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Writing from inside the work.
If you’ve found your way here, chances are you’re somewhere between two versions of yourself — a pattern ready to be put down, a story you’re tired of telling, a quieter version of you that’s been waiting underneath.
What follows is slow, unhurried writing for that in-between place. Honest accounts of what counselling and healing actually look like, in the words of the people walking the stages themselves. Take what helps. Leave the rest.
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Counselling JourneyTeen Counselling: Support for Teenagers Who Are Struggling
Counselling Journey By Christina Feyes·~6 min read·For teens, and the parents who love them Watching your teenager struggle and not being able to reach them is one of...
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Counselling JourneySomatic Therapy on the Gold Coast: When Talking Is Not Enough
Body & Trauma By Christina Feyes·~6 min read·The body keeps the score Sometimes you can understand exactly why you feel the way you do, talk it through, and...
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Counselling JourneyGrief After Losing a Partner: When the Person Was Your Whole Life
Grief & Loss By Christina Feyes·~6 min read·A loss that reshapes everything Losing a partner is not one loss. It is the loss of the person, and then...
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Counselling JourneyWorking With Saint Germain: The Ascended Master and the Violet Flame
Ascended Masters By Christina Feyes·~6 min read·For those drawn to the work Some people come across the name Saint Germain and feel an immediate, inexplicable pull, as though...
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Counselling JourneySuccessful but Unfulfilled? Finding Purpose at a Soul Level
Purpose & Fulfilment By Christina Feyes·~6 min read·When the life looks right and feels empty There is a particular kind of unhappiness that does not show up in...
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Counselling JourneyGrief Support Groups on the Gold Coast: Workshops Forming Now
Gold Coast Counselling By Christina Feyes·~6 min read·You do not have to grieve alone Grief can be one of the loneliest things a person carries, even in a...
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CairnsGrief Support Groups in Cairns: Workshops Forming Now
Cairns Counselling By Christina Feyes·~6 min read·You do not have to grieve alone Grief can be one of the loneliest things a person carries, and in a regional...
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Counselling JourneyWinter, Isolation and Low Mood: Counselling in Hobart
Hobart Counselling By Christina Feyes·~6 min read·When the cold and the dark settle in Hobart winters are long, cold and dark, and they have a way of getting...
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Counselling JourneyWhat to Expect From Your First Counselling Session in Hobart
Hobart Counselling By Christina Feyes·~6 min read·What the first session actually feels like Most people book a first counselling session with a small knot of nerves sitting under...
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Counselling JourneyWhen Local Options Are Limited: Online Counselling in Hobart and Tasmania
Hobart Counselling By Christina Feyes·~6 min read·A smaller city, a wider choice Hobart is a wonderful place to live and a small one, and that smallness shows up...
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Counselling JourneyHow Long Is the Wait to See Someone? Getting Counselling Support Sooner in Hobart
Hobart Counselling By Christina Feyes·~6 min read·When you cannot wait months One of the quiet cruelties of the system is that the moment you finally reach out is...
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Counselling JourneyFIFO and Mining Life: Counselling for the Roster in Perth
Perth Counselling By Christina Feyes·~6 min read·Support that fits the roster FIFO work asks something of people that does not show up in the pay packet. The long...
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AdelaideWhat to Expect From Your First Counselling Session in Adelaide
Adelaide Counselling By Christina Feyes·~6 min read·What the first session actually feels like Most people book a first counselling session with a small knot of nerves sitting under...
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AdelaideHow Long Is the Wait to See Someone? Getting Counselling Support Sooner in Adelaide
Adelaide Counselling By Christina Feyes·~6 min read·When you cannot wait weeks One of the quiet cruelties of the system is that the moment you finally reach out is...
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AdelaideOnline and Phone Counselling in Adelaide: Does It Work as Well as In Person?
Adelaide Counselling By Christina Feyes·~6 min read·The question worth asking Many people in Adelaide are ready to talk to someone but pause on a single doubt: can counselling...
