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12 tips to choose a counsellor and make the most of your sessions
Emma Faulkner 06/04/2025 Emma Faulkner 06/04/2025

12 tips to choose a counsellor and make the most of your sessions

Choosing a counsellor can be a daunting process, click through for 12 tips for choosing a counsellor and making the most of your sessions

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Toxic Positivity: why we need to stop gaslighting ourselves
Emma Faulkner 06/04/2025 Emma Faulkner 06/04/2025

Toxic Positivity: why we need to stop gaslighting ourselves

What is toxic positivity? And why is it a bad thing?

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5 ways to manage morning anxiety
Emma Faulkner 06/04/2025 Emma Faulkner 06/04/2025

5 ways to manage morning anxiety

Do you experience morning anxiety? Click through to find 5 ways to help manage your symptoms

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View fullsize I am now a certified mindfulness informed practitioner, this means I can start to integrate more mindfulness techniques into my work with clients 🙌

What is mindfulness?

In a nutshell, mindfulness is the practice of being in the present moment, wit
View fullsize Another addition to your nervous system regulation toolkit! As with all breathwork techniques, square breathing is best practiced when you're feeling calm, so that you can better benefit from it when you're experiencing stress. With any new breathwor
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View fullsize I love this quote by Jon Kabat-Zinn to start the year. We can't stop the big events in life from happening - but we can learn to manage as best as we can.

Counselling can be a way to "learn to surf". A part of riding the waves involves gai
View fullsize Wishing you a restorative 2026 ❤️
View fullsize Another nervous system regulation technique for your toolkit. The RAIN technique - for improving emotional awareness.

#feelthefeelings #yourfeelingsmatter #mindfulness #emmafaulknercounselling #nervoussystemregulation
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View fullsize Another nervous system regulation technique for your toolkit. This breath is generally safe for everyone (as with all breathwork techniques - stay aware of how you feel doing it, start slowly, and stop if it becomes uncomfortable). Straw breathing ca
View fullsize A reminder for the festive season - boundaries are for you, boundaries are essential for your mental wellbeing ❤️

#boundariesareselfcare #therapyUK #counsellingashford #boundariesarehealthy
View fullsize When you try to make someone feel *better*, are you doing it to help them, or are you doing it to avoid the feelings of discomfort or helplessness that surface for *you*, when you see them feeling deeply?

How does it feel for you, when someone close
View fullsize I'm starting a new series of posts, with simple ways you can support your nervous system to return to a "regulated" (or calm) state. Most of us live busy lives, and it's so easy to overlook the early indicators that our bodies are feeling s
View fullsize Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder (PMDD) is an underrepresented hormone-related women's health issue.  If you're affected, it can be hugely impacting for both you, and those close to you. It can take up to 12 years for women to be diagnosed with PMDD i
View fullsize "Not why the addiction, but why the pain?" ~ Dr Gabor Maté

#gabormate #gabormaté #gabormatequotes #gabormatéwisdom #therapyquotes
View fullsize Notice when you're drawn towards things that feel familiar... recognise that familiarity is not always the same as what's right for you

#thingstherapistssay #counsellingashford #emmafaulknercounselling #personaldevelopment
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View fullsize Many years ago, when I first went to therapy (before I did my own training), I encountered an issue. I had no idea how to differentiate my thoughts, beliefs and feelings. My counsellor would ask how I was feeling, and I would tell her what I was *thi
View fullsize So many of us live in a state of inauthenticity - consciously or unconsciously masking, and shapeshifting to fit the mould of what we perceive others to want or need us to be. Sometimes, our true selves can be so buried, that they are difficult to fi
View fullsize When you avoid discomfort, you reinforce the belief that you can't handle it.

When we sit with discomfort, we learn so much about *why* we are avoiding what we're avoiding. We learn more about what surfaces for us when we experience the discomfort,
View fullsize I work with the philosophy that the relationship between counsellor and client is core to determining the outcome of our time together. 

When a counsellor is attuned to their client, they experience "co-regulation". In a nutshell, co-regul

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