Confessions of a Counsellor
Why Trauma Affects Relationships
Many people notice that their relationships become one of the places where emotional struggles appear most strongly. They may find themselves [...]
Mar
Signs Your Nervous System Is Stuck in Survival Mode
Many people notice periods in their lives when they feel constantly tense, overwhelmed, or emotionally exhausted. They may feel easily triggered, [...]
Mar
Why Do I Overthink Everything?
Many people experience moments when their mind feels constantly active — replaying conversations, worrying about the future, analysing situations repeatedly, or [...]
Mar
Innate Entitlement Framework™ Developmental Map of Human Coherence
Figure 1. Developmental Architecture of the Innate Entitlement Framework™ The diagram illustrates the developmental architecture of the Innate Entitlement Framework™, presenting [...]
Mar
Introduction to the Innate Entitlement Framework™ A Conceptual Review
Figure 1. Conceptual architecture of the Innate Entitlement Framework™, illustrating the developmental progression from biological receiving to conscious participation in the [...]
Mar
You Began Inside Receiving The Biological Origins of Being Met, Held, and Entitled to Exist
An introduction to the Innate Entitlement Framework™ Before You Ever Took a Breath Before you breathed, before your eyes opened, [...]
Feb
The Science Behind My Story: How Biology, Trauma & Relationships Shape Healing
Why My Journey Makes Biological Sense — And Why Yours Does Too When people read my story — leaving Brazil at [...]
Feb
Emotion Is Energy: Why Couples Disconnect — and How Flow Restores Connection
Most couples don’t break down because they don’t love each other. They break down because what they feel doesn’t move. In [...]
Dec
How the Lived Experience Arc Reveals the Roots of the Innate Entitlement Framework™
The Lived Experience Behind the Innate Entitlement Framework™ Before the framework became theory, it existed as lived experience. Before exploring the [...]
Dec
Confessions of a Counselor – Chapter 4 The Smile That Opened Every Door… and the Horizon That Changed Everything
I’ve always believed that life leaves us clues — little signs that we’re moving in the right direction, even when everything [...]
Dec
Chapter 3 – Counsellor in Swansea | Resilience, Surrender & Therapy
“In the hush of that airport bathroom, I stared into the mirror and surrendered—I trusted life to guide me.” [...]
Aug
Chapter 2: I Had to Leave to Find Myself-A story of resilience, empathy, and stepping into the unknown
There wasn’t one single moment that made me leave Brazil. It was a collection of moments, feelings, and deep truths that [...]
Jul
✨ The Most Important Relationship You’ll Ever Have — A Therapist’s Reflection on Self-Esteem, Self-Love, and Emotional Healing
When I work with my clients — whether they come to therapy for anxiety, depression, stress, low self-esteem, relationship issues, or [...]
Jul
“Chapter One: Trust, Presence, and the Journey from Brazil to London: My Journey of Mindfulness, Resilience & Radical Self-Care”
When I was growing up, my environment was unpredictable. There were times when it was very, very good — full of [...]
Jul
State of grief in a pandemic- confessions of a counsellor
It was 4 years ago when I wrote my last blog and as it happens it was about thanatophobia: the profound [...]
Thanatophobia: the profound fear of death
In my childhood, when I was first faced with the reality of life and death, I remember thinking: “is mother nature having a [...]
Nov
Fear and anxiety can enhance responses to the experiences of pain
Accordingly to a review of published studies, one of the consensus highlighting the significance of chronic pain in the UK, suggests that [...]
Sep
Women suffer with anxiety more than men
Women twice as likely as men to experience anxiety, research finds,” The Guardian reports. A new review that attempts to get [...]
Jun
Should we rethink the causes of Anorexia
Anorexia is not about a fear of getting fat, but rather a pleasure at losing weight, experts reveal,” says the Daily [...]
Jun
Depression Blood test could lead to personalised treatment
UK scientists have developed a blood test to help doctors pick the best drug for patients with depression,” BBC News reports, [...]
Jun
