by Josephine Hughes | Feb 15, 2018
Breathing comes naturally and sometimes my clients will remind me of this when I suggest they try some breathing. The wonderful thing about breathing is yes, it does come naturally, but it can also be under our conscious control. It is the most natural thing in the...
by Josephine Hughes | Feb 7, 2018
One of my fellow counselling students, looking back on the course, said to me she thought the main reason she undertook five arduous years of study and self-reflection was because she needed an excuse to receive counselling. As the course requirements included over...
by Josephine Hughes | Jan 31, 2018
On Monday the Jeremy Vine Show on BBC Radio 2 interviewed the mother of a young boy who is suffering from Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD). Emily described how receiving the diagnosis when her son was three was like a cluster bomb going off in her life. Not only...
by Josephine Hughes | Jan 25, 2018
I’m one of those people who loves inspirational quotes and I bought myself a “page-a-day” tear off calendar this year for my office. It’s funny how, when you’re aware of a particular train of thought, you notice reminders of it occurring around you. My live feed...
by Josephine Hughes | Jan 17, 2018
I have the British weather to thank for my first memory of disappointment. When I was at primary school a trip to see A Midsummer Night’s Dream at Regents Park was organized. The children looked forward to it for weeks. However, the trip was not to be. In that...
