Meet the CYP Team – Shirley Meade

by Shirley Meade | May 4, 2021 | Children and Young People, Meet the Counsellors, mental health, the spark, young people

Shirley Meade is a School Services Manager with The Spark. A qualified counsellor, she oversees the delivery of counselling and mental health support services for children and young people in schools across Scotland. We sat down with her to find out a bit more about...

Adolescence: 4 truths adults need to know

by Joanna Herman-Waddell | Feb 4, 2021 | Children and Young People, mental health, parenting, the spark, Tips, young people

Adolescence can be one of the most emotionally turbulent times in a person’s life; hormones, changing responsibilities, the rewiring of the prefrontal cortex of the brain and difficult social and emotional situations can all take a toll on the emotional...

Meet the Counsellor – Paula Miller

by Paula Miller | Jan 14, 2021 | counsellor, Meet the Counsellor, mental health, the spark

Each month we will be interviewing one of The Spark’s team of counsellors based around Scotland. We hope the “Meet the Counsellor” series will offer an insight into the therapeutic services provided by The Spark, what happens in a counselling session...

Re-learning how to cope with loss and bereavement

by John Kennedy | Apr 29, 2021 | bereavement, grief, loss, mental health, the spark, Tips

We constantly live in a state of change and loss is sadly an inevitable part of that process. While we most often associate loss with bereavement, our lives are full of losses; jobs, relationships, or as we have all experienced recently, the loss of freedom and...

Meet the Counsellor – Dorothy Jappy

by Dorothy Jappy | Feb 1, 2021 | counsellor, Meet the Counsellor, Meet the Counsellors, mental health, the spark

Continuing our new series ‘Meet the Counsellor’ we are talking to Dorothy Jappy – one of our Edinburgh counsellors – to find out more about her passion for therapy and why The Spark is such a respected counselling provider.   Each month we will be...

6 ways to keep a New Year resolution

by The Spark Counselling | Dec 16, 2020 | couples and individuals, mental health, Society, the spark, Tips, topical

January is probably most famous for New Year resolutions. It is also famous for something else: the complete failure of New Year resolutions before the end of the month. No matter whether your New Year resolution is to lose weight, keep date night with your spouse...