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Off The Shelf… Grief Is The Thing with Feathers: Max Porter (2015)
Grief is the Thing with Feathers has been on the shelf for a while. I took it away with me when I went away for a short silent retreat (the one where I have no company to talk with). I loved this book and read it on the first morning in a few hours. The book has three...
Single-Session Counselling – One Session at a Time
Facing a long waiting list for counselling and you’re ready to act now? Don’t want to lock into 10 sessions of therapy! Do you think that one session (for now) will assist you? What is single-session counselling? Single session counselling is therapy that lasts for...
Filling up the Cup – Solo in Nature
A heightened sense of self- awareness and self-discovery can be found when spending time alone in nature. It may be a solo basecamp, or pack-walk or a few hours deliberate intention in urban parkland or forest. A solo experience can provide space and time for this...
Off The Shelf… Notes from Your Therapist, Allyson Dinneen (2021)
Notes from your Therapist Notes from your Therapist jumped off the shelf on a recent trip to the bookshop. Beautifully written notes on scraps of paper about emotional reactions to grief, relationships, wisdom, how you make sense, how to know how you feel, and how to...
25 years on – The stages of grief didn’t help me but here is what did…
When my husband died through illness, I had the distraction of work and study, but my grief was particularly challenging when I was on my own – at nights and weekends. Facebook support groups and real-life support groups, and the internet, did not exist as they do...