The Messed Up Counsellor

Episode 31: Becoming a Counsellor Therapi

As a supervisor I meet a lot of new counsellors, and part of my role is to guide them through their training and placements. In this episode I share some of the things they talk about and discuss how becoming a counsellor or therapist can be a life changing experience.

Episode 30: Dyslexia

I discuss how I live with Dyslexia and what it does to my world, how it shaped me growing up, and what impact it has on my life both negatively and positively.

Episode 29: Insecurity and growing up.

We take a look at the trials of growing up and what adults can do to help that transition. Take a journey into your past and explore how young people they aren’t too dissimilar to you at their age.

Episode 28: Sensate focusing & getting it on.

In this episode I explore how best to intimately connect and how to make love instead of having sex. What’s the difference? How can you make that intimate relationship strong and lasting.

Episode 27: The things young people tell me.

In this episode we take a journey into their world and discuss how they see it working for them. Who is creating the problems that they face? How can we help them to communicate, understand, and be heard?

Episode 26: Choices and decisions

In this episode I discuss how to turn confusion and inability to choose into real change and progression.

Episode 25: You can’t change them.

Why do we always fall back into unhelpful dynamics in families? Why do we spend so much time and energy trying to change other people? In this episode I explore how to help people accept things they can’t change, and how to find peace with it.

Episode 24: Supporting children- Identity & Sexuality

There is a lot of talk about identity and gender these days. Many parents what to be supportive and sympathetic but find there is a lot of new information to navigate, and previous generations might have dealt with these issues in a less inclusive way.

Episode 23: Self-care/Self compassion

Why is it important and how do we do it? What does it look like in the modern age? Are your hobbies just passing time, or are they helping you relax and refuel your energy and resilience?

Episode 22: What is trauma?

What is trauma and how do you recognise it? How does it affect you? How does it affect your human interactions?