How to befriend difficult emotions
First understand your difficult emotions The first step in growing the ability to be with our difficult emotions is to understand them. Befriending these emotions means first to get to know our autonomic …
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Therapy Rooms – Establishing Safety in Counselling
When working with people who may easily become overwhelmed, it’s important for me as a counsellor to establish safety for my clients in many ways. This is a priority before any other intervention …
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Polyvagal Theory: A Simplified Explanation
Dr Stephen W. Porges, author of “The Polyvagal Theory” (PVT), examines how different parts of the nervous system respond to stressful situations. The name makes reference to the vagus nerve (vagal meaning ‘wandering’) …
Reducing Stress with Curiosity
Do you know what curiosity feels like? It’s a joyous, exciting state of mind that draws us closer to the object of our investigation. Learning to be with our thoughts and feelings can …
What Is The Stress Response
What exactly happens in our brain and body when we face danger? Our ancestors encountered life-threatening events and developed the ‘fight-flight-freeze’ response. We are going to examine how we use the stress response when …
