A talk therapy or psychotherapy where you can work one to one with a counsellor in a safe, caring and confidential environment. Counselling increases help to identify aspects of one’s life that they would like to change, set personal goals, and work towards desired goals, identifying boundaries and blocks, enhancing communication skills, and using healthy coping skills.

How do you know whether your child needs counselling?

1) Extreme mood swings
2) Loss or increase in appetite
3) Sudden change in sleep habits
4) Loss of interest in their daily activities
5) Persistent feeling of sadness or hopelessness
6) Constant anger or tendency to overreact
7) Negative thoughts of their own appearance

Any of these problems that last for 6 months or more can be a sign that the child needs a therapy. Child therapy understands the link between behaviours and help them cope through the struggle they are facing and give them age appropriate exercises.

It is your body's natural response to stress. It's a feeling of fear or apprehension about what's to come. The first day of school, going to a job interview, or giving a speech may cause most people to feel fearful and nervous. Anxiety becomes a disorder when, worry, fear are strong to interfere with one’s daily activities. Examples of anxiety disorders include panic attacks, obsessive-compulsive disorder and post-traumatic stress disorder.

Symptoms include stress that's out of proportion to the impact of the event, inability to set aside a worry and restlessness.

As a counsellor we are trained to diagnose anxiety and provide treatment. We are also able to teach you effective ways for coping with your anxiety, so that your symptoms have less of an impact on your daily life and activities.

Depression is classified as a mood disorder. It may be described as feelings of sadness, loss, or anger that interfere with a person’s everyday activities.

People experience depression in different ways. It may interfere with your daily work, resulting in lost time and lower productivity. It can also influence relationships and some chronic health conditions It’s important to realize that feeling down at times is a normal part of life. Sad and upsetting events happen to everyone. But, if you’re feeling down or hopeless on a regular basis and for a long time, you could be dealing with depression.

Depression is considered a serious medical condition that can get worse without proper treatment. Those who seek treatment often see improvements in symptoms in just a few weeks. The symptoms of depression can be experienced differently among men, women, and children differently. Men may experience symptoms related to their:

• Mood, such as anger, aggressiveness, irritability, anxiousness, restlessness
• Emotional well-being, such as feeling empty, sad, hopeless
• Behaviour, such as loss of interest, no longer finding pleasure in favorite activities, feeling tired easily, thoughts of suicide, drinking excessively, using drugs, engaging in high-risk activities Women may experience symptoms related to their:
• Mood, such as irritability
• Emotional well-being, such as feeling sad or empty, anxious or hopeless
• Behaviour, such as loss of interest in activities, withdrawing from social engagements, thoughts of suicide.
• Children may experience symptoms related to their: • Mood, such as irritability, anger, mood swings, crying
• Emotional well-being, such as feelings of incompetence (e.g. “I can’t do anything right”) or despair,

Crying, intense sadness
• Behaviour, such as getting into trouble at school or refusing to go to school, avoiding friends or siblings, thoughts of death or suicide.

Depression causes
There are several possible causes of depression. They can range from biological to circumstantial. Some Common causes include:
• Family history. You’re at a higher risk for developing depression if you have a family history of depression or another mood disorder.
• Early childhood trauma. Some events affect the way your body reacts to fear and stressful situations.

Psychotherapy -- or "talk therapy" -- is an effective treatment for clinical depression.
• It can help ease stress.
• It can give you a new perspective on problem
• You learn ways to talk to other people about your condition.
• It helps catch early signs that your depression is getting worse.

Family conflict and discord, lack of structure and discipline, disagreement about child rearing. Parental control that is too tight. Overprotection is a risk factor for childhood anxiety. Marital conflict, divorce or separation: most of the negative effects are caused by disruption of parenting Being a good parent means you need to teach your child the moral in what is right and what is wrong. Setting limits and being consistent are the keys to good discipline. Be kind and firm when enforcing those rules. Focus on the reason behind the child's behaviour.
This relationship lays the foundation for the child's personality, life choices and overall behaviour. It can also affect the strength of their social, physical, mental and emotional health. ... Children also gain strong problem-solving skills when they have a positive relationship with their parents.
Parental counselling is a service that aims at providing the required tools, guidance, knowledge and support to parents without them having to worry about being judged, in an unbiased, healthy manner. Through parental counselling, parents become more equipped to take care of their family, especially their children

Cyber Wellness refers to the positive well-being of Internet users. It involves an understanding of online behaviour and awareness of how to protect oneself in cyberspace. The focus of CW is about helping individuals to become responsible digital learners.

