Prevail Counselling Therapy

18/05/2026

This is the story of a Scarlet Firethorn bush.

Why write such a story?

It is a memorial plant for me of a life story.
A story that I want to remember.
A story that teaches me how dreams don’t always work out.
A story that I need to live by the life lessons it represents.

The shrub is also a tool for showing clients that beauty and pain are often intermixed. The Firtehorn has long, sharp thorns,
It will remind me to handle clients gently. Their pain may not be visible under the display of the nice life they show to the world.

To learn more use the link below:
https://www.prevailcounsellingtherapy.ie/blog/counselling-for-the-thorns-in-life

17/05/2026

This is the story of a Scarlet Firethorn bush.

Why write such a story?

It is a memorial plant for me of a life story.
A story that I want to remember.
A story that teaches me how dreams don’t always work out.
A story that I need to live by the life lessons it represents.

The shrub is also a tool for showing clients that beauty and pain are often intermixed. The Firtehorn has long, sharp thorns,
It will remind me to handle clients gently. Their pain may not be visible under the display of the nice life they show to the world.

A plant in my work space that represents a personal story for me. A reminder to live by learned life lessons and to help clients with their life lessons.

16/05/2026

A dream for our life is a good thing.
Striving to achieve personal satisfaction and accomplishment motivates us from childhood to our old age.
But what do we do when a dream falls apart and is impossible to put back together again?

Accepting the grand plan is over is the first step in starting over again.
Living with this grief for a while is important for allowing time to heal.

For a new purpose and hope, the old life of failed ambition must be put to death,

This blog outlines how to know that a dream has become a nightmare.
Suggestions are given to promote quiet, self-paced healing. How do we know when this has been achieved?
Finally, how are you to kill off the old self and start to rebuild a new you?

To learn more about this use the link below
https://www.prevailcounsellingtherapy.ie/blog/counselling-for-broken-dreams

16/05/2026

A dream for our life is a good thing.
Striving to achieve personal satisfaction and accomplishment motivates us from childhood to our old age.
But what do we do when a dream falls apart and is impossible to put back together again?

Accepting the grand plan is over is the first step in starting over again.
Living with this grief for a while is important for allowing time to heal.

For a new purpose and hope, the old life of failed ambition must be put to death,

This blog outlines how to know that a dream has become a nightmare.
Suggestions are given to promote quiet, self-paced healing. How do we know when this has been achieved?
Finally, how are you to kill off the old self and start to rebuild a new you?

To learn more about this use the link below
https://www.prevailcounsellingtherapy.ie/blog/counselling-for-broken-dreams

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16/05/2026

A dream for our life is a good thing.
Striving to achieve personal satisfaction and accomplishment motivates us from childhood to our old age.
But what do we do when a dream falls apart and is impossible to put back together again?

Accepting the grand plan is over is the first step in starting over again.
Living with this grief for a while is important for allowing time to heal.

For a new purpose and hope, the old life of failed ambition must be put to death,

This blog outlines how to know that a dream has become a nightmare.
Suggestions are given to promote quiet, self-paced healing. How do we know when this has been achieved?
Finally, how are you to kill off the old self and start to rebuild a new you?

When our life dreams fail, it is heartbreaking. We have to accept the failure and learn to live a new life. It is a death.

13/05/2026

This is a copy of a recent ad that has been broadcast by Spirit Radio..

Photos by Trina Mulligan Photography

08/05/2026

All the best to those involved in Pieta. Ending Su***de. Beginning Hope Darkness into Light.

As a former worker with Pieta I continue to support their work.

Su***de prevention and su***de related grief are genuine issues that need our support.
No organisation is without its failings but I believe that Pieta does its best to allocate its resources to the work donors trust it to do.

Dia daoibh an obair.

08/05/2026

All the best to those involved in Pieta. Ending Su***de. Beginning Hope Darkness into Light.

As a former worker with Pieta I continue to support their work.

Su***de prevention and su***de related grief are genuine issues that need our support.
No organisation is without its failings but I believe that Pieta does its best to allocate its resources to the work donors trust it to do.

Dia daoibh an obair.

Join Pieta and Electric Ireland at sunrise on Sat 9th May for Darkness Into Light and give the gift of hope to those impacted by su***de and self-harm. Join an organised event across Ireland and the world or you can walk, swim, bike or simply share your sunrise moment. Pieta Darkness Into Light, sup...

06/05/2026

On Thursday the 7th of May at 11:40 am I will be on Spirit Radio. I will be interviewed by Kieran Cannick on the subject of Christian Therapy.

It will be based on the blogs I recently published on the topic.
What is the role of Christian faith in counselling?
How does secular counselling practice work for Christian clients and Christian therapists.
Will be among the topics covered.

You can use the link below to listen live.



https://radio.securenetsystems.net/cwa/index.cfm?stationCallSign=SPIRITIE&fbclid=IwVERDUARoKTxleHRuA2FlbQIxMABzcnRjBmFwcF9pZAwzNTA2ODU1MzE3MjgAAR6DobEgZPDkVQk06PP4ypvNpVysRoFQnf1z4YyHYXRMPpp5fokfA___UPjgnQ_aem__mFPDGk_om92u9a-cpqAxQ