Post Counselling: sELF caRE

We often talk about preparing ourselves before a counselling session, but what happens after?

Going to counselling is life-changing, but it’s not the actual 60mins you are in the session that is important it’s what you do AFTER your session that really matters.

Counselling opens emotional wounds where you may feel fairly raw and exposed afterwards, so in order to have your wound properly heal then we need to care for ourselves.

Here are three tips you can do those 48hrs after any type of counselling session:

To summarize what was said in the video:

• Spend your next 48hrs with people that do not drain you. The mask and safety walls you may normally put up have been adjusted, so you may feel vulnerable when interacting with your social groups. Spend time with people that you know will care for your emotional and psychological safety, if possible.

• Write down your insights and feelings in a notebook, journal, or phone app. This is not writing the details of the counselling session (who said what..etc) but more the emotions and awareness that comes out of it. What are you noticing?

• Choose tasks that do not require a high level of mental capacity. Your brain is sorting through a lot of different memories and personal experiences that it may not be able to focus well on tasks that challenge you. Give yourself space so your brain can focus on the re-wiring that it needs to do.

Was this helpful? What other post-session tips have helped you?

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