1. Organise more outdoor activities together
2. Activate parental controls on your home devices.
3. Model good digital habits for your child.
4. Set ground rules for internet use.
5. Navigate the internet together to understand their usage.

A counsellor will help to cultivate respect, a balanced lifestyle and responsible use of digital technologies to effect a positive and healthy cyber culture at home, in school and community. Relationship: Relationship counselling can help improve the way you relate to those around you and allow you to break free from old patterns of behaviour. A Counsellor can provide a supportive and non-judgmental environment to help you identify issues or problems in a relationship and find a way through those difficulties.

Relationship counselling can help improve the way you relate to those around you and allow you to break free from old patterns of behaviour. A Counsellor can provide a supportive and non-judgmental environment to help you identify issues or problems in a relationship and find a way through those difficulties.
In couples counselling, you gain new perspectives about each other and the way you relate, and you also learn new ways of being together. Couples counselling includes “skills work” to help you actually do something different, as well as helping you explore your feelings and thoughts with your partner
• Trust. Trust is one of the most important ingredients of a happy and healthy relationship. ...
• Respect. Respecting the individuality of your partner is another important thing in a relationship. ...
• Love.
• Attention.
• Communication.

Stress is a feeling of emotional or physical tension. It can come from any event or thought that makes you feel frustrated, angry, or nervous. Stress is your body's reaction to a challenge or demand. What are psychological and emotional signs of stress?

• Depression or anxiety.
• Anger, irritability, or restlessness.
• Feeling overwhelmed, unmotivated, or unfocused.
• Trouble sleeping or sleeping too much.
• Racing thoughts or constant worry.
• Problems with your memory or concentration.
• Making bad decisions.

stress symptoms can affect your body, your thoughts and feelings, and your behavior. ... Stress that's left unchecked can contribute to many health problems, such as high blood pressure, heart disease, obesity and diabetes

1. Take care of yourself. Eat healthy, well-balanced meals. ...
2. Talk to others. Share your problems and how you are feeling and coping with a parent, friend, counsellor.
3. Avoid drugs and alcohol. ...
4. Take a break. ...
5. Recognize when you need more help.

A counsellor often help people reduce and manage their stress. They also help people work through other mental health issues that have developed while coping with high levels of stress over a period of time. For many people, these events are normal parts of life. Not everyone experiences a divorce, marriage, or having a child. But many will experience discrimination, lose a job, go through a breakup, or experience another major or minor event.

For most people, stress is a part of life that is not going anywhere. But it may be easier to manage in smaller amounts, especially when other factors help mitigate it. A marriage, for example, is generally considered to be a happy event. Though it can be stressful to plan and prepare for the ceremony, the excitement experienced by the couple may help reduce the physical and mental effects of their stress. People may also develop methods for coping with stress. A coping mechanism is a response that develops over time to help someone deal with an overwhelming external force, like stress. Some coping mechanisms work as healthy tools for managing stress. Many others are unhealthy and can magnify the negative effects of stress instead of reducing them.

A few examples of potentially harmful coping mechanisms for stress include:
• Drinking alcohol to excess
• Smoking
• Emotional eating
• Illicit drug use
• Gambling
• Shopping
• Self-harm

Therapy helps people identify an unhealthy coping mechanism for stress and develop a healthy one to use instead. If a person uses an unhealthy coping mechanism for dealing with long-term stress, they can end up with a secondary mental health issue.
Individuals may start using an unhealthy coping mechanism to lessen physical, mental, or emotional pain caused by stress. However, continued self-medication or self-soothing using the method may then lead to a reliance on it for coping with stress. In the case of addiction, this can lead to more stressful life events, like physical illness or unemployment. Other unhealthy coping mechanisms may cause people to develop mental health issues as a result of feeling hopeless, isolated, or ashamed.

