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Welcome to our counselling blog supporting people in Camden and also across Australia. Here you’ll find articles, tips and insights on mental health, emotional wellbeing, high sensitivty, grief, stress and more.

When Life Is Too Busy to Grieve | Grief Counsellor Camden

What Happens When Life Is Too Busy to Grieve? As a Grief Counsellor in Camden, I often see people trying to navigate grief while also managing the many demands of everyday life. And sometimes, there simply isn't time to grieve. Life can be incredibly full. Many people...

When We Keep Pushing On: Understanding Unprocessed Emotions

When We Keep Pushing On: Understanding Unprocessed Emotions Sometimes life doesn't give us much choice but to keep going. We get up, go to work, look after the children, answer the messages, attend the appointments and carry on with everything that needs to be done....

When Stress Becomes Too Much | Stress Counselling Camden

When Stress Becomes Too Much Stress is something we all experience. A busy period at work, relationship difficulties, financial pressure, parenting responsibilities, study, health concerns or major life changes can all create stress. A certain amount of stress is a...

HSP Recovery Time: Why Highly Sensitive People Need More Rest

Why Highly Sensitive People Need Recovery Time If you’re a Highly Sensitive Person (HSP), you may have noticed that you sometimes need more time to recover after a busy day, a social event, a stressful conversation or even a week that simply feels like a lot. You...

Why Coming to Counselling Early Can Make a Difference

Why Coming to Counselling Early Can Make a Difference. Most of us have a tendency to wait. We tell ourselves things aren't that bad. We think we should be able to handle it ourselves. We try a few things, talk to a friend, read something online, or simply hope that...

Highly Sensitive Person Australia | Living in a World That Never Slows Down

What It Feels Like to Be a Highly Sensitive Person, in a World That Never Slows Down For many highly sensitive people in Australia, the world doesn't simply feel busy. It feels loud. Not just loud in sound, but loud in expectation, emotion, information,...

Emotional Exhaustion | The Hidden Cost of Always Being the Strong One

The Hidden Exhaustion of Being the Strong One Every family seems to have one. Every friendship group has one. Every workplace has one. They're the person everyone turns to. The one who remembers everyone's birthdays, checks in when someone is struggling, keeps the...

Therapist Camden | Finding the Right Therapist for You

Looking for a Therapist in Camden? Here's What Really Matters Searching for a therapist can feel surprisingly overwhelming. With so many different professionals, approaches, and opinions available online, it's understandable if you're wondering where to begin. You...

Benefits of Counselling | Looking After Your Mental Health

Looking After Your Mental Health Is Just as Important as Looking After Your Physical Health When was the last time you went for a walk because you knew it would make you feel better? Or booked a massage because your shoulders were carrying too much tension? Perhaps...

HSP Counselling Australia | Support for Highly Sensitive People

Highly Sensitive People Across Australia: The Value of Working with a Counsellor Who Truly Understands Many highly sensitive people (HSP) arrive in counselling carrying a story that extends far beyond anxiety, stress, overwhelm, or relationship difficulties. Often,...
7 Ways To Help Emotional Fatigue

7 Ways To Help Emotional Fatigue

7 ways to help with Emotional Fatigue We are all going through various amounts of stress If you’re a human living on this beautiful planet of ours in the past few years you would have experienced a fair bit of craziness. I’m talking about the obvious; Covid,...

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ARTIST NOTES: Yes!

ARTIST NOTES: Yes!

Yes! Yes is the answer, but what is the question? My goodness I love this artwork, I feel a really strong connection and just simply love the way it makes me feel using its colour and shapes. Colour and shapes are for preschoolers right? A basic starting point of our...

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ARTISTS NOTES: Nostalgia

ARTISTS NOTES: Nostalgia

Nostalgia Dive into the bitter sweet journey of Nostalgia Nostalgia is one of our all time favourite emotions. We all love looking back on happy photos from our childhood, recognising a toy or item we held an affinity to, a book or even a scent from when we were...

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ARTISTS NOTES: Wanderlust

ARTISTS NOTES: Wanderlust

Wanderlust is a photograph we all need Colour Pyschology Isn't she beautiful! She does everything she sets out to do, I’ll share all of my artist notes but I’ll let you read her story first: Wanderlust… a super spark. A small, sure seed of strength.Calling you to go...

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Language of Energy

Language of Energy

Language of Energy Commincation of colours and geometric shapes Life throws things at me, at us. Sometimes it is relentless like a barrage of challenges are sent to test our resilience one after the other with barely anytime to catch your breath between. Sometimes the...

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ARTIST NOTES: The Altruist

ARTIST NOTES: The Altruist

I found her outside my front door Emotional Wellness Out the front of my home there is a rose garden which sits on either side of the path leading up to the house steps. The rose gardens are shaped symmetrically and actually look like angel wings from an aerial view...

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Karen Ashcroft. Counsellor Camden.

Karen Ashcroft  B.Couns is a Registered Level 2 Counsellor based in Camden NSW.
Serving areas of Camden, Cobbitty, Narellan, The Oaks, Silverdale, Picton, Oran Park, Menangle, Spring Farm, and Harrington Park.

Telehealth appointments available to clients located anywhere in Australia. Sydney, Adelaide, Hobart, Perth, Brisbane, Melbourne, Darwin.

Office

64 John Street, Camden, NSW.

Phone Number

0418 690 867

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