The CYCLE OF CARING by Gigi Levins-Skehill

The CYCLE OF CARING Caring as the Primary Tool of Helping Professionals In their book The Resilient Practitioner: Burnout & Compassion Fatigue Prevention & Self-Care Strategies for the Helping Professions, Skovholt and Trotter-Mathison (2016) emphasise the importance of self-awareness and self-... Read More

The Relationship Between Ethical and Culturally Responsive Counselling Practice and the Five Stage Model of the Counselling Process

The Relationship Between Ethical and Culturally Responsive Counselling Practice and the Five Stage Model of the Counselling Process By Gigi Levins-Skehill Ethical counselling involves adhering to a set of moral principles that uphold the wellbeing of the client, counsellor and their therapeutic r... Read More

Somatic Practice & the Mind-Body Connection

Somatics & the Mind-Body Connection The word somatic is being used more and more these days. If you’re reading this, chances are you already have a sense of what it means—derived from the Greek soma, meaning “body,” it refers to anything of or relating to the body (Dictionary.com, 2023). You migh... Read More

In the name of Valentines Day and Union…

I haven’t always practiced yoga – at least not in a consistent or structured way. But yoga has always been there for me. I remember one time when I was 18 and was overtaken by hot, sticky emotions of anger, comparison and conflict, I threw a shoe at a wall just so I could release the energy from... Read More