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AdelaideCounselling and Privacy in a Smaller City: What Adelaide Clients Worry About
Adelaide Counselling By Christina Feyes·~6 min read·Private, and genuinely so Adelaide is a big country town in the best and the most complicated ways. The circles overlap, word...
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Counselling JourneyWorried About the Cost of Counselling in Melbourne? Start With What Is Free
Melbourne Counselling By Christina Feyes·~6 min read·The honest first answer is free With the cost of living where it is, almost nobody in Melbourne books counselling without the...
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Counselling JourneyWhat to Expect From Your First Counselling Session in Melbourne
Melbourne Counselling By Christina Feyes·~6 min read·What the first session actually feels like Most people book a first counselling session with a small knot of nerves sitting under...
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Counselling JourneyOnline and Phone Counselling in Melbourne: Does It Work as Well as In Person?
Melbourne Counselling By Christina Feyes·~6 min read·The doubt worth talking through A lot of people in Melbourne are ready for counselling but get stuck on one quiet question:...
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Counselling JourneyWinter Low Mood and Seasonal Slumps: Counselling in Melbourne
Melbourne Counselling By Christina Feyes·~6 min read·When the grey settles in Melbourne winters have a way of getting under the skin. The days shorten, the sky goes flat...
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CanberraWhat to Expect From Your First Counselling Session in Canberra
Canberra Counselling By Christina Feyes·~6 min read·What the first session actually feels like Most people book a first counselling session with a small knot of nerves sitting under...
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Counselling JourneyHow to Find the Right Counsellor in Sydney
Sydney Counselling By Christina Feyes·~6 min read·Choosing well, honestly Search for a counsellor in Sydney and you get a wall of listings, every one of them confident, smiling...
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CanberraOnline and Phone Counselling in Canberra: Does It Work as Well as In Person?
Canberra Counselling By Christina Feyes·~6 min read·The question worth asking Plenty of people in Canberra are ready to talk to someone but pause on one doubt: can counselling...
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Counselling JourneyOnline and Phone Counselling in Sydney: Does It Work as Well as In Person?
Sydney Counselling By Christina Feyes·~6 min read·The objection most people start with Plenty of people in Sydney want counselling but stall on one quiet doubt: surely it only...
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CanberraConfidentiality and Counselling in Canberra: Private, and Off Your Record
Canberra Counselling By Christina Feyes·~6 min read·What stays private, and how In a town built around government, defence and security, a particular worry keeps people from reaching out:...
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CanberraPublic-Service Stress and Burnout: Counselling in Canberra
Canberra Counselling By Christina Feyes·~6 min read·For the quiet burnout behind the composure Canberra runs on a particular kind of pressure. Deadlines that move with the political weather,...
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Counselling JourneyBurnout and Anxiety in a High-Pressure City: Counselling in Sydney
Sydney Counselling By Christina Feyes·~6 min read·When the city will not let you exhale Sydney runs at a pace that does not really stop, and a lot of...
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Counselling JourneyWhen FIFO Strains a Relationship: Couples Counselling in Perth
Perth Counselling By Christina Feyes·~6 min read·For couples living the swing FIFO can be good for a bank balance and quietly hard on a relationship. The leaving and...
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Counselling JourneyWorried About the Cost of Counselling in Sydney? Start With What Is Free
Sydney Counselling By Christina Feyes·~6 min read·The honest first answer is free Sydney is not a cheap place to live, and almost no one books counselling without the...
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Counselling JourneyHow Long Is the Wait to See Someone? Getting Counselling Support Sooner in Perth
Perth Counselling By Christina Feyes·~6 min read·When you cannot wait weeks One of the quiet cruelties of the system is that the moment you finally reach out is...
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CairnsWhat to Expect From Your First Counselling Session in Cairns
Cairns Counselling By Christina Feyes·~6 min read·What the first session actually feels like Most people book a first counselling session with a small knot of nerves sitting under...
