Tag: counselling Dublin
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Infertility And Identity, When Starting A Family Is Not Straightforward
Infertility is not only a medical experience. It can touch every part of life, from relationships to self-image and future plans. This blog explores the emotional impact of infertility and how therapy can offer a compassionate space to process what you are going through. The Monthly Cycle Of Hope And Disappointment Trying to conceive when…
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Finding Your Feet After Separation Or Divorce
The end of a relationship is rarely just one event. It can bring practical changes, emotional upheaval and deeper questions about identity. This blog looks at the complexity of separation and divorce and how therapy can offer steadiness as you navigate this transition. More Than A Legal Process While paperwork and practical arrangements are important,…
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Feeling Lonely In A Busy World
You might have a full calendar, colleagues you get on with and family around you, yet still feel a sense of loneliness. This can be confusing, and people often judge themselves for it. Thoughts like “I should be grateful” or “there is nothing wrong, why do I feel like this?” can make the experience even…
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Managing Family Dynamics At Christmas And Beyond
You may notice that, as soon as you enter your family home, you slip back into an old version of yourself. The responsible one, the peacekeeper, the quiet one or the one who always lightens the mood. These roles may have developed for good reasons when you were younger. As an adult, however, they can…
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Making Sense of Ambiguous Loss
Not all losses are visible or final. Sometimes we grieve something that has changed but not fully disappeared, such as a relationship that ended without closure, a loved one with declining health, or even a role in life that is no longer yours. Other times it can be the loss of a hoped for future…
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Understanding Attachment Styles in Relationships
From our earliest days, the way we bonded with parents and caregivers shaped how we learned to connect with others. These patterns, known as attachment styles, can have a profound influence on our adult relationships. You may notice yourself clinging to closeness, keeping distance, or feeling torn between the two. These are ways you learned…
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Understanding Grief: There’s No One Way Through It
Grief is something we all meet, in one form or another, during the course of our lives. It may arrive after the death of someone close, or come quietly in the background of an ending, a relationship, a job, a future we had imagined. Sometimes grief is obvious. Other times, it’s a slow, steady ache…
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When Life Takes a Different Path: Coming to Terms with Not Having Children
As a psychotherapist based in Ireland, I often work with clients facing the deep, personal journey of coming to terms with not having children. For some, this was a conscious decision, for others, it was the outcome of circumstances beyond their control. No matter the route, the emotional landscape is often layered with grief, identity…
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Attachment Styles: Unlocking the Emotional Blueprints of Your Relationships
As a psychotherapist based in Dublin, I often meet clients who are trying to make sense of challenging dynamics in their relationships, whether romantic, family-based, or even in work settings. What might seem like a collection of unrelated issues often turns out to be linked by a deeper, recurring theme: their attachment style. Understanding your…
