Sue O'Brien Counselling in Cardiff - 174 Whitchurch Road, Cardiff CF14 3NB
 
In person or online 50 minute therapy sessions for Individuals £80 | Students £60
30 minute online introductory call free of charge
 

How I work with Individuals

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'There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you' - Maya Angelou

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I get that life, past and present - and knowing what’s coming - can be a bitch!  It can slap us in the face so hard it can be a struggle to get through the day.  At times we can feel overwhelmed by life, consumed by the pain of our experiences with confusing and sometimes bloody scary, often conflicting thoughts and behaviours. 

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If you're familiar with the films Inside Out where we meet Riley's five core emotions, Fear, Anger, Joy, Disgust and Sadness, and Inside Out 2 when Riley enters puberty and Anxiety, Boredom, Envy and Embarrassment show up, you will have seen how these 'parts' of her struggle with the changes in her life and their battle to help her fit in.  We all have parts, you're probably familiar with some of yours, but when we've had experiences in our lives that cause distress, trauma and pain, our parts can become more extreme leading to behaviours and impulses that cause us problems - For an intro into Internal Family Systems (IFS) take a look at this 13 minute video

 

My role is to help you connect to your parts using curiosity and compassion, to explore how they're influenced by your experiences and your external systems.  Instead of pushing them away, sometimes into dark shadows where we try to ignore them, we discover their purpose and beliefs.  My aim is to help you create trust between you so you can listen to them, validate them and help them let go of burdens and beliefs they no longer need leading to a more harmonious and balanced internal family, improved relationships and quality of life.  

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'Turns out, in this inner world, you can literally change the past'​  Richard Schwartz 

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Whatever the words spoken

Whatever the reaction

Whatever the fallout

What you’re left with is you

So, welcome your thoughts, your emotions

Be accountable for your behaviours 

With compassion for yourself, if you can

Because everything you’ve ever said and done

Has come from experience, confusion, pain

Or maybe even hope

After all, your biggest and fiercest protector

Is you

 

 

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