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Counselling JourneyOnline and Phone Counselling in Perth: Across the Distance and the Rosters
Perth Counselling By Christina Feyes·~6 min read·Distance is not the obstacle it was Perth is the most isolated capital city in the world, and a lot of life...
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CairnsHow Long Is the Wait to See Someone? Getting Counselling Support Sooner in Cairns
Cairns Counselling By Christina Feyes·~6 min read·When you cannot wait weeks One of the quiet cruelties of the system is that the moment you finally reach out is...
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CairnsLiving Regional and Remote: Online Counselling in Cairns and the Far North
Cairns Counselling By Christina Feyes·~6 min read·The Far North is not too far Living in Cairns and the Far North means a lot of things are further away...
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CairnsShift Work, Hospitality and Seasonal Pressure: Counselling in Cairns
Cairns Counselling By Christina Feyes·~6 min read·Support that fits irregular hours Cairns runs on tourism, and tourism runs on people working hours that the rest of the world...
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Counselling JourneyWhat to Expect From Your First Counselling Session in Darwin
Darwin Counselling By Christina Feyes·~6 min read·What the first session actually feels like Most people book a first counselling session with a small knot of nerves sitting under...
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Counselling JourneyThe Build-Up, Isolation and Low Mood: Counselling in Darwin
Darwin Counselling By Christina Feyes·~6 min read·When the build-up gets to you Anyone who has lived through a Top End build-up knows it is more than weather. The...
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Counselling JourneyCounselling for Defence Families and a Transient City: Darwin
Darwin Counselling By Christina Feyes·~6 min read·Support that travels with you Darwin is a defence town and a transient one. Postings bring people in, deployments take them away,...
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Counselling JourneyWhen the Nearest Help Is Far Away: Online Counselling in Darwin and the Territory
Darwin Counselling By Christina Feyes·~6 min read·Distance is no longer the barrier In Darwin and across the Territory, one of the biggest barriers to support is simply distance....
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BrisbaneHow Long Is the Wait to See Someone? Getting Counselling Support Sooner in Brisbane
Brisbane Counselling By Christina Feyes · ~6 min read · When you cannot afford to wait weeks One of the quiet cruelties of the mental health system is...
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BrisbaneCounselling and Medicare Mental Health Care Plans: What Brisbane Clients Should Know
Brisbane Counselling By Christina Feyes · ~6 min read · The honest picture, plainly told Almost everyone who looks into mental health support in Brisbane runs into the...
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BrisbaneOnline and Phone Counselling in Brisbane: Does It Work as Well as In Person?
Brisbane Counselling By Christina Feyes · ~6 min read · The objection most people start with Plenty of people in Brisbane want counselling but stall on one quiet...
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BrisbaneCounselling, Therapy or Psychology: Which Do You Need in Brisbane?
Brisbane Counselling By Christina Feyes · ~6 min read · Telling the options apart, honestly When you are not coping and you finally start searching, the words blur...
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Counselling JourneyCounselling Costs on the Gold Coast and How the Free Assessment Works
Gold Coast Counselling By Christina Feyes · ~6 min read · Plain talk about money and access Money is one of the most common reasons people put off...
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Counselling JourneyOnline and Phone Counselling on the Gold Coast: Does It Work as Well as In Person?
Gold Coast Counselling By Christina Feyes · ~6 min read · The objection most people start with Plenty of people on the Gold Coast want counselling but stall...
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Counselling JourneyCounselling, Therapy or Psychology: Which Do You Need on the Gold Coast?
Gold Coast Counselling By Christina Feyes · ~6 min read · Telling the options apart, honestly When you are not coping and you finally start searching, the words...
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Counselling JourneyWhat to Expect From Your First Counselling Session on the Gold Coast
Gold Coast Counselling By Christina Feyes · ~6 min read · What the first session actually feels like Most people book a first counselling session with a small...
