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Learn how a parent-support session can help you understand your child’s difficulties, consider practical responses and decide what to do next.

You get things done. You turn up, remember the appointment, reply to the message and keep the household moving. If someone asked how you were, you might say, “I’m fine—just busy.” And you might even believe it, most of the time. But underneath the everyday things, your mind rarely seems to switch off. You send a message, then read it back three times. Did that sound rude? Should I add a smiley face? If someone doesn’t reply, you wonder whether you’ve upset them. Later, you re

What happens when you reach middle age and begin to realise that much of what you thought was your personality, might actually have been the way you learned to survive? Perhaps you’ve always described yourself as someone who overthinks. Someone who worries too much. Someone who needs to be in control, struggles to relax or finds it difficult to switch off. Maybe you’ve spent your entire adult life being busy. Working, raising children, managing relationships, looking after ot

Have you ever felt that, in your family, you’re always the difficult one? The sensitive one? The one who causes arguments, takes things too personally or just can’t seem to let things go? Perhaps you’ve spent years trying to explain yourself, hoping that one day your family will understand you. But somehow, whatever happens, the blame always seems to find its way back to you. You might have started to wonder whether they’re right. Maybe you really are too sensitive. Maybe yo

When your child is struggling emotionally, it can feel overwhelming. You want to help, but sometimes the best support comes from someone outside the family. Finding the right counsellor for your child is a gentle step towards healing and growth. It’s about creating a safe space where your child feels heard and understood. I want to share some thoughts and tips that might make this journey a little easier for you. Understanding Child Counselling Services Child counselling serv

When you’re looking for support for your child, it’s natural to wonder what counselling online would actually be like. Would they just sit in front of a screen and talk? Would they stay interested? And would it feel personal enough to help? Online counselling can be more than a video call. It can offer a flexible way for a child or young person to explore what’s going on, using conversation and creative resources that suit them. What might happen in an online session? There i

Why anxiety can appear as anger, defiance or irritability in children and teenagers, and how adults can respond with curiosity and boundaries.

Children do not always tell us directly when something is wrong. Their feelings may appear through changes in behaviour, sleep, confidence, friendships or school attendance. This can leave parents wondering whether their child is going through a difficult phase or might benefit from additional support. There is no single test that tells you when counselling is needed. It can help to look at what has changed, how long it has continued and how much it is affecting your child's

Being excluded, unwanted or rejected by the people who were supposed to love and protect you can leave a wound that does not simply disappear with age. Sometimes distance between siblings does not happen naturally. It can be shaped by comparison, favouritism, withheld information, divided loyalties or different versions of the same story. Even years later, those divisions may continue to be encouraged. You can tell yourself you are better off without the relationship. You can

Emotional neglect isn’t always obvious. It can happen in families that looked ‘normal’ from the outside. You might look back and realise how isolated you became from wider family, leaving very few people who could see what life was really like for you. To everyone else, it may have looked like everything was fine. You might have learned to cope on your own, become the one who never caused a fuss, seemed to appear shy, became quiet, put everyone else’s needs before your own, l

You tell yourself you’re overreacting or feel embarrassed by how intense things can feel. Wondering why small things feel so big and hit so deeply. Or you just shut down and find it really hard to get back. What if your reactions actually make sense? This is often what living with Complex PTSD (CPTSD) can feel like. It’s not just about one traumatic event. It’s about repeated experiences where you may not have felt safe, seen, or supported , and often over time. CPTSD can sho