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How seeing your therapist online is where it’s at…
I am so grateful at how well working with clients is going online. The idea that I could only connect and help someone by physically being with them – turns out not to be the truth at all. I have been seeing clients for many years online and my online caseload has increased due to the …
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On living when death is closeby…
As a psychotherapist I sometimes get invited to write for the Irish Farmer’s Journal by the extremely compassionate journalist Maria Moynihan. This is a particularly touching letter and response I wrote that might help some of you dealing with or in the throws of grief… I write this letter with a heavy heart. I also …
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Social Media Etiquette
What is Social Media etiquette? Some girls were sent to ‘finishing school’ to learn manners and deportment up to the 1960’s. This nowadays seems to be mainly a ‘thing of the past’ However all of you (including me the writer) still need to be reminded of manners and etiquette in your lives and …
Waiting..
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Waiting..
It happens some of you as adults, you get stuck in a ‘child’ or that ‘paralysed feeling’ place. You might actually have ‘the good enough life’ – career, spouse, children, friends, nice car, choice of holidays, beautiful house, stylish clothes etc. etc. You might ask yourself – Why am I still feeling so empty at …
Mindfulness at Christmas
Published on the Daily Star Irish Newspaper on Christmas Ev and on the Mymind.org blog: As Andy Williams sings, ‘It’s the most wonderful time of the year with the kids jingle belling and everyone telling you be of good cheer It’s the most wonderful time of the year!!’ What a message! Yes, Christmas can potentially …
Harriet’s way of working…
Every Gestalt Therapist will work in their unique way and I work in a ‘Harriet’ way – combining my personal /work history, my studies and my passion for children/inner child work. I believe what is very important for the client is that he feels mostly understood by me. The issues the client could present with could …
Mindful Massage
The benefits of Mindful Massage I encourage you to experiment with massaging your child at some of his bedtimes. You could apply deep pressure to his body using essential oils. As I have written touch is not a luxury for any of us it is a necessity. Being properly touched in a safe way could regulate and …