Overcoming Guilt and Regret
Do you still feel guilty about things that happened long ago? This is something I often come across when working as a counsellor and it doesn’t have to be this way. Feeling guilty for things in the past keeps us … Read more
Counselling? Should I get it? Does it help?
Do I need counselling? Should I get it? Would it help me? Does it work? The therapeutic relationship has incredible potential to help facilitate restoration and healing. Maybe it is the role a counsellor plays in providing a safe attachment … Read more
Interpersonal Practice
Interpersonal Practice Personality is illuminated through reflection upon the question “who am I?” Thus, does who I am, defined by my personality, develop or is it predetermined before birth, is it a result of nurture or nature, is personality a … Read more
The Health Benefits of Positive Relationships
The health benefits of positive relationships are extensive. Science is explaining more and more, what has previously been considered as intangible. The realm of intimacy, attachment and even romance is being studied more and more, and a body of research … Read more
Organisation Theory for Practice
Social Worker Perspectives by Ryan Hill- Breathe Counselling Perth Organisation theory for practice. Social work draws on theories relating to interpersonal communication, group formation and dynamics, leadership and resource (including power) distribution, problem-solving, and how various systems function independently and … Read more
How to Change the Culture of an Organisation
Social Worker Perspectives by Ryan Hill – Breathe Counselling Perth An effective organisational team consists of honest, supportive, symbiotic relationships. Hughes and Wearing (2007) assert organisational culture change happens in the context of managing professional and personal values, and in … Read more
Overcoming Contempt in Marriage
According to the Oxford Dictionary Contempt is, ‘The feeling that a person or a thing is worthless or beneath consideration’ or to have ‘disregard for something that should be considered’. When we act with contempt, we basically treat others as though they are inferior … Read more
Overcoming Criticism
Criticism- the expression of disapproval of someone or something on the basis of perceived faults or mistakes. (Oxford Dictionary) Let’s face it, we all criticize. Whether its people, people groups, places or things… We have all done it, we have all … Read more