this having on the younger generation growing up in this as a norm?

Are we just getting emotionally soft?

Do we need to live life without cotton wool, get hurt, learn and become stronger?

To read the original article copy and paste this link:
https://gript.ie/therapy-culture-do-we-live-in-an-age-of-over-diagnosis/?fbclid=IwdGRjcAOSnc1jbGNrA5Kdn2V4dG4DYWVtAjExAHNydGMGYXBwX2lkDDM1MDY4NTUzMTcyOAABHqDkFzhZSzicZuy_JHavSgYxEgNXgFoXz4CKNYg30IenGf81HXe_DNFg_t4O_aem_SFxFUq-YDzdkkJp_UJwNRw

25/11/2025

"It was so refreshing to hear that maybe, there’s nothing wrong with you – suffering is normal, and you’re normal. You’re simply subject to the human condition and the ups and downs of life.

Our therapeutic culture has made that seem alien. There’s a liberation in that which we’re rarely able to enjoy in a cultural climate where we are trained to embrace self-pity rather than resilience."

From a conference on 22-11-25
It had a panel where relevant professionals debated is our culture over diagnosed.
Has mental health diagnosis almost become a fashion label?

What effect is this having on the younger generation growing up in this as a norm?

Are we just getting emotionally soft?

Do we need to live life without cotton wool, get hurt, learn and become stronger?

“We’ve taught people to weaponize vulnerability"

16/11/2025

November is often associated with remembering those who have died.
The death of a loved one is the greatest trauma we can go through. Death is not the only sever loss we can experience in life. The counselling process with loss is slow and a process of learning to understand the experience and the emotions from the loss.
There are tools that you can use to help with the loss. Also many theoretical models exist to help you understand the process of working with your grief.

To avail of support contact myself, James Foley in Prevail Counselling Therapy today. Use this link to make an appointment https://prevailcounsellingtherapy.as.me/

To read how Prevail can help with learning to live with loss click this link
https://www.prevailcounsellingtherapy.ie/blog/blog/grief-therapy-remembering-our-dead

15/11/2025

November is often associated with remembering those who have died.
The death of a loved one is the greatest trauma we can go through. Death is not the only sever loss we can experience in life. The counselling process with loss is slow and a process of learning to understand the experience and the emotions from the loss.
There are tools that you can use to help with the loss. Also many theoretical models exist to help you understand the process of working with your grief.

To avail of support contact myself, James Foley in Prevail Counselling Therapy today. Use this link to make an appointment https://prevailcounsellingtherapy.as.me/

To read how Prevail can help with learning to live with loss click this link
https://www.prevailcounsellingtherapy.ie/blog/blog/grief-therapy-remembering-our-dead