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Hope Tree Counselling
  • Mental health, Neurodivergence

When Rest Doesn’t Feel Restful

What happens when you're exhausted but can't switch off? Explore why rest can feel difficult and how to make more room for recovery.

  • Reflections, Understanding Yourself

When the World Gets Darker: Embracing the Cycles of Rest, Retreat and Renewal

Nature reminds us that life moves in cycles. As autumn arrives, could we learn to make space for rest, retreat and renewal?

  • Neurodivergence, Understanding Yourself

Why Are More Women Being Diagnosed as Neurodivergent? What the Research Tells Us

More women and girls are being diagnosed as autistic or ADHD than in previous decades. But does this mean neurodivergence is becoming more common — or are we getting better at recognising people who were previously overlooked?

  • Understanding Yourself

Why your nervous system ends up overwhelmed in narcissistic relationship dynamics

Many people leave narcissistic relationship dynamics feeling anxious, exhausted, hypervigilant, or disconnected from themselves. This piece explores what happens to the nervous system in emotionally unsafe relationships - and why healing takes time.

  • Understanding Yourself

Growing up as an undiagnosed autistic girl in an unsupportive environment

What is the impact of growing up as an undiagnosed autistic girl? This piece explores masking, nervous system overwhelm, self-doubt, and the emotional impact of receiving a diagnosis later in life.

  • Understanding Yourself

A therapist, in small details (Part 2)

A few more small details about how I work as a therapist - what I notice, what I value, and how I aim to create a space where you can feel safe to be yourself.

  • Understanding Yourself

A therapist, in small details (Part 1)

Clients often sit across from me knowing very little about who I am. This piece offers a gentle insight into the person behind the therapist - my values, my ways of working, and what matters to me in the therapy room.

  • Mental health, Understanding Yourself

When Survival Strategies Outlive Their Usefulness

The ways we learned to cope may have helped us feel safe once. But what happens when those strategies no longer serve us?

  • Understanding Yourself

Why self-doubt can feel so constant when you’re neurodivergent

For many neurodivergent people, self-doubt isn’t occasional - it can feel constant. This piece explores where that doubt comes from and how it begins to make sense.

  • Understanding Yourself

Why it’s so hard to trust yourself after narcissistic relationships

When your reality has been questioned over time, it can leave you doubting your own thoughts and feelings. This post explores why self-trust becomes so difficult—and how it can be rebuilt.

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  • sarah@hopetreecounselling.co.uk
  • Victoria Therapy Centre, Saltaire, BD18 3LQ

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