The Wells We Carry – On feelings and emotions
Inside each of us is a capacity to feel far more than we usually allow. This piece explores what can happen when we stop managing feelings and start drawing from them.
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Inside each of us is a capacity to feel far more than we usually allow. This piece explores what can happen when we stop managing feelings and start drawing from them.
Anxiety shows up in almost every counselling conversation, even when it is not the reason someone first comes to therapy. This piece reflects on anxiety as a protective response that has not yet been shown that life has changed.
Silence can feel safer than speaking up — but unspoken feelings don’t disappear. Over time, they build distance between you and the person you love.
Anxiety isn’t just something to fix, it can tell us about what’s happening in our lives. In counselling, I offer space to explore it with compassion and curiosity.
Individuation is the process of becoming more fully yourself. In counselling, it unfolds through reflection, honesty and a deeper connection to what’s been hidden or forgotten.
Not knowing where to start in therapy isn’t a problem – it’s often the beginning of something important.
I’ve launched a new service called MEN TALK TOO – a space for men to explore their mental health, find support and begin conversations that are often left unsaid.
You don’t need the right words to come to counselling. Not knowing what’s wrong can be the very reason to begin.
My article Hope: Blessing or Curse? has just been published in Philosophy Now. It’s a personal reflection on the tension between hope and doubt – and how both are part of what it means to keep going.
It’s not always what’s said in counselling that matters most – it’s the relationship that makes saying it possible.
Silence in therapy can feel uncomfortable, but it’s often where something important begins to surface.