While on student placement at SKATTLE I have had the amazing experience of co-facilitating several therapeutic school groups. These groups are run in schools with children that have experienced life changing events and often involve the most vulnerable members of the school community.  The groups are facilitated over 6 weeks, 2 half days or 1 […]

For as long as I can remember, I have always been a talker. I enjoy having conversations with people. I value intimate and meaningful conversations.  I like to combine everyday activities with conversation. It was no surprise to friends or family when I decided to study psychology at university. I had found a way to combine […]

The SKATTLE team have been having a lot of conversations recently around the relationship between productivity and happiness. There are bounds of studies and research into how these factors can have a positive effect on one’s work lifestyle. It has had the team wondering; do these factors interact in the family life, too? Many studies argue […]

When we see someone we love going through a challenging time, we can feel a strong urge to do what we can to support them. However, we can sometimes find ourselves confused around how we can support loved ones, or we may even develop our own stresses by feeling responsible for the happiness of others. So […]

Some recent conversations have got me thinking about how people go about picking a good counsellor. It’s not always as simple as you might think so I thought it might be helpful to offer some ideas as a guide. Your relationship with a counsellor (the ‘therapeutic relationship’) is the most important factor as to whether […]