Beware the Gaslighter

Counselling Articles
Gaslighting has become a term most people are familiar with, but may not exactly know what it means, or how they may even be a victim of it. The term comes from an old British [...]

Science Finds Link Between Breathing and Anxiety

Counselling Articles
We’ve known for generations that we can self-soothe by drawing in some nice deep breaths and exhaling slow breaths. Slow breathing helps regulate our emotions, and people who utilize practices like yoga and mindfulness have [...]
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The Uncle Argument Technique

We all have those pesky anxious thoughts, some people more than others, and sometimes just a little more than at other times. Our anxious thoughts come from the areas of our brain that produce emotions, [...]
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Benefits of Working With Your Realities

If I told you that I had a goal of running a 10-second 100-metre sprint at the next Olympic Games you’d probably look me up and down and say “Joel, maybe you should find another [...]
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What is the “Healthy Adult”?

There has been an eternal internal battle within human beings since the dawn of time – logic/rationality versus emotion. I have published a number of counselling articles here on the With a Little Help Counselling [...]
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Most Attractive Personality Traits

The old saying goes that beauty is only skin deep. I’m also reminded of the lyrics from the Robert Palmer song “Doctor, Doctor” – A pretty face don’t make no pretty heart. Aside from the [...]
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Consequences of Being a ‘Right Fighter’

There are times when I see the ‘Right Fighter’ in my Relationship Counselling work, sadly it’s a trait that rarely leads to good outcomes for the person. What is a right fighter? Well, these people [...]
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New Link Found Between Stress and Behaviour

There are many well-established links between stress and human behaviour, and it is a phenomenon that I see regularly in my Counselling clients. I can also see this in myself. When I look back at [...]
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More Safety = Less Stress = More Peace

I cannot understate the importance of safety and the dangerous effects of stress on human mental health and the impacts on the health of our interpersonal relationships. No matter who you are and what you’ve [...]
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Complexity Causes Suffering – Peterson

There is little doubt that our lives today are more complex than those of the generations before us. Sure, we have many luxuries today that people not long ago could only dream of, even simple [...]
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Stress Plays Big Role in Memory Formation

Almost always, people who seek out assistance from a therapist do so because their situation is causing them stress. As I’ve covered here, the problem with being under stress is that our body tries to [...]

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With a Little Help Counselling is the private Counselling service of Online Counsellor, Joel Helmes.

Our core services are Relationship Counselling and Adult Counselling.

Joel specialises in areas including:

  • Communication Techniques
  • Relationship Skills, including Validation
  • Improving Self-Esteem
  • Reconnecting with the Inner Child
  • The Enhancement of Personal Awareness, including Needs, Triggers, Schemas etc.

We offer confidential and stress-free online counselling sessions to clients across Australia.

Online counselling sessions allow additional flexibility with session times, hopefully making therapy more accessible to you.

Joel works several evenings every week (aside from traditional business hours), and offers Saturday morning session times too.

We pride ourselves on offering a fully tailored approach to your individual needs with the goal of improving things for you not just now but into the future too.

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