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Counselling JourneyUsing NDIS Funding for Counselling: What to Know
NDIS Support By Christina Feyes·~6 min read·When counselling can be funded, and how to check You have NDIS funding, and you are sitting with a quietly practical question:...
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Counselling JourneyHow to Develop Your Intuition Safely
Counselling Journey By Christina Feyes·~6 min read·Simple practices, and why grounding comes first You sense more than you let on, and you would like to trust it more,...
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Counselling JourneyWhat Happens at a Spiritual Development Workshop
Spiritual Growth By Christina Feyes·~6 min read·What to expect, and why it is grounded not woo The idea draws you in, and a quiet part of you wonders...
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Counselling JourneyRebuilding Trust After Betrayal
Counselling Journey By Christina Feyes·~6 min read·Whether a relationship can recover, and what it takes Betrayal does not just break a promise. It breaks the sense of safety...
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Counselling JourneySpiritual Awakening or Mental Health Crisis? How to Tell
Counselling Journey By Christina Feyes·~6 min read·Why they can look alike, and how to tell Something profound is shifting in you, and you cannot tell whether you are...
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Counselling JourneySigns You Might Be an Empath
Counselling Journey By Christina Feyes·~6 min read·What it means to feel everything, including what is not yours You walk into a room and somehow already know how everyone...
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Counselling JourneyHigh-Functioning Anxiety: Succeeding and Struggling at Once
Anxiety By Christina Feyes·~6 min read·Looking fine outside, frantic inside On paper you are doing brilliantly. You meet the deadlines, answer the emails, hold everything together and look...
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Counselling JourneyFight, Flight, Freeze, Fawn: Trauma Responses Explained
Trauma By Christina Feyes·~6 min read·The four survival responses, and why they are not choices You did not choose to freeze. You did not choose to please. In...
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Counselling JourneyHow to Support a Friend Who Is Grieving
Grief & Loss By Christina Feyes·~6 min read·What to do when you do not know what to say You want to be there for them, and you are...
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Counselling JourneyAnniversary Grief: Why Certain Dates Hit Hard
Grief & Loss By Christina Feyes·~6 min read·Why dates reopen loss, and how to move through them You can be doing okay, getting on with ordinary life, and...
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Counselling JourneyWhy Depression Makes Small Things Feel Impossible
Counselling Journey By Christina Feyes·~6 min read·It is not laziness, and you are not failing The dishes. A shower. A text back. Things that should be easy somehow...
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Counselling JourneyHow to Support a Partner with Depression
Depression By Christina Feyes·~6 min read·What genuinely helps, and how to look after you too Watching someone you love disappear into depression is its own kind of helpless....
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Counselling JourneyWhen One Partner Will Not Go to Counselling
Counselling Journey By Christina Feyes·~6 min read·Why it is common, and how starting alone still helps You are ready to get help for the relationship. They are not....
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Counselling JourneyHow to Calm a Racing Mind at 3am
Anxiety By Christina Feyes·~6 min read·Why the mind races at night, and what helps The house is quiet, everyone else is asleep, and your mind picks this exact...
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Counselling JourneyRebuilding Intimacy When You Have Grown Apart
Marriage By Christina Feyes·~6 min read·Why closeness fades, and how it quietly returns You still love each other. You are just not sure when you last felt truly...
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Counselling JourneyWhat Is a Highly Sensitive Person? Traits, Signs and How to Thrive
Sensitivity & the Inner Life By Christina Feyes · ~8 min read · A complete, gentle guide If you have always felt things more deeply than the people...
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Counselling JourneyHow to Know If You Need Counselling
Counselling Journey By Christina Feyes·~6 min read·The signs, and the myth of being bad enough Most people wait far longer than they need to. They talk themselves out...
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Counselling JourneyWhy Grief Is Not Linear: The Myth of the Five Stages
Grief & Loss By Christina Feyes·~6 min read·Why grief loops, and why that is completely normal You may have been told you are in “the anger stage,” or...
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Counselling JourneyDepression vs Burnout: What’s the Difference?
