by Kate Kernick | Aug 10, 2021 | Counselling |
The quality of our foremost relationships in our lives are crucial to all aspects of our adult life. Humans are intrinsically hardwired to survive, and the most powerful drive we have as infants is to form emotional bonds with our primary caregiver so they can help...
by Kate Kernick | Jan 2, 2021 | Counselling |
If you’ve gotten past the icky feeling the heading of this post gave you and reading this, then congratulations you have been triggered! Maybe you hold a belief that emotional triggers are bad and you spend a lot of time and energy avoiding them, denying them,...
by Kate Kernick | Sep 21, 2019 | Counselling |
I have a very privileged position being a therapist. It is a deeply humbling experience to hear things that clients have never told anyone else, and to hold space for emotions being expressed that have been held back for years. My clients teach me a lot about...
by Kate Kernick | Jul 6, 2019 | Counselling |
Trauma is often at the root cause of many problems and health issues. Even with the most idyllic childhood, at some point in our journey as humans, we are going to experience some level of distress. Distress can be on a scale from a short, acute episode that is...