Ever wondered why couples therapy? IN this blog we are going to look at 3 tops reasons for relationship breakdown. No relationship is immune to struggle. Whether you’ve been together for five years or fifty, every couple will face challenges that test their connection. The good news? Conflict doesn’t have to mean the end. With
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Understanding Dysregulation & Development in Early Childhood. Yes — the children’s reactions were absolutely in line with their developmental phase. At ages 5 to 6, the brain, nervous system, and psyche are still learning to self-regulate, to distinguish emotion from action, and to hold complexity. Their intense responses — the sensory aversion, the difficulty naming
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What Tolstoy and Jung Teach Us About Love, Change, and the Journey Home The Last Station (2009), directed by Michael Hoffman, is a moving and visually striking depiction of Leo Tolstoy’s final year. The film delves into the historical and personal drama of the Russian literary icon, but its core focus is on love —
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In many South African homes, especially when children — often boys — act out, get angry, or don’t listen, the default response is still a hiding. “Spare the rod, spoil the child,” right? But times are changing. And what we now know about child development, emotions, and discipline tells a very different story. What Is
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Body:For many women, the pain of past relationships doesn’t just disappear with time.It lingers in the body. In the dreams. In the patterns that repeat. You may have tried to talk it out, think it through, or move past it—but something deeper remains. Jungian Sandplay Therapy offers an invitation to heal not just the symptoms—but
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There comes a time in a woman’s life when the outer striving begins to fall away. Not because she has given up, but because something deeper is calling—something quieter, older, and sacred. Like the great whale who slowly begins to drift from the pod, the older woman finds herself longing for stillness, solitude, and space.
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A Jungian approach to nurturing social & emotionally intelligent children. Have you ever paused after a difficult moment with your child and thought, “Why did I react like that?”Or watched your child struggle with big feelings and wondered, “How do I really help them grow through this — not just stop the behavior?” These are
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Vir volwassenes wat as kinders nie hulle stem kon gebruik nie. Die kind sonder troeteldier Hy is twaalf jaar oud. Kwaad.Hy moet ’n praatjie skryf oor sy troeteldier.Maar hy het nog nooit een gehad nie.“Hoe moet ek skryf oor iets wat ek nie self gevoel het nie?” vra hy.“Hoe sê ek iets as dit nie
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By Rina Louw | Clinical Social Worker & Sandplay Therapy Practitioner 🧩 Your Child’s Behavior Is Trying to Tell You Something “He just explodes out of nowhere.”“She shuts down when I ask what’s wrong.”“Why does everything become a fight?” These are questions many parents of primary school children quietly carry. It can feel confusing, frustrating,
By Rina Louw | Clinical Social Worker & Sandplay Therapy Practitioner 🌋 A Boy, A Volcano, and a Soldier A young boy enters the sandplay room. He walks straight to the sandtray and places a small volcano in the center. He surrounds it with soldiers. Then, with sudden force, he smashes them all. He does
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