What is the Difference between Counselling and Therapy?
What’s the difference between counselling and therapy? Therapy often aims to cure a mental health problem. Counselling focuses on meaning, care, and life context — not just symptoms. It’s more relational, more reflective, and more human.What Happens During Counselling?
Considering counselling can feel daunting. What will happen? What’s expected of you? Here's what to expect — practically, calmly, and without pressure.Being Seen, Being Heard: Witnessing
Few things are as healing as being truly witnessed — not for what you’ve done, but for who you are. Counselling offers a space to be seen, heard, and held without judgement.Seeking Counselling for a Loved One
You can’t force someone into counselling — even if you love them deeply. Here’s what is possible when a loved one refuses help, and how to care for yourself in the process.The Breath: Our Silent Regulator
Your breath is more than just air — it’s your body’s built-in regulator. Slow it down, and you shift from stress to calm. From reactivity to clarity. From overwhelm to presence.Counselling for Men: Exercising Emotional Fitness
Emotional fitness for men is just as vital as physical strength. Counselling offers the tools to build emotional resilience, relational depth, and the confidence to live with clarity, connection, and inner strength.The Need to Be Right in Relationships
The real damage in couples' fights isn’t about the facts — it’s what happens when one person’s truth erases the other’s. Love isn’t built on winning. It’s built on being willing to listen.Vulnerability in Romance
Vulnerability isn’t about being easily hurt. It’s about dropping the mask — and letting someone meet the real you, not the performance. That kind of honesty isn’t safe. But it’s real.Befriending Your Feelings
Emotions aren’t problems to fix — they’re weather to observe. This piece unpacks how to build emotional regulation, so feelings don’t have to run the show.What Happens in a First Session
A first session isn’t a test. It’s a starting point — unpolished, real, and often a relief. Here’s what to expect, what not to worry about, and how we begin.