Integrative Counsellor
Writing by Jamie Blackall
12 articles. Jamie is a BACP-registered integrative counsellor, working with adults from all walks of life on both a short- and long-term basis.
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Short-term and long-term counselling
Jamie Blackall, BACP-registered integrative counsellor, on choosing a brief piece of work or a longer relationship with therapy.
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Online or in-person counselling?
Jamie Blackall on choosing Teams or the Hartley Wintney room — and why you can alternate.
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Overwhelm, stress and finding a way through
Jamie Blackall on counselling when life is too loud — loss, relationships, anxiety and the question of who you are underneath it.
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Burnout and counselling
Jamie Blackall on the exhaustion that rest does not touch — talking therapy for people who have been “fine” too long.
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Men and talking therapy
The appointment many men book late — Jamie Blackall on counselling without a lecture about “opening up”.
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Counselling for a change of career
Leaving a life that looked successful — Jamie Blackall on identity work that is not a LinkedIn rewrite.
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Grief that arrives late
When the funeral is over and the feeling finally turns up — Jamie Blackall on delayed and complicated grief.
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Couples issues in individual therapy
When only one of you is in the chair — Jamie Blackall on relationship work that is still one-to-one.
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Online counselling on Teams
A real session, not a lesser one — Jamie Blackall on when video work is the right door.
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When therapy feels awkward
Silence, small talk, wondering if you are doing it wrong — Jamie Blackall on the ordinary strangeness of a first month.
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Counselling and physical pain
When the body hurts and the story is heavier than the scan — Jamie Blackall on talking beside osteopathy and physio.
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Building a routine after overwhelm
When the to-do list has become an accusation — Jamie Blackall on small structure without a productivity cult.