Articles by Joel Helmes

Seeing a Counsellor can be scary, Australians, especially men, traditionally don’t often learn the skill of being vulnerable. I think one of the main reasons why people are anxious about seeing a Counsellor is that […]

I would wager that when you think about how your mind (brain) and body connection works, the first thing you think about is the brain feeding info and commands down to your body, right? That’s […]

I’ve been there, you might have too, or you might be there right now. Where? The bottom rung of the ladder. For me, although I’ve been close to that really low spot in human experience […]

Javier Fiz Pérez described emotional dependency as being a personality disorder in which a person with low self-worth is constantly seeking security in other people without trusting in his or her own interior criteria and […]

It may be a frightening concept for some people; however, I believe that we are all programmed to grow, change, and strive for higher emotional stability and enhanced life satisfaction. This opinion is backed by […]

Being a parent is not only physically exhausting, but the emotional challenges that come with raising little ones can be just as taxing. Those of us who are trying to do our best to raise […]

I must admit, back before I went to counselling I really didn’t know too much about it and what to expect. It was certainly a bit scary too, after all, I’m an Australian male so […]

For the past hundred years or so inventors have been doing their darndest to come up with technologies designed to give us more time. They say their creations (such as those listed below) cut down […]