Every day as I work with couples to assist them in their quest to build and/or repair meaningful and sustainable relationships, in 85% – 90% of cases, a silent creeper called ‘competitiveness’ can slither in, causing hurt, unhelpful difference, and division. This ‘competitiveness’ can be feisty or silent, even secretive, and when left without accountability...Read More

Have you possibly felt for a while that some issues in your life are just taking too much of a stronghold on your ability to regain your sense of health and wellbeing, energy, enjoyment, peace of mind and free spirit? Some issues are more burdensome than others, but regardless of the complexity, professional counselling can...Read More

For some it will be a “Thank goodness that year is over.” For others it will be “How can we recover financially, emotionally and mentally from the year we have just had?” Overall, few will disagree that the past two years have affected us personally and/or professionally, or at the very least, to someone we...Read More

Over past months and weeks, a higher number of younger clients (mid teens to mid twenties, both young men and young women) have come into my consulting room with emerging feelings of panic, mounting pressures, jumpiness, restlessness, even anger outbursts. For most, these sensations are quite new to them. They would not previously have considered...Read More

As a Counsellor and Psychotherapist in private practice, I am aware of the escalation and prevalence of men’s mental health issues over recent months. Of course, COVID–19 has not helped. However, in many cases the signs were already there, COVID just brought these people over the doorstep. Presenting symptoms and stories include depression, anxiety and...Read More

As the COVID-19 Pandemic continues to leave an imprint on our living and lifestyle with no indication of how long it may last or whether to some extent, it remains as a work in progress to monitor and adjust until there is either a cure or it phases out. It follows, that our relationships can...Read More

Although we are seeing signs of the COVID-19 Pandemic restrictions lifting a little in coming weeks, many of us are still feeling the effects of being a bit cooped up, almost like we need an extra intake of clean, fresh, virus-free air and space that will have us feeling lighter, less anxious or tense, and...Read More

News headlines in Australia since the latter part of 2019, predominately focussed on the ongoing tragedy gripping our nation, seldom witnessed by many of us, in the duration of our lifetimes. Of course, this news coverage was about the bushfires that affected large parts of our Country, where so many people, in fact whole communities,...Read More

To all my valued clients and supervision colleagues in regard to Counselling and Counselling Supervision throughout this Pandemic… In 1963 there was a film entitled It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World. The film was directed by Stanley Kramer and it was written by William Rose and Tania Rose. The storyline was about the pursuit...Read More

As we head into the year of 2020 and conceptualise all our hopes and plans to provide our existing, as well as new, clients with the best professional support and skills, whatever their circumstance, issue, or challenge, it is important that we first take care of ourselves so that we can then do our best...Read More