by davidcounsel | Nov 17, 2015 | Counselling
Pervasive Fear In one form or another fear shapes who and how we are. Or, put another way, where we have not experienced love from conception (yes, that’s conception) we are left fearful and we defend against the source of the fear, the consequences of the fear and...
by davidcounsel | Sep 15, 2015 | Counselling
The One Way Sponge The baby is born but even by that stage the brain may have experienced many experiences from it’s mother reacting to events and generating a bio-chemical response. Imagine the brain after birth as a simple sponge of experience. All the baby knows...
by davidcounsel | Jul 21, 2015 | Counselling
We Are All Unique There seem to be so many involved in Mental Health that treat the human mind as something to be fixed prescriptively as though it were a machine in which nuts and bolts could be tightened or oiled or perhaps even have some pistons replaced. Yet the...
by davidcounsel | Jun 30, 2015 | Counselling
Balancing Shame and Innocence A child given the good enough start will trust. The bundle of baby birthed into primeval fear should, in a good enough home, be comforted and come to trust through the giving of love. Love protects from the harsh reality of the world;...
by davidcounsel | Jun 9, 2015 | Counselling
Counsellor or Psychotherapist This is a hotly contested debate between some who have had one form of training and others who have a had a different form of training. The differentiation made by one professional organisation is based on the length of the...
