Psychotherapy or Counselling – Some similarities and differences… Psychotherapy and Counselling are overlapping types of wellbeing support but with differences. Psychotherapy focuses more on longer-term issues and growth, while counselling aims to help people resolve current issues. Counselling and Psychotherapy are both aimed at supplementing & strengthening a persons general mental and emotional well-being. Psychotherapy is typically a more in-depth, long-term process that focuses on a person’s feelings and past experiences, aimed at developing their personal growth. Counselling meanwhil ..read more

9 Top Tips (in no particular order)… As a Counsellor, part of my job is to guide you through the therapeutic process and another part is to assist you to fine-tune your processes. The aim of therapy after all, is to help you develop your toolbox of personal skills and resources, which will support you in a range of different situations/difficulties and to address future challenges. As a starting point, here are some suggestions on how to receive the most benefit from your therapeutic experience. Acknowledge that there won’t ever be a time when everything is fully sorted. Life is a continual s ..read more

in no particular order. As a Counsellor, part of my job is to guide you through the Counselling process itself. In almost equal measure however, another part is to assist you to fine-tune your processes. An aim of Counselling after all, is to help you develop a personal toolbox of skills and resources, which you can apply to your current difficulties and to potential future challenges. As a starting point therefore, here are some suggestions on how to receive the maximum benefit from your Counselling experience. Acknowledge that there won’t ever be a time when everything is fully sorted ..read more

Now being offered *** Free 15 min Consultation *** The Corona virus pandemic that is now sweeping the globe, has without a doubt impacted upon everybody in some way or other. It is an event which has truly highlighted our interconnectedness and dependancy upon one another and one which is bringing out the best and also unfortunately, sometimes the worst in us as a sentient species. In extraordinarily challenging times such as this, I personally find it helpful to remember that there is in fact, good and bad in everyone. Any of us, tested under the right conditions, can lose patience, lash out ..read more

Adam Asks… A Question *** A Free Downloadable Story *** with all the change occurring in the world due to Covid-19 right now, it’s completely understandable that many children are feeling very anxious, and therefore in need of more comfort and support than is usual. Storytelling is traditionally one of the best ways to help children learn about and understand difficult life experiences because it’s an activity which is very relaxing for them. This is particularly true when stories are read to or with them, by a parent or other trusted adult. With this in mind, I invite you read “Adam Asks… A Q ..read more

Covid 19: An Update… *** Special Skype Sessions *** the picture above is a hugely magnified image of Covid-19 otherwise known as the Coronavirus. While it’s hard to fathom that something so small is having such a large impact, on so many individuals around the world and therefore upon all of us as a species, the facts can no longer be denied. The world climate we are now living in, is for the moment a very changed one. Each of us, for a whole host of reasons, responds to events like the CV differently. Whereas some people are mobilised to act and assist in any way they can, for others the expe ..read more

Another great Hobart event… *** Princes Wharf #1 *** presented by West Moonah Community House and Australian Rotary Health. If you didn’t manage to catch the 7th Annual Tas. Wellness Expo last Saturday, make sure to put a note in your diary for next year. Held this leap year on the 29th of February, the event showcased a large number of local health & wellbeing services, alongside good food and fun entertainment. Personally, it was great to be involved for the first time and I really enjoyed meeting other local professionals and learning about their businesses, products and services. Judgi ..read more

The Counselling Experience. Blogging as a Counsellor is an altogether new experience for me, so I thought I’d begin with a post about, yes you guessed it, ‘new experiences’. The parallel here is a fairly obvious one I think, though just to be clear, I’m comparing my reticent start in the world of blogging with the experience that some people have in deciding whether or not to begin a period of Counselling or Therapy. So let’s explore this a little further, the link between commencing ‘Blogging’ or ‘Counselling’ and whether indeed there is one at all. It has in fact taken me quite a while longe ..read more

Early Beginnings I haven’t always been a Holistic Counsellor and I certainly haven’t always been a professional Counsellor. My career can in fact be divided into two distinct phases being before and after 2005. My first career commenced last century and lasted some 25 years into the early ‘noughties’… yes, I just said l-a-s-t century. For those like me, born in the 60’s or 70’s, this is probably no big deal. For those coming after however, in the decadent 80’s and beyond, last century now seems possibly almost no more than a figment of ‘old peoples’ collective imagination. This observation is ..read more

Workplace wellbeing… We all at sometime or other find ourselves in need of a little support in life. Happily, often when we do, the right support shows up in the form of a family member, friend, casual acquaintance or work colleague. Sometimes however, we might find that we seek support from a different vantage point. An opportunity to see ourself and our life from a ‘birds eye view’ so to speak. The Employee Assistance Program (EAP) offered through Life Matters: Holistic Counselling (LM), is a confidential workplace service that is free-of-charge for employees. A work-based intervention progr ..read more