Instinctive Counselling

Counselling and Psychotherapy in York & Pickering, North Yorkshire and online

Identity in Life Transitions

‘Who am I Now?’ This is something women can find themselves asking at different stages in their life, as their current self evolves due to beginnings, endings, shifts; periods of change. As a woman, I have experienced these transitions at various points in my life; feeling like my identity has changed and that I’ve lost […]

Menopause – Can Counselling Really Help?

The dreaded ‘change’ The menopause is something which had become a dark menacing cloud on the horizon over the years. The dreaded ‘change’. An inevitable, unavoidable transition in a woman’s life which can, for some, be debilitating both mentally and physically whereas others sail through in relatively unscathed. There has been a huge push in […]

Feeling estranged from your body – Unbodied to Embodiment

Have you ever felt like your body has let you down? That feeling that your body has catastrophically disappointed you? It can be caused by issues like infertility, unexplained pain or physical illness/injury, body image, gender identity issues or trauma. When it happens, you perceive your body as a failure; you reject it and mentally […]

Good Enough Mum

You ARE good enough! There are SO many factors that can affect how you are as a mum, and none of them are because you aren’t good enough. These are just some of them: Relationship issues, abuse and/or feeling unsupported or having conflicting parenting style with your partner Finances and juggling work/mum/home balance Age and/or […]

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