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...
by Kate Kernick | May 26, 2019 | Counselling |
People spend a lot of time and money dealing with physical symptoms, in order to feel and look better. We tend to trust without question that seeing the doctor for an ailment is going to produce some sort of relief, or cure. We go to the gym and exercise...
by Kate Kernick | Apr 19, 2019 | Counselling, Wellbeing |
Sometimes there are moments in life where we get to see glimpses of who we might have been, or could yet be, before the humdrum of day to day life, or ill health takes over and consumes our time, focus and energy. More and more people with chronic health issues...
