A few days ago, I had the pleasure of sitting down with Annie in her home, to have an open discussion with her about her past struggles with drug addiction. Annie, who is a single mum of a little boy, aged 3, lives by herself and has volunteered as a mentor for recovering addicts after... Continue Reading →
The Struggle of Self-injury – Breaking the Cycle.
Since the irritability episode I had last week, I thought councelling session number 6 was a good place in which to bring up the taboo subject of self-harm. We had barely talked about this before – I tend to skirt over the issue as bring it all out in to the open can be highly triggering for... Continue Reading →