Hazel Hayden Counselling & Psychotherapy

12/01/2024

Credit: Clinical Psychologist Mubarak Mansoor Ali

Symptoms of anxiety and how you may be able to help yourself.

21/08/2023

It's really got to do with their own emotional baggage, family narrative or learning model that they have picked up through life resulting in their internal world causing this unkind behaviour

08/07/2023

Mental health check! Where are you? When you reflect ask yourself are you where you need and want to be? If not is it just today or most of the time? What do you need to change to meet "your" needs?

29/05/2023

When we talk about survival it doesn't just mean surviving an event where we felt our life was in danger. Evolutionary, in order for us to survive we had to be part of the pack. This mechanism is still in built in us today. How did you fit in your family or within your school group? Some individuals became louder to be heard, some made themselves smaller and quieter so as not to be seen. Some always got blamed for things and became defensive. Sometimes these issues can cause problems in our future relationships where we argue, get defensive or become avoidant of emotions when challenged. It's only when we become aware of these earlier parts that served to protect us can we free ourselves from unhelpful reactions in the present.

20/05/2023

I'm hoping you find this presentation I put together helpful in your relationships

12/05/2023

What is Trauma?

Trauma is what happens when an individual is exposed to a situation which feels detrimental to health or is psychologically disturbing.

Experiences that may cause trauma are:

Physical, sexual or emotional violence
Childhood neglect
Living with a caregiver who is suffering from substance use disorder or mental health issues
Poverty
Racism, oppression, discrimination
Death of a loved one
Parental divorce/separation
War/terrorism
Seeing someone hurt or killed

Cited: TraumaInformedCare.chcs.orh

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02/05/2023

Welcome to Hazel Hayden Counselling & Psychotherapy. I am a fully qualified and accredited member of The Irish Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy. I offer therapy in person or online for a wide range of issues such as anxiety, depression, bereavement, anger, self esteem and the processing of past and present life events that may be troubling you and holding you back from a more meaningful life. Due to the individual nature of us as humans I have trained in different therapy models to meet your needs throughout the therapeutic process.