Counselling: The Counsellor’s Perspective
Mental Health Series Part 2 Have you ever thought about what it’s like to be a counsellor? Have you perhaps ever wondered what your counsellor may be thinking? This weeks blog post aims to answer the questions we may ask ourselves about counsellors as we will be focusing on the counselling experience from the perspective […]
Counselling: The Client’s Perspective
Mental Health Series Part 1 One of the reasons I started my blog, was because I feel like, as a society, we need more accessible platforms that openly talk about mental health. As a community we need to be contributing to destigmatising mental health topics, the counselling experience and seeing a counsellor/mental health practitioner in […]
Pursuing Peace
Hello June! Six months into the year of 2019, we’ve officially reached the halfway mark, along with Winter’s chilly atmosphere ready to greet us each and every morning. So grab some coffee, tea or hot chocolate and settle down, for an introductory blog post for the month of June. When thinking about what would be […]
Overcoming Disappointment
There is no doubt, that in this life, we will face disappointment. We each have our hopes and dreams. We ensure that our hearts are filled with faith, hope and trust. We make sure we tick off all of the boxes so that things can go our way, but still, we come face-to-face with disappointment […]
How to deal with Change
Life will constantly be filled with changes. That’s definitely one thing that I keep on learning – that things rarely stay the same. And if you’re like me, who likes being comfortable, feeling secure and knowing what’s coming next, change, especially unexpected change, isn’t the easiest thing to deal with. From starting school to finishing […]
Grief and Loss Part 2
Today, we will be coming to an end of our discussion about grief and loss (click here to access Part 1). By the works of Elisabeth Kübler-Ross, we are taught that when we experience loss or death, there are stages that we have to work through. The 5 stages of grief include: Denial (This stage […]
Grief and Loss Part 1
I’ve been wanting to write a blog post about this topic for a while now. It’s not the happiest topic to talk about, but I think it’s definitely necessary. So, for the next two days, we will be discussing the experience of grief and loss. In this life, experiencing grief and loss is inevitable. It’s […]
The Truth about Trust
I think that spending time by yourself, in a quiet place, with your thoughts, can be a pretty powerful thing. I never used to be very dedicated with my own ‘quiet time’, but as the years go by, I can really see and feel the benefits that can come from it. Quiet time for me, […]
Student Life
This week I have the privilege of graduating. I studied psychology for four years at Nelson Mandela University (NMU) in Port Elizabeth, South Africa. I am a Registered Counsellor with a Bachelor of Psychology (Counselling) degree with Cum Laude. My time as a student, to say the least, was extremely challenging, but by the grace […]
Positive Thinking
The blog posts for the month of March have been focusing on lifting our perspectives and the power that lies within our way of thinking. We have been discussing how to upgrade our thoughts and how to find the joy in every moment. Today, I wanted to bring those discussions to life by sharing information […]