Blog
The Path Taken
I was thinking of what someone said to me a while back, about whether I thought therapy is any use at all. I thought about the amount of study and research and personal commitment that goes into becoming a valuable therapist and found it very easy to say a...
A Mothers Story.
As I sat on one side of the open fire with my mother sitting at the other side while oohing and aahing over my newborn baby lying on my lap, I thought of how I would cope if anything ever happened to him. You might think that a strange thought, but I was painfully...
Grief in Action
Grief in action/ calling it what it is/the work involved There are many metaphors that we use to make death more acceptable, sometimes it can be difficult to use the word dead when we are talking about a loved one, so we say we have lost them, or they have passed. The...
The Other Side of the Coin
"Life asked Death, why do people love me, but hate you? Death replied, because you are a beautiful lie, and I am a painful truth"- Author Unknown I could not find the original source of the above quote, but it was an interesting take on life and death. Unfortunately,...
Pet Stories (Pet Bereavement)
When our pet dies, they leave a hole in our heart that is difficult to explain to others. “It's just a dog” or can’t you get another one” are insensitive, unnecessary, and thoughtless comments often heard in unfortunate times. They may even add to the pain a person is...
Grieving a loss
Overwhelming emotionsWhen someone or something we love, leaves our lives through death or separation, our natural response is to grieve.Losses come in many guises. It could be loss of employment, relationship breakdown, death of a pet or the death of a loved one. We...