Having Flashbacks or Nightmares?Here’s What You Need To Know About Traumatic Memories If you’ve ever experienced overwhelming stress, shock, abuse, loss, neglect, or violence, your nervous system probably went into protection mode to keep you safe. By shutting down...
Do you know someone who is highly competitive, charming, ingratiating, entitled, superior, grandiose or self-absorbed? The chances are, you probably do and you’ve possibly considered them a ‘narcissist’ and the chances are that you’d be wrong. These are all...
Understanding the Conversational Model of therapy The Conversational Model of Therapy (CMT) is a contemporary form of relational psychotherapy that evolved from psychoanalytic psychotherapy. It integrates aspects of neuroscience, developmental psychology, and...
The terms ‘grief’ and ‘bereavement’ are often associated with each other. We expect people to go through the grieving process after the loss of a loved one. However, did you know that we can also experience grief after other forms of loss? Grief is an emotional...
What is Complex Trauma? Experiencing trauma at any age can take a toll on your mental health. But it is the repeated experience of trauma in early childhood and beyond that has been labelled, ‘complex trauma’. This trauma can be the result of a range of things such as...