Feeling sad and unhappy about being socially isolated. Loneliness is different from being alone.being alone may mean when u may not have anybody living around with you or you are spending your days quite on your own without anyone around. A lot of people are alone but quite busy with their solitude lives. That dosent mean they are lonely. But, in loneliness it means you don’t have any urge to carry on with your day, you feel sad, left out, depressed. Even when you have people around you still feel left out . that is loneliness. Loneliness can be normal, and is only an indicator of underlying disease when feelings become excessive, all-consuming and interfere with daily living.

It can also be attributed to internal factors such as low self-esteem. People who lack confidence in themselves often believe that they are unworthy of the attention or regard of other people, which can lead to isolation and chronic loneliness.

Long term feelings of loneliness and social isolation can also reduce cognitive skills6, such as the ability to concentrate, make decisions, problem-solve, and even change negative self-beliefs. And it can ultimately lead to depression.

Reiki is an energy healing treatment that works holistically; on the whole body, mind and spirit. Not a system of religious beliefs, Reiki is simply a relaxing treatment whereas natural healing vibrations are transmitted through the hands of a Reiki practitioner to the body of the recipient.

Reiki is a spiritual healing art with its roots in Japanese origin. The word Reiki comes from the Japanese word (Rei) which means “Universal Life” and (Ki) which means “Energy”. Reiki is not affiliated with any particular religion or religious practice. It is not massage nor is it based on belief or suggestion. It is a subtle and effective form of energy work using spiritually guided life force energy. Reiki is the life energy that flows through all living things. Reiki Practitioners understand that everyone has the ability to connect with their own healing energy and use it to strengthen energy in themselves and help others. It is believed that a person’s “ki” or energy should be strong and free flowing. When this is true a person’s body and mind is in a positive state of health. When the energy becomes weak or blocked it could lead to symptoms of physical or emotional imbalance.

History of Reiki

Reiki is believed to have been associated with Mikao Usui who is credited with rediscovering the root system now called Reiki. His tradition and methods were passed through several grandmasters of Reiki. Today, Reiki takes many forms, however, The Usui System of Natural Healing is still the form most widely practiced. Practitioners and Master Teachers are trained through an initiation process where Masters pass on their knowledge and expertise to their students.

Reiki is a great tool for stress reduction and relaxation. Many people use Reiki for wellness. Reiki is not a cure for a disease or illness, but it may assist the body in creating an environment to facilitate healing. Reiki is a great tool to use as a complement to traditional medicine and is practiced in many hospitals and medical care settings.

One of the basic teachings of healing with Reiki is that we are more than our physical bodies. We also have an energy body made up of our aura (energy fields), the chakras (energy centers) and the meridians (energy pathways.) Like our physical body that takes in food to nourish it and give it energy, our energy body does the same. The energy fields take energy in, the chakras break it down, and the meridians distribute it throughout the body.

Our body is comprised of energy vibrating at different speeds. Our physical body, our thoughts, emotions, and our spiritual center, all vibrate at a particular frequency or speed. These varying vibrations or pulsations create a field around them which are often referred to as our aura or energy field. The aura is an information center and a highly perceptual system that transmits and receives messages from the external and internal environment.

Each energy layer appears different and has its own individual function. Yet, they continuously interpenetrate each other as well as the physical body. These fields can be felt through touch. It is what we perceive or sense when we scan with our hands. The Etheric Field is the first layer of our energy body and is ¼ to 2 inches from the body. It is the energy duplicate of the physical body.

Distant Reiki: Hon Sha Ze Sho Nen, also known as the Reiki distance healing symbol, is very powerful and efficient because it provides the practitioner the ability to send energy, through the commonly used symbols, in time and space

As a reiki master practising for a decade I have mostly used this symbol to connect to people far and wide.