I remember back in early 2020 of those early warnings; signals; rumours and fears of the prospect of moving into lockdown. It’s March 23rd 2020 – and Scotland takes a new paradigm shift – Pandemic Lockdown. How would we react in this new normal? A close friend mentioned “You’ll love this” – not sure atContinue reading “Can there be Life – Between Rock and a Hard Place?”
Tag Archives: Fear
Big Boys Don’t Cry “Hush! don’t let Dad See You”
What is the earliest childhood memory you can recall? I pose this question many times – and reflected on it myself the other day. I can remember making skateboards from my sisters roller skates to swimming in the local stream during those long hot summers where innocence and time seemed to merge with laughter, funContinue reading “Big Boys Don’t Cry “Hush! don’t let Dad See You””
Asking for Help
We search the Net to seek answers/solutions to anything from the best way to serve our Latte or look for symptoms remedies or the latest how to/what to treatments available for the Scottish “Midge Bite” – before we pick up the phone and arrange an appointment with our doctor to discuss mental health issues suchContinue reading “Asking for Help”
Embracing Vulnerability
As the Olympic Games came to an end – celebrations of medals won, records broken and dreams still to be fulfilled – inspired generations to dust off running shoes, retrieve old bikes from sheds and up-cycle sports gear worn during endless Zoom sessions to engage in new and long forgotten activities. The impressive and aweContinue reading “Embracing Vulnerability”
Were you too afraid to ask?
Hello – I’m Michael Durrington and Co-director of a private counselling service in Edinburgh, Scotland. My passion for counselling, is to help bring transformational change for clients through the therapeutic relationship, based on trust. As an integrative Counsellor, my experience and interest includes Individual and Couples, trauma, and the relational issues of daily living. IContinue reading “Were you too afraid to ask?”