Sonja Marga Integrative Counsellor

Sonja Marga Integrative Counsellor I am an Integrative Counsellor and a registered member of the BACP (MBACP 396398), working in Cheshire Countryside.

I am within easy access of Middlewich, Sandbach and Winsford.

I looked at the rain this morning and found myself thinking about the flash floods in Nepal. About the wildfires burnin...
04/09/2026

I looked at the rain this morning and found myself thinking about the flash floods in Nepal. About the wildfires burning across countries that have never burned before, including our own.
Am I an anxious person? Is this just me worrying?
But I don't think its just me. And I don't think its just anxiety.
I found out there is actually a name for it - Eco-anxiety. A response to global warming. Its not irrational. Its a response to the very frightening changes happening to our planet.
I worry about the mess we are leaving our grandchildren.
This is so big. What can one person do to help - to stop it?
I really don't have the answers. But what I do know is that naming a fear, looking it square in the face, takes away some of it's power. It stops it overwhelming you.
If this feels too big, you don't have to carry it alone.
I'm Sonja, a Counsellor in Middlewich.

📞 07773855896
Email : [email protected]
Website : www.sonjamargacounsellor.com

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A five year old asked me again what is my favourite dinosaur. It's a Triceratops.In return I got told about the child's...
28/08/2026

A five year old asked me again what is my favourite dinosaur.
It's a Triceratops.
In return I got told about the child's favourite small dinosaur, a favourite big dinosaur, a favourite carnivore (a T-Rex - because obviously) and a favourite herbivore.
Not one favourite - four.
Children are extraordinary. The way they become completely passionate about things is genuinely impressive. Whether it is dinosaurs or Minecraft or why a certain colour is wrong.
There is something quite wonderful about this level of enthusiasm. Maybe we could all do with a little more of it.
I'm Sonja, a Counsellor in Middlewich.

📞 07773855896
Email : [email protected]
Website : www.sonjamargacounsellor.com

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Was the best part of your day at home the time when a parent was still at work?Did you wait for them to come home wonder...
22/08/2026

Was the best part of your day at home the time when a parent was still at work?
Did you wait for them to come home wondering which version would walk through the door?
If they came in and refused to acknowledge anyone did you know you were probably in for a beating?
If they came in and demanded to be greeted like a conquering hero did you know it would probably "only" be verbal abuse this time?
And if they seemed pleased to see you did you hope - really hope - that tonight you'd get the nice version of your parent?
Hope when you are a child can be a form of abuse in its own right.
Then you grow up. And you are still doing it. Checking the shift in someones tone. Being aware of every change in atmosphere. Making yourself disappear to keep the peace. Never relaxing because relaxing isnt safe.
This is hypervigilance. Its not a personality trait. Its not weakness. It used to try to keep you safe.
It can be understood and then patiently and gently untangled.
If any of this resonates - Im here to talk.
Im Sonja, a Counsellor in Middlewich.

📞 07773855896
Email : [email protected]
Website : www.sonjamargacounsellor.com


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Every night I go to bed far too late. It's either my ADHD brain or childhood trauma - I've never been able to come to a...
08/08/2026

Every night I go to bed far too late. It's either my ADHD brain or childhood trauma - I've never been able to come to a firm conclusion. And I like to sleep with the curtains open. Which lets in just enough light to keep the demons at bay and stop the claustrophobia - definitely the trauma here. But the upside is I get to see the lights of the aeroplanes at half past the hour, and the branches of the trees outside, and if it's light enough beautiful colours in the night sky.

Trauma changes us. It rewires how we sleep, how we feel safe, how we move through the world.

But that doesn't mean we can't notice the small beautiful things - even at 2am with the curtains open. And that can be healing too.

I'm Sonja an Integrative Counsellor in Middlewich.

