Monthly Archives: May 2026


Create A Toolbox Of Positive Thoughts   Recently updated !

Creating a toolbox which can help boost your mood whenever you find yourself feeling low can be really helpful: Make lists of things you like about yourself, successes, things you are grateful for, good experiences and compliments. Come up with a list of things that you can do for a […]


I Feel Less Isolated And More Confident

This week we came to the end of another of our Into The Light Women Survivors Group Psycho-Educational Courses. It was such a privilege to share the journey of ten weeks with nine amazing Women Survivors. We got some lovely feedback at the end of the course including: “This course […]


Why We Can Deny We’ve Been Abused…..

Facing the realisation that we have been sexually abused is very often extremely difficult to acknowledge even to ourselves and so we can enter into denial about it. It is a way of protecting ourselves but in the long term this may not be healthy as we are avoiding the […]


How Anger Comes Out: It May Not Be Explosive It May Be Hidden Anger:

“Early on we begin our storehouse of anger, finding places inside to tuck it away and hide it” (Source: Parks Inner Child Therapy – Penny Parks – Souvenir Press Published 1994 page128) For some of us anger is a tricky topic – we might think we are not angry – […]