Counselling Journey By Christina Feyes·~6 min read·How to tell them apart, and what helps for each You are exhausted, flat and running on empty, and you genuinely cannot...
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Counselling JourneyWhat Is Complex Trauma (C-PTSD)?
Trauma & Healing By Christina Feyes·~6 min read·A clear, gentle explanation of C-PTSD Some people read about PTSD and feel that it almost fits, but not quite. The...
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Counselling JourneyHow to Stop Having the Same Argument
Couples By Christina Feyes·~6 min read·Why couples loop, and how to break the cycle Different day, different trigger, exact same fight. If you and your partner keep landing...
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Counselling JourneyAnxiety vs Stress: How to Tell the Difference
Anxiety By Christina Feyes·~6 min read·How to tell them apart, and when to reach out Am I just stressed, or is this anxiety? It is one of the...
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Counselling JourneyCounselling vs Psychology vs Therapy: What’s the Difference?
Counselling Journey By Christina Feyes·~6 min read·Plain definitions, and how to choose what you need If you have ever sat with a search bar open, typing and deleting...
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Counselling JourneyMarriage Counselling vs Couples Counselling: What’s the Difference?
Couples & Marriage By Christina Feyes·~6 min read·Same room, two doorways in People search for both, and quietly wonder whether they are choosing the wrong one. You type...
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Counselling JourneyWhat Happens in a Free 15-Minute Counselling Assessment
Counselling Journey By Christina Feyes·~6 min read·Exactly what to expect, so the first step feels easier The hardest part is almost always the first call. If the idea...
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Counselling JourneyOnline Counselling vs In-Person: Which Is Right for You?
Counselling Journey By Christina Feyes·~6 min read·An honest comparison to help you choose Not long ago, counselling meant a waiting room and a drive across town. You took...
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Counselling JourneyHow Many Counselling Sessions Do You Actually Need?
Counselling Journey By Christina Feyes·~6 min read·An honest answer to the question almost everyone asks first Almost everyone asks it, usually quietly, and often before they have even...
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Counselling JourneyMarriage Counselling: When You Have Grown Apart
Marriage & Couples By Christina Feyes·~6 min read·A gentle look at the quiet distance that grows in a long marriage Not every marriage in trouble is loud. Some...
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Counselling JourneyDepression Counselling: When Life Feels Heavy
Depression By Christina Feyes·~6 min read·A grounded look at heaviness, numbness and coming back to life Depression can make life feel distant, even when nothing on the outside...
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Counselling JourneyIndividual Counselling: What the First Sessions Can Feel Like
Counselling Journey By Christina Feyes·~6 min read·A quiet look at beginning one-to-one counselling Beginning individual counselling can feel strangely vulnerable. You may have carried something for so long...
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Counselling JourneyIntuitive Counselling: What It Means and What It Does Not
Counselling Journey By Christina Feyes·~6 min read·A grounded explanation of intuitive and spiritual counselling The phrase intuitive counselling can make people curious and cautious at the same time....
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Counselling JourneyTrauma Counselling: When Your Body Still Remembers
Trauma By Christina Feyes·~6 min read·Safety, pace and choice in trauma work Trauma is not always a memory you can point to cleanly. Sometimes it is the way...
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Counselling JourneyCouples Counselling: When the Same Pattern Keeps Returning
Couples By Christina Feyes·~6 min read·Breaking the loop that keeps returning Most couples do not arrive because of one argument. They arrive because the same pattern keeps finding...
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Counselling JourneyGrief Counselling: When Loss Changes Everything
Grief & Loss By Christina Feyes·~6 min read·A grounded look at grief and learning to carry what changed Grief can make ordinary life feel strangely unfamiliar. The kettle...
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Counselling JourneyAnxiety Counselling: When Your Body Will Not Switch Off
Counselling Journey By Christina Feyes · ~8 min read · A gentle look at anxiety counselling and the nervous system Anxiety often looks calm from the outside. You...