📞 07773855896
Email : [email protected]
website : www.sonjamargacounsellor.com

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I've been very busy lately. And not been posting. But here is a little story for you about cats.At the moment I have a...
28/07/2026

I've been very busy lately. And not been posting.
But here is a little story for you about cats.
At the moment I have a mum cat and her three very tiny kittens staying with me. They are RSPCA cats.
Which means when mum arrived she was terrified and didn't trust me at all. Every attempt to touch her was met with fear. Someone had really taught her not to trust people.
The kittens eyes weren't open when they arrived and they needed cream on them so I had to touch them every day. They got kisses and cuddles. Now they come rushing to the door when they hear my voice or see me. They are just starting to learn to purr and you can hear them trying when I pick them up.
Two totally different experiences of the world. Although mum is learning to trust me now too. Nature versus Nurture in a nutshell. A cat's nature says to trust humans. The nurture part is what shaped how safe the mum and the kittens feel with people.
The wrong type of nurture - for humans too - causes fear and closes us off. But the right kind of nurture. Given consistently and without conditions?
It can bring the most frightened soul slowly back into the light.

I'm Sonja, an Integrative Counsellor in Middlewich.

Text : 07773855896
Email : [email protected]
website : www.sonjamargacounsellor.com



I love cats. I tend to love all animals but cats hold a special place in my heart.When cats are rescued by the RSPCA th...
07/07/2026

I love cats. I tend to love all animals but cats hold a special place in my heart.

When cats are rescued by the RSPCA they don't know what's happening. We can't explain to them. All they know is that their world is suddenly changed and they are scared.
Some of them fight. They scratch and bite and hiss at the people trying to help them.
But some of them, somehow, accept the help. They let themselves be held. They eat the food. They even, sometimes, purr.
Same situation. Two very different choices about how to respond.
I was talking to someone recently about a difficult situation they were going to have to face. We talked about how when life frightens us we have a choice about how we can respond.
We can fight what we can't control. Or we can accept what's happening and we might eventually end up happy and if we were a cat feel like purring.
Neither reaction is wrong. We might need either reaction at different times. But knowing we have a choice - that can make a huge difference.
I work with children and adults who are navigating situations that feel scary, and out of their control. Sometimes a story about cats just might help.

I'm Sonja, an Integrative Counsellor in Middlewich.

📞07773855896
Email : [email protected]
Website : www.sonjamargacounsellor.com

Have you ever felt lonely inside a relationship?Not because your partner is unkind. Not because anything is dramaticall...
23/06/2026

Have you ever felt lonely inside a relationship?
Not because your partner is unkind. Not because anything is dramatically wrong. But because something small keeps happening over and over again, and you've stopped mentioning it because last time you did it caused an argument, or a week of silence.
So you say nothing, and watch the distance between you grow.
Being hurt doesn't need to be dramatic. Sometimes it's an accumulation of small things. Two people raised differently, trying to share a life, but occasionally driving each other mad.
Most of the time no-one is the villain. Just two people with different ways of looking at things, and not quite having the words for what they are feeling.
But feeling unheard in a relationship takes a toll. On your mood. On your self worth.
Sometimes talking it through with someone who is sitting on the outside can help.
I'm Sonja, a Counsellor in Middlewich.

Text : 07773855896
Email : [email protected]
Website : www.sonjamargacounsellor.com





I have a confession.When I'm driving I like to listen to LBC but sometimes I need to change to another radio channel to ...
18/06/2026

I have a confession.
When I'm driving I like to listen to LBC but sometimes I need to change to another radio channel to emotionally regulate. So when something that's been said gets me angry my go to is classical music. And when what's been said makes me feel sad I switch to MagicFM.
Which got me thinking about how we self regulate. Usually without realising.
What do you do? Maybe make a cup of tea? Go for a walk? Ring a friend?
I'd love to know - What's yours? Drop it in the comments.☺️

I'm Sonja, a Counsellor in Middlewich.

Text : 07773855896
Email : [email protected]
Website : www.sonjamargacounsellor.com

Domestic violence is a horrible thing to live through. But even worse, I think, is that it doesn't end when you leave.N...
16/06/2026

Domestic violence is a horrible thing to live through. But even worse, I think, is that it doesn't end when you leave.
Not only do you live with the mental and physical scars but then there is the Courts system and the financial abuse. The system that was meant to protect you and your children now re-traumatises you and makes you live in fear for the safety of your children. It's horrible and no-one who has been brave enough to leave should have to face it.
I can't fix the system. But I can be someone to talk to. I can offer you a safe place where you can be heard, where you can come to terms with what has happened to you - without judgement and without blame.
You didn't deserve any of it, and neither did your children.
I'm Sonja, a Counsellor in Middlewich.

Text : 07773855896
Email : [email protected]
Website : www.sonjamargacounsellor.com


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