krysallis Archives - Krysallis https://www.krysallis.org.uk/category/krysallis/ Counselling, Coaching and Wellbeing Mon, 30 Sep 2024 14:02:01 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.2 https://www.krysallis.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/cropped-cropped-k-favicon-270x270-1-150x150.png krysallis Archives - Krysallis https://www.krysallis.org.uk/category/krysallis/ 32 32 Being your authentic self – as young people and adults https://www.krysallis.org.uk/lets-not-play-charades-part-1/ Wed, 29 Dec 2021 12:40:15 +0000 https://www.krysallis.org.uk/?p=6538 Charades was an ideal festive game – an old-fashioned diversion from drunk uncles, teenagers who’d rather be online and the same old family fallouts. But living your life as some kind of charade? Please don’t! Pretending to be someone or something you are not? Perhaps you want to please others or you lack confidence, or…

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]]> Top tips for effective listening in romantic relationships https://www.krysallis.org.uk/listen-up-how-to-truly-listen-to-each-other/ Thu, 28 Oct 2021 14:13:26 +0000 https://www.krysallis.org.uk/?p=6305 A simple exercise to start the listening ball rolling in your relationship krysallis counsellors recognise that it’s hard to listen well to others, if you’re not attuned to your own deepest thoughts and feelings. How to check in with yourself Jane Murray of Peacebeam recommends: Considering that question is a gift of kindness that you…

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]]> Relationship changes after becoming parents https://www.krysallis.org.uk/rocked-by-the-cradle-partners-to-parents/ Tue, 21 Sep 2021 12:22:43 +0000 https://www.krysallis.org.uk/?p=6163 There’s no mistaking the love that you and your partner have for your baby and yet you’re experiencing a truth that was impossible fully to appreciate before the birth: life as a couple has changed for ever. The transition to parenthood is a stage of paradox: it can be euphoric, wondrous, but it’s also profoundly…

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]]> How To Make The Most Out Of Online Therapy Sessions https://www.krysallis.org.uk/how-to-make-the-most-out-of-online-therapy-sessions/ Wed, 07 Oct 2020 14:31:09 +0000 https://www.krysallis.org.uk/?p=4628 Online therapy is fast becoming a necessity for therapists to be able to communicate with and support clients. Many people find they actually prefer remote therapy from the comfort of their own home, particularly as we face more restrictions and local lockdowns in the UK. Before a vaccine is developed for COVID-19, online therapy can…

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]]> How to support a friend or loved one with depression https://www.krysallis.org.uk/how-to-support-a-friend-or-loved-one-with-depression/ Wed, 01 Jul 2020 14:15:53 +0000 https://www.krysallis.org.uk/?p=3964   If your friend or loved one is experiencing depression, you will want to try to help. If you haven’t experienced depression yourself, you may feel like you don’t know how to act and worry about what you should or shouldn’t say or do. If you’re concerned that they’re at risk of harming themselves or…

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]]> How to get help for depression https://www.krysallis.org.uk/lets-talk-about-depression/ Thu, 23 Jan 2020 11:44:17 +0000 https://www.krysallis.org.uk/?p=2947 Have you ever been so completely overwhelmed and felt that you can’t cope, that you just can’t go on? Worthless, hopeless, hating yourself, believing that things will never get better, you will never feel any better than you do right now? The emotional pain is immense, it seems unbearable and you feel that you cannot…

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