How is everyone’s 2019 going so far? Did you make new any year’s resolutions? Have you kept them so far? We make promises to ourselves all the time (and we break them too), not just at the start of a new year. And many of these...
Read moreAs we pause between Christmas and New Year (collectively loosening our belts!), before we start to look forward to 2019 it is good to look back at 2018. And our focus should be on what we can be thankful for. Allowing gratitude to permeate our...
Read moreRegular readers of our blog will know that here at the Connolly Counselling Centre we place great value in helping people to heal and become whole, and in growing to love and accept themselves. Many previous blog posts have looked at the issues...
Read moreAs we prepare to enter into the Christmas season, many of us may be dreading the onslaught of the Christmas hype on social media. So much of our worth seems to be measured against the seemingly fantastic lives of others that we see online, even...
Read moreWe’re back with another LGBTQ-focussed article in this week’s #ThursdayThoughts blog. Teyhou Smyth, our Centre therapist based in London, looks at how people identifying with the GSM view themselves and can internalise stigma. Read...
Read moreIt’s been a while, but we’re delighted to welcome Centre therapist Carly Salter back to #ThursdayThoughts. Once again her #TherapistsThoughts piece focusses on our intra-personal relationship – this time she gives us some really...
Read moreOften in our culture there can be a tendency to not be straightforward and to rather speak around a topic, for fear of offending someone, being seen as “not nice” or just not liking conflict. In today’s #ThursdayThoughts post...
Read moreThese days learning disabilities, like dyslexia, are more accepted than in the past. Even so, many children struggle with the effects of their disability and sometimes the stigma associated with this. Some adults also struggle with diagnosis and...
Read moreThis week’s #Thursday Thoughts blog post brings us to the end of the first part of our small mini-series on the main intimacy needs of childhood. We looked at how they impact on the self-esteem of our children and affect us as adults too...
Read moreContinuing on with our mini-series focused on the intimacy needs of childhood, today’s #Thursday Thoughts blog post discusses the third main intimacy need. Reviewing these needs and doing our best to meet them, can help us as parents to ensure...
Read moreCurrently in our #Thursday Thoughts blog posts we are busy with a mini-series that considers how childhood experiences affect our adult lives and influence our parenting. (You can start here if you’re only joining us now.) Last week we...
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