Working using online video calling is a great tool, but it does have limitations and, at times, technical challenges. To be prepared please read and consider...

Counselling video calling on Skype or Zoom if you are needing a counsellor to talk to, but can't come in person, or would prefer not to.

It was a tragic day for our community in Christchurch yesterday. My mind cannot comprehend the loss people in our community have experienced in such an awful...

I found myself looking at this peach tree the other day and it reminded me of an issue that I find is easy to be caught out by. It is often a hidden rock th...

Is anxiety driving you? Worry is a healthy human emotion. Worry is the feeling that is generated by the thought "something could go wrong here” and it leads...

A breakup is the ending of something. A little or big death of something that existed between two people. Depending on the breakup and what happened in the r...

Participating in the Mental Health Foundation New Zealand's Photo Challenge for Mental Health Awareness week last week was a great experience. Click on an im...

What kind of journey have you been having lately? A metaphor is a powerful tool for you to use to make sense of life. Find one that works for you. The best o...

This year I am going to participate in the @MentalHealthFoundationNZ Photo Challenge as a way to embrace their Five Ways to Wellbeing. Here's what the Mental...

You loved, hoped and lost. Grief is the emotion we feel when we lose someone or something important to us. Sometimes that is the death of someone close to us...

There is a clear boundary around your right to confidentiality in counselling. This boundary line is very important! Understanding it gives you freedom in ...

As the father of a young girl and as someone who has worked with a huge number of teen girls struggling with anxiety and low self esteem, I encourage you to w...

...or: How I work with people. I wrote in an earlier blog, "I am very friendly, but I am not your friend..." about what I think the relationship between you ...

A practical tool created by teens to help you deal with negativity online. This week I came across ICON (In Case of Online Negativity). It is a website resou...

It's a metaphor ok! I totally agree that nonviolence is the best answer, but the harm that the belief in "closure", "getting over it" and that there are rigi...

What a counselling relationship is and what it offers you that you can’t get somewhere else. The relationship between you and your counsellor is a big part o...

I do! I found using Pinterest (a social media tool that replicates a traditional pin board online) as a storage and research library a really powerful tool....